If you are a parent and your child goes to school....

I can remember when our kids were in elementary school, the teachers sent home a note that we had to practice the times tables with our kids up to 12X12, 10 minutes per day 5 days a week. So we did.

I'd say "give me the two times from one to twelve" and my kid would recite "2X1 = ... 2X2 = ..." up to 2X12, kind of like an ascending scale in music.

Then when they got good at those, we'd do downwards, "give me 7X12 and downwards.

And when they got good at those, I'd ask for it backwards: "what are the factors of 56? ... what are the factors of 54? ,,, what are the factors of 48?" etc. But only for ten minutes per day, and slowly raising the difficulty.

There is different types of learners and teaching something in multiple ways typically is seen as one the better ways to do it but it can be varying topics that relate to each other. Focusing on one thing too much can burn the kid out or actually overwhelm them. You method is closer to what i would want a teacher to do but adding one day then subtracting the next is percectly fine as those build on each other and are sort of the opposites after that adding dividing and multiplication is the next step. I personally would have adding and subtracting taught on same day and go over it and examples and before moving on to next step the following day have like a "quickie" quiz type thing to make sure they understand the fundamentals. Multiplication and division fundamentally once understand add and subtract wont take forever but for rote memorization of the times table that would need a few days focused on but like over time since memorization is a more time consuming endeavor. Once the fundamentals are learned then you would combine and do applications of it and thats when games and such are more use.

I guess...honestly no clue but i would think diff topics and then going back to using them would be fine. Personally i suggest you bring up your concerns to the teacher and her the reasoning. You could be missing something about the students or her plan.

That would be confusing for sure. My kid's teacher just stick to one thing

I agree with your method, focus on one subject at a time, it is to much for that age group to grasp so quickly.

This question is more about psychology than parenting. One can teach, but one cannot make another learn.

Teaching is an art and not science. So to capture the attention of the students is foremost and a student gets exposure to the subject. Human mind can assimilate many different things at once. How students absorb and assimilate cannot be dictated.

So a q&a session or a class test can prove how students have learnt.

If I had a whole week of multiplication tables at that age, I'd have probably cried the whole week!!!

I hated maths as it was - but my weakest point was always multiplication tables.

I like the idea of a mix of topics so that you aren't spending too long on one child's weakest aspect in the subject.

Todays schooling is trash, my daughter is called upon by a chosen name, that is not her own. I should be allowed to sue the school system for the manipulation they have created.

It’s normal to teach different strands within a week such as number and algebra, and measurement and geometry

You work under a teacher. I would just go with the flow.

kids brains are like sponges.

Whats the school's policy?