sunshineslp Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 What do you use that EASILY teaches you how to use C-rods?? Not miquon please, but anything else? Homeschooling mama of 4... Preschool 3, preschool 4, 1st, and 2nd:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannyaunt Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Mathematics Made Meaningful, it is at Rainbow Resource. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Education Unboxed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Mathematics Made Meaningful, it is at Rainbow Resource. I *loved* Mathematics Made Meaningful. Several friends raved about C-rods, and I borrowed a set from a friend to mess around with, but I just couldn't get into it. Eventually I decided I really wanted to understand, so I found Mathematics Made Meaningful, and started with the first task card, which has the children dump the rods in a pile and sort them by color, then mess them up and sort them by size. Hey! They're the same piles! After about the fourth or fifth task card, I was in love with C-rods. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Education Unboxed Yes! My favorite c-rod resource. C-rods are my very favorite math manipulative! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshineslp Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Is MMM a complete curriculum or is it easy to simply use it for the c-Rod activities? Homeschooling mama of 4... Preschool 3, preschool 4, 1st, and 2nd:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Gattegno math. https://issuu.com/eswi/docs/gattegno-math-textbook-1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Education Unboxed This. And it's free. Especially good for visual learners. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Gattegno math. https://issuu.com/eswi/docs/gattegno-math-textbook-1 Another vote for this one. My 5yo has been using Gattegno recently. He thinks it's the bestest school ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshineslp Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 So gattengo is free? Homeschooling mama of 4... Preschool 3, preschool 4, 1st, and 2nd:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Viewing Gattegno is free, but you can't print or download it. Hard copies are only $10 on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Is MMM a complete curriculum or is it easy to simply use it for the c-Rod activities? Homeschooling mama of 4... Preschool 3, preschool 4, 1st, and 2nd:) It could be a complete curriculum for 6- to 8yo little persons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelmama1209 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 love c rods. we used education unboxed and c rod books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Why not Miquon? It's the best imho. This is an excellent teacher's resource book. I also like Everything's Coming Up Fractions and From Here to There with the Cuisenaire Rods. I didn't find Gattegno until it was almost too late for my big kids, but I like the looks of them. I think Gattegno would be more easily understood by most AFTER grappling with Miquon. The discovery style is key. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 I just let my son play with them. He learned the 4 operations and fractions through play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 I just let my son play with them. He learned the 4 operations and fractions through play. That is the best way!!! People don't trust it, but it works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Giving away the discovery style of Miquon would be a huge loss IMO. Bill 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Education UnboxedYes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Giving away the discovery style of Miquon would be a huge loss IMO. Bill Suppose Orange is One... Those four words are powerful. Let the rods do their work. Lore Rasmussen, author of Miquon, was a wise woman. Read the First Grade Diary and the Teacher's Notes before rejecting Miquon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Suppose Orange is One... Those four words are powerful. Let the rods do their work. Lore Rasmussen, author of Miquon, was a wise woman. Read the First Grade Diary and the Teacher's Notes before rejecting Miquon. The difference between creating an opportunity (and providing the tools) for a child to reason out mathematical concepts using their own powers of perception can not be underestimated. It is very different that "showing" a child something is so. The gift that Miquon provided my son was in making him the active thinker in the problem-solving exercises. That made learning fun, and built a sense of autonomy and competence that was very different than having his dad "demonstrate" for him. Lighting the fires of creative problem-solving was the critical thing that Miquon help achieve. Thank you Lore Rasmussen! Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelmama1209 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Why not Miquon? It's the best imho. This is an excellent teacher's resource book. I also like Everything's Coming Up Fractions and From Here to There with the Cuisenaire Rods. I didn't find Gattegno until it was almost too late for my big kids, but I like the looks of them. I think Gattegno would be more easily understood by most AFTER grappling with Miquon. The discovery style is key. not everyone can wrap their brain around miquon. it was a huge bust here. i read all the books and tried to work through the lessons myself. i gave them to my kids and they just stared at me. they love playing with the rods and i have one that has done exclusively rods up until this point using c rod books. and done really well. i WANT to love miquon. i WANT to understand it. i WANT to use it for my middle child, but, alas, miquon is not for us. i am looking at the gattegno books to see if that would be a better fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshineslp Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 I actually bought the gattegno books and really like the looks of them! Homeschooling mama of 4... Preschool 3, preschool 4, 1st, and 2nd:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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