Much has been discussed and talked about and gossiped about math and its importance. One of the most-often heard complaint is a child having difficulty in Math.

Trixie has difficulty in her Math subject. My 6 year old son Julian is a Math whiz (I hope he would be till he is older), even at an early age. Julian started counting even numbers by skipping over the odd numbers when he was a few months over two years old. Now he is fascinated with division, fractions and Roman numerals. Tania can do some Math tasks too. She was able to write the number before___, number after _____ and number between two numbers one time. She was able to do that without me teaching her how to. Just gave her a sheet of paper with missing numbers and she worked right away.

Math as a complicated subject is true. It does not only consist of the numerical values but language skills as well. How else would children understand word problems if there is no analysis, logic, and comprehension? These are just some of the many skills needed for mathematical proficiency: concept formation, focus on detail, visualization, graphic representation, pattern recognition and semantics.

Math? Language? Both. That many? And those are just a few of the skills to have mathematical proficiency.

Me? I can do math alright. But not algebra. And Trigonometry. And Geometry. And Stats. Well, that pretty much sums up what I know about math

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