The Teaching of Arithmetic (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Teaching of Arithmetic

The most important problems in the teaching of arithmetic are those of economy and efficiency. How to put the child in possession of the essential facts of the subject, how to develop habits that lead to the economical and efficient use of these facts in the real situations that arise in everyday life, and how to accomplish this with a minimum of waste are the problems that confront every thoughtful teacher.

Number Work Begun Too Early

Pestalozzi, in Europe, and Colburn, in our own country, are recognized as the leaders of the movement to bring instruction in arithmetic down into the very lowest grades and within the grasp of children. As an excuse for this, Colburn says, in the preface of his First Lessons: "As soon as children have the idea of more or less, and the names of a few of the first numbers, they are able to make small calculations.

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