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Without practice young children quickly become rusty on
their math facts. I've noticed my children begin to
backslide over as little as a weekend. Taking a week's
vacation is worse, and an entire summer off can set a
child back quite a ways.
It's a simple matter to generate sheets that maintain a child's skill level. If the child is learning addition/subtraction facts, then one sheet of addition and one of subtraction, or a mixed addition and subtraction sheet may be adequate. If he is learning single-digit multiplication, then it's a good idea to give him addition and subtraction sheets as well as multiplication. That way he doesn't forget his addition facts while learning multiplication. As the child progresses the math maintenance sheets can progress as well. For example, when my son was in 5th grade he did four math maintenance sheets every day, along with his regular math. Each sheet had only four problems, but they were harder problems: multiple-digit decimal addition and subtraction, multiple-digit multiplication, and division with decimal quotients. Another maintenance option for the advanced child is the "Four Pack" (found under "Other" on the main menu bar). This generates a sheet with four problems--one each for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. By specifying a reasonably difficult problem for each operation you can do maintenance with a minimum of paper and time. |