Looking for something like Beginning Mathematical Reasoning, but without colors

[La Condessa]

My youngest is desperate to start his own math book, and begs me for his turn nearly every day. He is the same age/older than my daughters were when they started Mathematical Reasoning Beginning 1. We love those books for preschoolers, I have used them for all my older kids and my extra preschooler. It's a great gentle start, with lots of sitting cuddled on Mommy's lap and very little writing. But it also has many questions that require knowing colors. I suspect ds may be color blind, though he is too young for testing. (It runs in my family, and there is a 50% chance I am a carrier.)

 

Can anyone suggest a preschool math book like Mathematical Reasoning that doesn't require being able to identify colors?

[mom2bee]

You think your DS is color blind but to what extent?

 

Critical Thinking Company makes many supplemental puzzle books that are in BW have you looked at their website?

 

What about Kumon workbooks? There are some on tracing (you can use your finger, instead of a marker) and some on cutting/pasting.

 

Maybe you'd prefer to go with Living Math books instead until you can discern whether or not your son is color blind and if so, what type of color blindness he has.

[Slache]

MEP Reception printed in black and white.

[La Condessa]

Sorry I didn't respond before; I have had an insane week.

 

Thank you for your suggestions. I looked them over and I like the look of MEP, but I don't think he's ready for Reception yet. I'm thinking I'll probably just give it more time, and maybe try MEP next year if it turns out he is color blind.

[kaitneel]

Singapore essential math is amazing and all black and white

[HomeschoolingHearts&Minds]

Sorry I didn't respond before; I have had an insane week.

 

Thank you for your suggestions. I looked them over and I like the look of MEP, but I don't think he's ready for Reception yet. I'm thinking I'll probably just give it more time, and maybe try MEP next year if it turns out he is color blind.

 

I seem to recall that MEP has a fair amount of coloring (meaning the student colors this or that thing), though, doesn't it?  My youngest got tired of the coloring when she was younger.  At least that's my recollection of the reception level.  She is doing some MEP now in the 1B and 2a levels there's come coloring to extend patterns and coloring a certain color the sums that equal a certain number, etc.

 

All that to say, even if the book isn't in color, it may still require some tweaking or skipping around to work for a child who has trouble with color perception.

[scoutingmom]

I seem to recall that MEP has a fair amount of coloring (meaning the student colors this or that thing), though, doesn't it? My youngest got tired of the coloring when she was younger. At least that's my recollection of the reception level. She is doing some MEP now in the 1B and 2a levels there's come coloring to extend patterns and coloring a certain color the sums that equal a certain number, etc.

 

All that to say, even if the book isn't in color, it may still require some tweaking or skipping around to work for a child who has trouble with color perception.

But that should only require changing the colours to ones the student can tell apart, or having them use a pattern I would think...

 

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[HomeschoolingHearts&Minds]

But that should only require changing the colours to ones the student can tell apart, or having them use a pattern I would think...

 

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I said it may require some tweaking or skipping around, not that it wouldn't work. ;)  

 

 

Here are some specific examples from reception level (just checked the teacher notes and copymasters because I was curious).  Links: http://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mepres/primary/RLP1-10.pdf http://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mepres/primary/Rp1-10.pdf

 

from lesson 3:

 

T: Look at this picture. Ann and Ben are playing with coloured sticks. Ann made some shapes with her sticks and Ben has tried to copy Ann’s shapes, using the same colours. Let’s help Ben. How many sticks does he need to make the table (chair, lamp)? 3 (4, 4) How many blue (red) sticks does Ben need for the house? 4 (2) How many brown sticks are in the pine-tree? 1 What colour is the stick of which there is only one in the table (chair, lamp)? Green (red and blue; brown and yellow) What colour is the stick of which there are two in the tulip (lamp, house, table, chair)? Yellow and green (blue; red; brown; yellow) Copy Ben’s table using sticks on your desk. Pay attention to the shape and colour. Now copy the chair (lamp, house, pine-tree, tulip) Draw Ben’s shapes.

 

T: Look at the picture. Count the dolls. How many dolls are there? Ps: There are two dolls. T: If you agree, turn your thumb up. What can you say about the dolls? E.g. A: One doll is coloured and the other is not. B: Same shape. C: Same size. T: So Ann has two dolls which look alike. Colour the second doll to make it look like the first doll. What colours will we use? Red, brown, pink, violet, green and light blue.

 

from lesson 4:

 

T: The same kinds of fruit are on the next two plates but something has been changed. Circle the fruit which is different from the one on the first plate. T: Repeat the question for the lst (third) plate. Which fruit did you circle on the middle (second) plate? Ps: The cherry (because its position has changed). T: How many fruits did you not circle? Four Which fruits did you circle on the last (third) plate? Ps: The apple, the grapes, the cherry and the plum. (Colour of the apple has been changed from red to green. Colour of grapes has been changed from green to red. Pair of cherries instead of a single one. Position of plum). T: How many? Four How many fruits did you not circle? One (the pear)

 

If he is red/green color-blind he may not be able to easily distinguish a difference in the differently colored fruits.  The OP could skip the color changes and just have him look for the other changes.

 

 

Things that aren't easily modified could certainly be skipped or replaced by a different activity.  

[scoutingmom]

I said it may require some tweaking or skipping around, not that it wouldn't work. ;)

 

 

Here are some specific examples from reception level (just checked the teacher notes and copymasters because I was curious). Links: http://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mepres/primary/RLP1-10.pdf http://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mepres/primary/Rp1-10.pdf

 

from lesson 3:

 

from lesson 4:

 

If he is red/green color-blind he may not be able to easily distinguish a difference in the differently colored fruits. The OP could skip the color changes and just have him look for the other changes.

 

 

Things that aren't easily modified could certainly be skipped or replaced by a different activity.

Oh, it has been years since I did reception, and these examples don't even look familiar to me...

 

I was thinking more of the color the numbers divisible by 3 red type of thing.

 

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[HomeschoolingHearts&Minds]

Oh, it has been years since I did reception, and these examples don't even look familiar to me...

 

I was thinking more of the color the numbers divisible by 3 red type of thing.

 

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Right, that comes in later levels I think.

 

I hear you---my memory of reception was vague, I just had a sense that color figured prominently in some of the lessons.