scootiepie Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 My daughter will be in kindergarten next year and I plan to use Math Mammoth with her by first grade. I'm not sure I want to start with MM 1 in K. Is there a good option out there to lead into Math Mammoth? I kind of winged K with my son and don't want to do that again. I need the structure that a math program provides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesmere Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Maria Miler wrote some guidelines to prepare for Math Mammoth 1. It doesn't really answer your question but the link lists what a student needs to know before starting MM1 along with a lot of suggestions for how to get there. She has links to both free and paid resources, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar7709 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I used one of the books Maria Miller recommended for DD's K math (DK Math Made Easy), and it went just fine. She went seamlessly into MM1 when she was ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Singapore Essentials A & B are good K workbooks before MM. Book A is really easy and is more appropriate for pre-K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgiven Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Singapore Essentials A & B are good K workbooks before MM. Book A is really easy and is more appropriate for pre-K. This is exactly what we used before MM1. DS is technically only in K, but we did SE A last year in pre-school, and then did SE B the first semester this year and started MM1 the second semester. He's doing just fine in MM1. No problems here so far. He actually finds it annoying because he "knows" how to do it, "Mom!". Imagine a whining, annoyed 6-year-old saying that. He just wants to jump ahead. Today he opened up his notebook to a page that looked like more fun to him. It was at least 10 lessons ahead. Could he have done it? Probably, but I didn't let him. We just do the next thing. He's still a 6-year-old and in K though, so we don't do as much in a day as I did for Math with my older son when he was doing 1st grade math. Next year we'll kick it up. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Singapore essentials is a good pre cursor. We used RS A fand really liked it for my Ker this year. He finished it in January and we started MM 1 then. I will probably do the same progression for younger dd. RS A and then MM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Miquon/C-Rods, Education Unboxed would be my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbusf Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Same boat here. My DD just turned 5 and will be in K next year. I read Maria Miller's advice about Kindergarten Math and I think my DD meets those "prerequisites", but I just don't want to start with 1st grade math yet. So I think my plan is to use the Singapore Essentials B and then start MM Level 1 when DD is ready for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha2U Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 RightStart Math - Level A and/or Level B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Speaking of Miquon~ I actually presented the first Miquon page (A-1) to my 3.75 year old daughter today. In about 20 minutes, before anyone else in the house was awake, we covered tally marks, she matched rods to the pictures, she wrote the corresponding numerals in each box, and colored the page. It was magical. She adored her first official lesson (we've been 'playing' with rods for a while) and asked multiple times today for more lessons. I think I'll limit her to one per day, so that it seems like a treat! I agree that no program for K would be too rogue for me. I need more direction than that. Rosie & Miquon provide plenty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootiepie Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks! I appreciate all the suggestions! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMum Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I used Miquon pre MM, and am still using it with MM grade 2 and grade 4. Right Start Math Games are also great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary.margaret Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Can anyone explain to me the difference between Singapore Primary and Singapore Essentials? I used Primary 1a a few years ago but don't know anything about Essentials A & B. Is that their "kindergarten" program? I, too, am looking for something to use before starting MM 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Miquon/C-Rods, Education Unboxed would be my vote. This. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 We did a combination of things, which included starting out playing around with Miquon/c-rods (on Bill's suggestion), a little bit of MEP, then Right Start A. I actually intended to stick with Right Start, but it just wasn't my style. So we ditched it for Math Mammoth about halfway through this year (kindy; my son is 5). It was a seamless transition. I kept my Right Start materials and we still play games/use the manipulatives here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 I've been thinking about this for my 5 yr old. Are there any good downloadable options? I am pretty limited on getting anything that needs to be posted because it costs so much. Singapore Math Essentials doesn't seem to be available in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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