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Thank you so much!

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I used KTM Bk. 2 when my girls were 3rd grade. It helped me lay a good foundation in certain topics such as the distributive property in multiplication, factors and multiples, prime numbers. My girls are currently in 4th grade, and I am going through Bk. 3 right now. Book 3 is helping me to explain better how to model word problems mathematically, and how to solve the mathematical equations step by step using algebra. Kitchen Table Math Bks. 2 and 3 have been invaluable resources for me as a teacher. Hope this helps.

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Thank you so much!

I started using Book 2 about 6 months ago with my rising 4th graders. Basically I read the relevant chapter of the book, and I teach my girls the theory, using examples from the book. For example, I am doing factors and prime numbers these days. Based on the recommendations of Dr. Wright, I made a small poster of the prime numbers up to 50 so my girls could recall them more easily. I have to make another poster of the squares and cubes of numbers. We also worked through the Sieve of Eratosthenes together on paper, and my girls noticed that it was only prime numbers that fell through the sieve. For problems on factors, my girls worked at the problems in 4A Singapore Math IP. Using the Kitchen Table Math series has been very helpful to me as my children's Math teacher.

Dr. Wright's Kitchen Table Math series. Right now I am teaching factorization to my rising 4th graders using Book 2, while using Singapore Math for exercises and problems.

Found some interesting titles I'm going to check out. Thanks for sharing!

I've been afterschooling my rising 4th graders since they were in 1st grade. I use a variety of resources and materials which include Singapore Math, MEP, Kitchen Table Math, MCT, Wordly Wise 3000, Writing With Ease, Kilgallon Sentence Composing, Thinking Through Grammar, Jacobs Ladder Reading Comprehension, Reading Detective ....

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This is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing.

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Just placed an order -- thank you for sharing!!

My twins read and enjoyed several Classic Starts books including Heidi and Anne of Green Gables while in 1st grade. Then one of them read the unabridged Heidi while in 2nd grade, and she also read the unabridged Anne of Green Gables a couple months ago (3rd grade). My other twin has read L. M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon a few months ago, and she is now reading Howard Pyle's Robin Hood. I think the abridged versions of books for young readers are fine because you want to get them interested in the classics also, and I view them as stepping stones to the unabridged versions.

I've read part of Book 2 Kitchen Table Math, and I agree that it has been extremely helpful to me as a parent in explaining the concepts behind mathematical operations. I've gained a better understanding of how to teach place value to my kids, and I've referred to the concept behind regrouping to teach decimals to my 3rd graders. Kitchen Table Math has been invaluable to me in helping to reinforce a strong number sense, and that is why it goes along well with MEP. When I went through the distributive properties of multiplication with my girls, I immediately saw a connection with the part-whole concept of Singapore Math. I also purchased Book 3 and I plan to read it through also. In short, Kitchen Table Math is helping me to become a better teacher of Math.

How about South Sea Adventure by Willard Price. http://www.amazon.com/South-Sea-Adventure-Older-Fiction/dp/0099182513/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307126557&sr=8-3 I read this when I was about 10 yrs old, as well as the author's other books in the Adventure series and really enjoyed them.

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My 8 yr olds love reading Take Me Back by DK Publishing. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756640903/ref=ox_ya_os_product

My kids watched the Pioneer Life for Children DVD Series by Schlessinger Media. My library had the three dvds: Daily Pioneer Life The Pioneer Journey Westward Westward Expansion in the U.S. Hope this helps.

For anyone who may be interested, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology would like to encourage many people to participate in their Celebrate Urban Birds program and they are offering a Free "Celebrate Urban Birds!" kit upon registration. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration/GettingStarted/kit

Thanks for sharing information about this book! It is beautiful and I just had to get a copy too. My kids saw a play about The Canterbury Tales in a medieval festival last September and this would be a great addition to our library.

I prefer the more challenging questions of Singapore Math, especially the IP and the CWP. However, I've found there were some areas where my 3rd graders needed more foundation work and more practice, and I purchased the Math Mammoth Geometry worktexts for Grades 1-5 to supplement our Singapore Math curriculum.

Thank you so much that. We've enjoyed a couple DVDs from the Greek Mythology for Students series.