me helping on everything except the math. oh my word! if any of you are parents you must be pulling out your hair. no longer is it 13 - 8 = 5. there must be a story problem to read, then it must be illustrated by drawing out in circles ten at a time (10 with a space between and 3 more). cross out 8 circles and then count what is left.
in case you think that the problem is finished now? wrong. now you make the problem the way that we did when in school which is 13-8 = 5. still you are not finished. the child must write out 