I've been teaching my 5 year old multiplication and division for the last couple of weeks. I'm at a loss how you would teach it without explaining that it is repeated addition.
For example, the other day I asked her how many fingers and toes the three kids at the table had, and she came up with "20 fingers and toes each times 3 kids means there are 60 fingers and toes." I think the units are intuitive in most cases and all of the more advanced concepts the author (and the related articles) discuss can be taught later.
For example, the other day I asked her how many fingers and toes the three kids at the table had, and she came up with "20 fingers and toes each times 3 kids means there are 60 fingers and toes." I think the units are intuitive in most cases and all of the more advanced concepts the author (and the related articles) discuss can be taught later.