InLieuofPreschool Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 What is your favorite first math curriculum? Why? Thanks! :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Miquon has been and continues to be a major motivating force here for my kids AND me!!! I pair it with Singapore. You can read more of the "why" here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edeemarie Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We really love MEP Reception because it really gets the kids to think about math beyond the numbers. There are so many skills in there I never would have thought to cover in an early math program. Plus it is free! It would be a great set up for any math program even if you don't continue with MEP. We use the videos from Education Unboxed also as some added fun with the Cuisenaire Rods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Singapore Essential Math here. After that we dive into a combo of Singapore PM Horizons, and Miquon. EM gets them going in the Singapore direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Well, for VERY first math, I love R&S ABC series "Counting With Numbers" to teach how to write numbers and do basic counting. I use that around age 3.5ish. Their little sayings for how to form the numbers are great. Next, around age 4ish, I do Singapore Essential Math K. I use C-rods with Book B (where it gets into adding/subtracting). For kid #3, I'm also using the videos at http://educationunboxed.com. Also, alongside EM K, I did a 100 chart with DS2, bundling straws into 10s and also using coins. We talked about place value over and over until it clicked. When it did, he took off in understanding. After that, we continue on with Singapore Standards Edition 1A on up. All my kids are mathy, hence the earlier start. You can easily do K math without a curriculum. I needed one for DS2 because he learns better with a pictorial presentation combined with the hands-on. My oldest taught himself K-math (and more). My youngest will probably do the same, but he likes workbooks - he thinks he's doing school if he's doing workbooks. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugsMama Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We LOVE Saxon K-3. The kids love the variety, the manipulatives, and the mommy time. I love the scripted program, and the open and go. The kids are challenged and happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I am using MEP reception with my Pre-K'er, and it's absolutely perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We LOVE Saxon K-3. The kids love the variety, the manipulatives, and the mommy time. I love the scripted program, and the open and go. The kids are challenged and happy. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) . Edited June 5 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat_cornish Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 MEP - it's fun for the kiddies and just a great programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 The below post is pretty much my recommendations exactly (except I do R&S at 4, SE K at 5/K, 1A/B for 1st)! My 6 year old loves Singapore. The first week of school she told me "I never knew math could be so fun!!!" Well, for VERY first math, I love R&S ABC series "Counting With Numbers" to teach how to write numbers and do basic counting. I use that around age 3.5ish. Their little sayings for how to form the numbers are great. Next, around age 4ish, I do Singapore Essential Math K. I use C-rods with Book B (where it gets into adding/subtracting). For kid #3, I'm also using the videos at http://educationunboxed.com. Also, alongside EM K, I did a 100 chart with DS2, bundling straws into 10s and also using coins. We talked about place value over and over until it clicked. When it did, he took off in understanding. After that, we continue on with Singapore Standards Edition 1A on up. All my kids are mathy, hence the earlier start. You can easily do K math without a curriculum. I needed one for DS2 because he learns better with a pictorial presentation combined with the hands-on. My oldest taught himself K-math (and more). My youngest will probably do the same, but he likes workbooks - he thinks he's doing school if he's doing workbooks. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallory Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We don't use a formal curriculum until about 3rd grade. Here are some living math/math lab threads http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showthread.php?t=214799&highlight=math+lab http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showthread.php?t=303855&highlight=math+lab Here is the Living Math website http://www.livingmath.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy_of_4 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I love the Mathematical Reasoning 3yr and 4yr old books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We didn't use this, because I found out about it too late, but I've always thought Gnomes and Gnumbers would have been a great, fun intro to math. It would have appealed to my guy, anyway. Gnomes, art, gems, math... What's not to love? Plus, it's free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I've yet to find a K math program that I love. I was debating starting DD with Singapore 1a this year, but decided to give miquon and Funtastic Frogs a try. For 1st grade and up we love Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We've used Right Start Level A for our two eldest and really enjoyed it. I did just purchase Miquon Orange though for DD to try it out and am enjoying it, but honestly, I like the variety of Right Start A's materials and the more laid out lessons better (so far). However, from a cost standpoint, Miquon is 1000x better. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Miquon for my hands-on kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Another MEP fan here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leav97 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 M&M's :) no really, we learned counting, adding, subtracting, sorting, patterns, etc with M&M's. Then started Math Mammoth in first grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) I have yet to get fully comfortable with a pre Saxon 54 curriculum. For now it's a hodgepodge of How to Tutor Copywork. $19.80 and also includes a full phonics curriculum and handwriting instructions that pair well with the Spalding WRTR 6th edition hand. Grube's method free The ORIGINAL conceptual curriculum African Waldorf free skip counting and much more 5 minute frenzies. Addition and multiplication free Just the answer keys can be used with regular paper folded into boxes and numbers written along the borders. All of this is cheap to implement without workbooks and/or a printer. This is all mostly copywork, recitations and hands on. I might use some Professor B because I have it, but it's more expensive and more teacher intensive than the above, so I recommend the above resources first. As soon as I found HTT, I decided I MIGHT be able to shelve PB. We'll see. I still am keeping my ears open for something more independent, but...I'm not wasting any more energy or money actively looking. Edited August 21, 2012 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) All of this is cheap to implement without workbooks and/or a printer. This is all mostly copywork, recitations and hands on. Sounds like my kind of curriculum. I just got an old copy of How To Tutor. I was going to say Prof. B Math. The beginning exercises in Level 1 have made for an awesome start for my oldest so I'm using them now with my 4yo. Edited August 21, 2012 by SCGS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I am using MEP reception with my Pre-K'er, and it's absolutely perfect! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyceTWTM Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Saxon 5/4. Seemed to suit our goals just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbabe Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I love the Mathematical Reasoning 3yr and 4yr old books. :iagree: I like these and Miquon. Don't have a reason. After homeschooling for 10 years these are some things that I just think are really well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Living math books and a pile of C-rods. After that, MEP Reception. It seems to me that being free, it's the obvious choice. There's no reason not to make it one's first stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I like R&S Counting With Numbers and Saxon K, with lots of games and manipulative play. MEP is nice, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 For helping me find a teaching style, providing resources for making a sophisticated level of mathematics comprehensible to a young child (and me :D) and for fostering a hands-on spirit of discovery for my son that was the perfect sort of start for a child like him: Miquon. We followed up with many other things one the passion was lit including MEP, Singapore, and RS elements and game, but Miquon was huge in providing a road map to me and giving a "big picture" sense of understanding to my son. Bil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I grew up on Saxon and used it for grade 1 with my oldest son. I have since switched to Singapore with both my boys with some LOF for the oldest and some MM for the youngest and for my daughter I use mostly MM, for some reason she prefers it to Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 We LOVE Saxon K-3. The kids love the variety, the manipulatives, and the mommy time. I love the scripted program, and the open and go. The kids are challenged and happy. :lol: we HATED Saxon K-3. Had to pitch it. I would get bored to tears just thinking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 :lol: we HATED Saxon K-3. Had to pitch it. I would get bored to tears just thinking about it. Just the homework sheets sent home from school bored me to tears in Saxon 1. It was the same.thing.every.day. :tongue_smilie: At one point, I remember telling my friend that I was going to puke if I saw another apple seed. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy M Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I'm sorry to interrupt--I tried to research it, but can't find it--what is MEP? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Here is a link to the website. In this thread we are talking about Reception year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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