mymonkeybug Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 OK, little background first. Both kids were pulled from public school 3 years ago now and son was so deep into the 'hatred of math' he developed there that I have been going remedial with him since and/or simply allowing him to de-sensitize from math altogether. Well, Rightstart is working well with him, he is 11 and in 6th and loves manipulatives since he can see it and touch and therefore GET IT. Now, DD who is 8 and in 3rd respectively, isn't a manipulative kid. She loved busywork and worksheets and such. I am trying RS with her also but wind up pulling my hair out because she doesn't GET IT when she sees it in manipulative form. UGH!!!!! Any recommendations for her please would be highly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 CLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Math Mammoth is worksheets and no manipulatives required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Math Mammoth or Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Math Mammoth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joie Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 How about just not using the manipulatives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 How about just not using the manipulatives? Er... How would you do that with Rightstart? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymonkeybug Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 I have some of the Math Mammoth ebooks downloaded and suppose I could do that...don't know why I didn't think of that. :confused: And yes, could you truly do RS without the manipulatives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anabelneri Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 We did low-manipulative RS for a while; we just used the manipulatives for teaching, but dd could choose to use the manipulatives (or not) when doing the math herself. She didn't actually mind the abacus, but strongly disliked almost everything else. When we switched away from RS we started using MEP. It was a great transition and she enjoys it much more. Good luck! Anabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymonkeybug Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 When we switched away from RS we started using MEP. It was a great transition and she enjoys it much more. Good luck! Anabel I have tried MEP and it seemed to jump around so much and all that European pounds stuff...ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 MM is terrific. I would use it and just stop fretting. Besides, how lucky of you to have a dc who actually LIKES workbooks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha2U Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 :iagree: I'd recommend Math Mammoth, especially since you already have it AND, to my understanding, it's the closest to RS in the way that it introduces concepts (minus the manipulatives, of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chpiper Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Another vote for CLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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