Horizon Math 1 & Earlybird Science question

[babygemma]

Does anyone know where I can view the table of content of Horizon Math Workbook 1 A & B? I have the K workbook 1A and it is already covering additions such as 22+5, etc. Singapore Math Primary 1A has not covered this yet, is Horizons supposed to be more advanced? So I should go one grade level down?

 

Those who are using Earlybird Science, is it parent intensive? Is there a lot of text or mainly experiments?

 

Thanks so much,

[jennyt]

Hi,

 

I've used Horizon with 2 dds so far - dd6 has done both K books and is finishing 1A at the moment. I wouldn't panic about sums like 22+5 because they are teaching them to count forward on a number line. It's not difficult and they aren't even really expected to know their tables particularly at that point, they are just introducing the concept of addition being moving forward along a number line. Neither of my dds has thought this was a tricky thing to do at all, and it doesn't take away from the fact that they still need to learn to do single number addition in their heads. My dd8 is doing Horizon 4 but I have always done supplementary math as well that is more focussed on one particular topic at a time. I think it is great that Horizons - completely unlike Singapore from the books I've seen - keep the kids covering most math topics every day. By the time you get to fractions especially, if you teach it then leave it, you will invariable find yourself re-teaching it when you come back to it. I'm an ex-highschool math teacher, and this is a real concern of mine.

 

Long answer and I don't know much about "levels" of primary math, but I do think you should "stay ahead" of your child in what you're introducing to them. They are not at all "scared" of math concepts at this age, and the more they become familiar with concepts while they're not scared the better. My thoughts anyway.

 

Jenny

[rafiki]

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