Objectives and tasks of primary teaching of mathematics
Before considering the goals and objectives of teaching mathematics to modern primary school students, it is worth recalling how V.A. Sukhomlinsky understood them. In his book “A Conversation with a Young School Principal,” he wrote that the task of primary school is to teach a child to write, count, and read fluently. By the end of the second year of study, a student should forever remember the multiplication table and perform all arithmetic operations within 100. And in the third grade, he should remember all combinations of arithmetic operations within 1000. Although more than 40 years have passed since then, the author believes that Sukhomlinsky’s opinion has not lost its relevance.