Re: [conculture] Memorization (conculture version)

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Padraic Brown wrote:

> "Recite the 4s Table"; and as a
> class we'd chant in unison "4x1 is 4; 4x2 is 8; 4x3 is 12;
> 4x4 is 16 ..."
Same here; only we used to say "1x4 is 4; 2x4 is 8" etcetera, to
recite "the table of 4". In a chanting tone as well, what's called
the "kleuterdreun" ("kindergarten sing-song"), the falling minor
third in which children tend to sing taunts, "g e g g e".

Our eldest daughter has just been advanced to second grade for Dutch
language and reading only (she was a year ahead already; typically
her parents' child), and will not start on multiplication tables
until she's advanced for arithmetic as well in September, so I don't
know the way it's done now.

   Irina

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