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Irishmommy Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 You might just try some of the Math lessons books by Marilyn Burns to get your feet wet in that type of math realm. I have her first two books for pretty cheap for sale in case you are interested. This type of math program really interested me, but I just couldn't pull it all together. I like the concept, but needed a little more hand holding, which I found Miquon fit my style a little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Irishmommy Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Also, FWIW, I perused the Living Math website and picked up lots of early mathy books, likes ones by Greg Tang. I try to read at least one per week, just to "sneak" in those math concepts. Sometimes you can even get those Burns books, that I mentioned before, at the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbabe Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I didn't like the Marilyn Burns books, and could not find a way to take what was in the book and actually use it. It seemed too geared towards public schools, and there wasn't any direction, just a log of the conversations/activities she had in the classroom with the students. But you might find them valuable. I posted on this thread about MOTL and KTM http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245047 I like MOTL because it has teaching ideas for all of the concepts that should be learned between K and Pre-Alg. It also has a chart that shows a sequence of how the concepts should be learned. There is an explanation of each concept and then several ideas on how to present/teach it. Now, it is worth it for me to have all of the math they need to know through pre-alg right there at my finger tips. I can look up a concept, pick out a book about it to read, find a fun game to play, and work on that concept. My son is not very textbooky, and I was getting frustrated with the different math programs. I would try to place him in a level, but in some aspects he'd be at grade 6, in others he was at grade 2. To put him back in grade 2 work (he's 10) would have been mindnumbingly boring. But he hadn't mastered some concepts. So MOTL was an answer to prayers for me. I can choose the concepts he needs help on, without be required to complete an entire book at that level. (does that make sense?) So I use it as an outline. I don't usually use only the lesson the way it's intended. I add stuff to it all the time. As I said before, we read books, play games, etc. Right now we're doing fractions and he's also doing a Key To Fractions book. So it's a great "skeleton" to work from. Don't get my wrong, it could be used as is and be sufficient... I just love approaching a subject from 100 different ways and so do my kids. Kitchen Table Math is very similar in that it has lessons/activities to teach different math concepts. As of yet, I don't think it reaches as far as pre-alg. It doesn't have anything more than the lessons and ideas. So you would just pick and choose what you want to teach. It doesn't necessarily have a certain order or sequence to follow. But for $20ish dollars you could get a pretty good idea of whether or not you liked that style of teaching. I would still supplement with books and games. I don't think it's as complete as MOTL, but it would give you a good idea of what MOTL is like. Then you could spring for MOTL if you decided you liked it. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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