Em Holliday

I experienced one of those amazing light bulb moments, we all teach for, in the classroom today. We are learning about multiplication and one of my students made a discovery. (we had many but this was one of those enlightenment discoveries). She came to me and explained that she had discovered that "for 7x2 you can start at 7 then just count on 7 more and you get 14". A gem of mathematical discovery - discovering that you can 'count on' rather than starting at one every time. The maths world is her oyster!