[M.D. Holloway]

Thats the way We are trying to teach Our Son as well. He is real good at math and has chosen it to be his strength (mainly because he really wants to be great at a particular school subject and he really struggles with reading).

Other 'tricks' We use along the same lines with big number additon and big number subtration, not unlike the distribution technique discribed.

Kids love 'tricks'. He feels like he has insight into another world no other kid does. Maybe it is a form of empowering, who the ***** knows.

At the end of the day as long as he has his math, spelling and reading comprehension down I think that will be great.