One thing about teaching math.. Use objects. Make a game out of it if you can. Fruit loops (if you allow sweet cereals) were always fun, and yummy. A little snack time math.

Tiddly winks, anything you can use to play addition and subtraction games with and make it fun. Not sure what the requirements are to show work but drawing boxes is boring. We didn't do that until after we played games with stuff to learn the same concept.

Many of the common core math concepts I learned in elementary school, just not like they are trying to teach them today. I don't disagree with the fact that this can help some children learn better math & problem solving skills, but not every child learns the same either. And they won't learn if it is boring and presented in an illogical way.

The rest of common core material provided from what I can tell is a bunch of stuff I wouldn't want to teach my child. Look forward to your posts and see how it goes.