My child uses his fingers to calculate addition and subtraction in Grade 10. He doesn't want to use his fingers. I said he would not report to the mental arithmetic class. What's a good way to calculate accurately and quickly

My child uses his fingers to calculate addition and subtraction in Grade 10. He doesn't want to use his fingers. I said he would not report to the mental arithmetic class. What's a good way to calculate accurately and quickly

I consulted the teacher, the teacher said that the first grade is not the age of mental arithmetic, now we must let her see the real object, the child can imagine, slowly will, don't worry