madteaparty Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Math has been fairly joyless here this semester. We're also busier that I anticipated--bad calibration on my part as a homeschool newbie. I wonder if I can do the first two Murderous Math as a read-aloud. Do I need to be very mathy in order to explain along? That's not what I want for sure. How do you do them? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Do you have one to look at? I would not want to read them aloud. It would be torturous for me. I think you could if you wanted to utilize a white board, enjoyed math, and were determined. I have the whole set and I'm not sure what the first ones are but everything I've looked at have a lot of formulas in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Do you have one to look at? I would not want to read them aloud. It would be torturous for me. I think you could if you wanted to utilize a white board, enjoyed math, and were determined. I have the whole set and I'm not sure what the first ones are but everything I've looked at have a lot of formulas in them. No, I do not. I just ordered the original two. Do you assign chapters/sections then? many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I don't assign them. They are there as fun reads for their free reading time. My DS likes them. My girls aren't ready for them yet. DS has been reading them since he was about 7 and my older girls are 10. I couldn't give an age recommendation. I think whether or not a person would like them or be ready for them depends on a combination of reading level, math abilities, and an interest in or enjoyment of more abstract mathematical thinking. I tried to have the girls read them last year and they were miserable and I don't think they learned anything. DS has learned a ton, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I was planning on strewing them, we're full up on read-alouds and I think he would enjoy reading it on his own much more than me reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 They are leisure reading at our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 My daughter read the boxed set "Horrible Science" and has recently asked for "Murderous Maths." They don't work as read-alouds - cartoons, random bits of text, etc. so I don't plan on reading them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 We do. It has worked well. We've done all of Arithmetricks and Savage Shapes and parts of a few others. I'm not sure why it would be annoying to read them aloud. One cool thing is that some of them have a sort of "try this" in some chapters and we'll just stop and try it. I do keep a whiteboard on hand when reading them, but I keep a whiteboard on hand when reading history books and science and most nonfiction, so that doesn't seem weird or onerous to me. My kids love being read to and only marginally like reading nonfiction for themselves (they enjoy fiction though). If they read these on their own, I can tell you just what ds would say... "I'm having trouble paying attention to what I read..." When I read them, we pause, discuss, I do silly voices. Ds loves them. They are really high level math, just to note. I know they look like 3rd grade level reading, but a lot of the math is middle school level and up, so anyone looking at them should just keep that in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 We do. Ds looooooves Murderous Maths. He also loves LoF, which is mortifying to me.I have Fred Prealgebra with Biology and DS consistently asks for that one. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space station Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 We use murderous maths as read alouds when requested and for choice reading. ETA, I don't think you have to be overly mathy. The explanations are pretty straightforward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 DS reads Murderous Maths as part of his weekly "Extra Math" assignments. He really enjoys them and often likes to share some tidbit that he found there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 You can but you need to be snuggled up so you can both see the page. A small whiteboard would help too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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