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First, I hope it's okay to post this here on the high school board. I'm looking for ideas to help my math-loving son keep loving math. At the same time, I'm unable to let all structure go because I've found that he thrives best with a daily plan. This child has completed Algebra I and a few chapters from the AoPS Intro Number Theory and Intro Geometry books. He is however, hitting chapters that are obviously becoming too hard for him to handle on his own. We are at this present time, unable to afford a tutor/ mentor so a lot of the hand-holding comes from me/ Dad but to be honest, I'm no mat -
I need another math book like I need another hole in my head, but I picked up Problem Solving Strategies: Crossing the River With Dogs & have been working my way through it for the last few days. (It is all Chrysalis Academy's fault for mentioning it. :drool5: ) My observations are below. You can decide for yourself which ones are good/bad/other. It is written for classroom use. There is a whole section (Introduction, Chapter 0) written to the student about using this book in groups, the role of the teacher, and how to write your answer to each question in the form of a sentence. I h -
Excuse me for the ungainly title! It does express my needs however. DS started on AOPS Intro to Algebra and is thoroughly enjoying it. He's asking for more math. I'm thinking of adding a second math book, one that introduces different math ideas. I'm looking for breadth rather than something up the prgression chain, something outside of the usual scope. Looking through the archives and on the internet, i found these: 1. Harold Jacobs' Math- A Human Endeavour 2. The Heart of Mathematics by Ed Burger, which he looked at and liked last year, but it was over his head after a few chapters.
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I am attempting to teach a very creative thinker. I've been able to approach many subjects creatively, but math is not a subject where I've been able to bring creativity to the table. My son learns best when creativity is part of the equation. How can I bring creativity into math? Any ideas, references, or websites you could suggest would be helpful. This is for a child currently doing well in Singapore 4A. He does not like math, but he has enjoyed watching math programs geared for kids. He has also really enjoyed Vi Hart videos. He is quite good at math, but there is no love there.
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I don't know what to do with my DS, he demands math. He rolls so fast through math material that expense is becoming a concern. We are almost through our third set of SM books for the year. He does every, single. problem. in all the books. He hates MM, so that is out. He doesn't have much left on Dreambox. He has great mental math skills to the point he needs to practice writing so any other computer programs are out for now. Would MEP slow him down? Is there something else out there? -
Like most others here, I've been doing a lot of research on math education to help me make educational decisions for my children. Last night I was reading this and came to the realization that the math I loved in school is the real math, the sort of math you do if you if you pursue mathematics as a career. I was always led to believe that that was just fun and games, pure diversion. Would have been nice if an adult had told me that I could do that for a living. (I had plenty of adults tell me that I should go into math, but that was not enticing at all as math seemed to consist of figuring out
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Just wondering ... open to advice, cautionary tales, & cetera. Am thinking that since no math curriculum nicely fits our situation (Button's awfully good at math, 6 yo, doesn't like to do schoolwork per se, will crack up if not given school work 6 days a week -- math esp., MUS is too dry, MEP takes too long at his level and is boring below that, Singapore just Not Fun, I want the child to have lots of time playing and having good books read to him and savoring the fun in things -- numbers included) -- at any rate, am thinking that we might just abandon math curricula for the moment. -
I need to make a list of possible problem-solving resources, including instruction and/or problems, for elementary, and I want to be sure I haven't left anything out. For purposes of this list, assume MM is the base curriculum (in other words, basic word problems should be covered). Please add to my list! Contest materials: Creative Problem Solving by Lechner MOEMS contest problem books Curricula: SM CWP (I'm thinking about the extra-challenging problems, rather than the regular ones) SM IP (? can anyone comment on this or compare IP to aops-style problems? please help!) Beast Ao
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Has anyone's kids participated in any math contests for early elementary school? I did MathCounts in 7th grade myself, but that was the only math contest available until 11th grade in my area.
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Hi, I'm looking for a fun summer activity for my 7yo son. He's pretty advanced in math and catches on to new concepts quickly. He's about halfway through Singapore 4A and completes several lessons per day. He enjoys a challenge, so when I say a "fun" activity, I mean challenging as well as a bit different from regular school work. I've looked at Hands On Equations, but I have a feeling that he will get bored with it quickly as it will only take him a minute, literally, to understand that he has to do the same "thing" to both sides to solve for x. Any ideas for this child? In additio
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I know there are large lists of living math books, but as we're going to be reading a TON of them in the next few months, I thought I'd post what we thought about specific ones, and I'd love to see what other people have read, too! I do much better with descriptions than book lists. :D Today we read You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime. It's a fun little story following a boy earning allowance and extra money, buying one dinosaur (including tax), earning more, and buying another (choosing a less expensive one so he has more left). No negative numbers and nothing very hard--the numbers are
