So, there I am, walking out of my office (which happens to be inside my home) to find a 1st grade student (daughter) crying at her teacher (wife). 

"What's the problem," I ask, as the concerned principal of this school.

"I don't wanna do flash cards!  They take too long and I've got all this other stuff to do!  Look!  I've got spelling and my Bible verse and writing to do!"

I've seen this before.  Really, what she is saying is that she doesn't like flash cards.  I don't know why and she isn't telling.  She just doesn't like doing flash cards.

I've discussed this with the teacher and it just takes forever for her to put together different math worksheets for all the practice that this particular student needs.  This student has a good memory, so if the teacher gives the same sheet over and over, the student will memorize the answers and won't learn anything.

What's a principal to do?

RESEARCH IS YOUR FRIEND.  SOMETIMES.

So, I did a little research.  Okay, I did a LOT of research because I was looking for a piece of software to generate practice / test / quiz papers.  And all of the software I was seeing was for doing math problems and games on the computer.

I think to myself, "Self, personal computers have been around since the late 70's and school has been around since 1600 or so.  More than one teacher must have come up with the idea that s/he didn't have to make a new worksheet every day for 20 kids and that there was huge computational power available to do the work instead."

I'm very logical, you see, and my logic was right.  In 35 years of personal computerdom, some teacher had to make a worksheet generator. 

Turns out that either teachers aren't logical (which, from my educational experience, I wholeheartedly believe), or they're hiding their software somewhere secret and teachery.....

AND THE ANGELS SUNG...

But then, my searching became fruitful!  Shortly before cursing all teachers everywhere, I came up with a site that had perfect solution for everyone:

This site has something for pretty much for all levels of elementary math.  Including an addition and subtraction worksheet generator where I can pick the numbers that it should use AND it'll create an answer key (just in case my teacher's math is a little rusty...)

Most of you are probably more experienced at finding these tools / knowing where they are since you're in the trenches day-to-day, but just in case, I thought I would throw this your way.

Anyone else know of more tools like this?  Comment with them so that I don't have to rip out my hair anymore!