Choir and Contemplation

Continued from before, regarding the math pedagogy, I know I have a really good math instruction book I got at Goodwill somewhere, but it might be better to find some good clear worksheets online. There's a ton of great teaching material on the internet and I just need to decipher what is best to start with in the maths area ...I'm more versed in English and reading and writing, but that's okay.
But that's why you should get your kids a toy cash register and practice counting money with them. It was really hard to watch that kid struggle thinking so hard and then guess an answer that was not close. I wasn't even supposed to help because it was an assessment  (not graded) to gauge the class level for future lessons (there are less than ten students) but he was asking another student to copy his answers so I thought it was better if I tried to help him figure them out and understand than to cheat...
It appeared that he didn't even know the concept of a quarter being twenty-five cents and that four quarters equal a dollar. And I'm so old and removed from the process of learning this for the first time that I don't remember the way I was taught. I'm quite sure it was with my dad before I could even read...my dad did more math and writing stuff with us and my mom focused more on art, reading, and language. And of course, I had so many jobs like cashiering involving money and making change and counting, that I learned to reinforce that skill. Not that I am great at counting in my head, or even that I have retained the knowledge. In fact, I tend to make simple math problems more complicated than they really are, or need to be, so that's another reason why I need some instruction on how to teach math before I attempt to do it and confuse students. Being a good teacher is great, but being a lousy teacher is worse than not teaching at all. You get my drift.

There's some absolutely beautiful Autumn weather here now. It has been very foggy in the morning and then burned off to a bright blue sky shining on lovely leaves of different shades of yellow, orange, brown, red and green.

I got to see my first school choir concert and there were a lot of people in it from drama who I recognized. I got to sit near an art teacher and her two little boys who were very entertaining, shouting out Bravos and Whoo-hoos as they applauded the performers.

Good night.
Peace.