Marsha Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 for addition, subtraction, multiplying, and dividing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Amy Jo Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 (edited) I bookmarked this: http://www.livelylessons.com/Nobleknights.html from a thread a while back. It looks kind of fun - I've never actually used it though. It is story based. ETA - I just searched and it looks like the company is not shipping this program atm. Bummer. The Sir Cumference series is a hit here, not really a program, but fun to read. Edited May 1, 2010 by mtcougar832 added info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I have been looking and looking and so far found nothing. My DD would thrive on LOF style for the basics! She has repeatedly asked for something like this. I'm subscribing just incase someone suggests something i have not looked at yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn E Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemykids Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 :lurk5: Not that I know of... Did you ever try Times Tales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyg Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 What about Professor B? It's a computer program. We did this a long time ago, and my memory is faint. But I think I remember a bee with a cute personality. No story line, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn E Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 When dd (who is normally a great memorizer) hit the wall re: the multiplication tables, I decided to give Times Tales a try. She LOVES it, and even better she is memorizing the facts amazingly well thanks to the stories and pictures. Division is clicking as well. I am so glad we decided to give it a try. She's going to be so sad when we don't need to review it anymore. I just bought The Adventures Penrose the Mathematical Cat and More Adventures with Penrose to see if she will enjoy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFourSons Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 My oldest is going to start LOF this summer, and so I've been looking for something similiar to use with my younger ones as well. We are currently using Singapore, but I really like CM methods and wanted to incorporate more literature and living books. Living Math has booklists that include literature and other "fun" books to teach math. They also have lesson plans you can purchase that correspond to the SOTW history cycle, and even have readings from the SOTW books built into the lessons. There are two cycles, cycle two is going to be finished this August. Cycle one has four units that correspond with the four history periods, and each unit has lessons you can purchase at the primary, intermediate, and advanced level. You can purchase units individually for $20.00 or as part of a package. I am going to use one of the units this summer for enrichment, and then probably use unit 3 next year to along with singapore Math to go along with our history. I am really excited, and I plan on writing a review once I have used the plans for a while. Here is a link to their booklists, which you can access for free to get ideas on some books to use for math. http://www.livingmath.net/LessonPlans/C1PrintableBooklists/tabid/1046/language/en-US/Default.aspx Here are some samples of the lesson plans: http://www.livingmath.net/Portals/9/LMH%20Docs/LMHC1Q1PrimarySample.pdf Their website also has a ton of ideas and math activities, as well as links to online games and websites. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alte Veste Academy Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I just bought Mr. Base Ten Invents Mathematics today. It looks very promising! I have high hopes, although I am also very much looking forward to the new LOF books for the younger set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I don't own LOF so am not familiar with the details of it but this site might be of interest. It uses stories in an interesting way to explore the four processes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I just bought The Adventures Penrose the Mathematical Cat and More Adventures with Penrose to see if she will enjoy them. Penrose arrived today and Abi jumped right in. Here's a blog post/pic...:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Murderous Maths "Awesome Arithmetricks" is something that my LOF-loving daughter also loves. But it's probably aimed at the same upper-elementary age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Cindy Neuschwander, the author of the Sir Cumference books, has a series on other aspects of numbers: Mummy Math, Pastry in Paris, Patterns in Peru. Loreen Leedy has picture books on addition, subtraction, fractions, as well as the Penny series -- Measuring Penny and It's Probably Penny (basic probability). At http://www.mathsolutions.com you can find the Marilyn Burns books of lesson plans based on picture and chapter books: Math Through Literature. The books are grouped by grade level, and there are lessons for fiction and non-fiction picture books to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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