NCTM brief: Local Educator adopts clever method which allows kids to do math without understanding | mathlovergrowsup

http://mathlovergrowsup.teachforus.org/2012/09/15/nctm-breif-local-educator-adopts-clever-method-which-allows-kids-to-do-math-without-understanding/

Maybe I just don't like having fun, but I'm always skeptical of classroom songs and games. Most seem to just be "cute" ways of memorizing bits and pieces of content, not engaging contexts to be mathematized.