I need to get some more math manipulatives and things into my house. I am debating between these two programs, to have as a resource/spine, while heavily dipping into Living Math stuff and things like Peggy Kaye's Games for Math, etc.
Dd is quite visual, and would GREATLY benefit from something to visualize. She is pretty weak at recalling facts and manipulating numbers in different ways, for example knows 5 doubled is 10, but would have a hard time figuring 5 and 6 is just one more than 10 as she has a hard time still with the abstract, whereas ironically ds would be able to figure out this mentally. Ds would tolerate filling out a worksheet, whereas dd most definitely would not...she is the kind of kid who would be reading a game score, and THEN I could whip out the place value blocks, not do a separate isolated lesson. She learned how to read and write much the same way. Everything would have to be in a context with her...she would learn adding by, well, adding for a real life purpose like a game score or allowance, but drill from a book and adding pics of teddies really really turns her off, as well as repetition.
What about these two programs would fit a learner like her? Any feedback from anyone with a simular kid? Things I have seen samples of online are Math Mammoth, Teaching Textbooks, Math on the Level, Mathematics Their Way, etc and I know those would not work. I do like the idea of the abacus in Right Start and thinking of things in 10's but don't want to get the whole program.
O and for Miquon users...FUN books sells a activity booklet with the rods, but it is not the whole course. Anyone familiar with this? I think I have the kind of kid who needs something I could immediately whip out as an "object" lesson, plus some games like cards, Family math, etc., but not a whole program that I have to do first page to the end and be locked into, KWIM?
OK, I am overwhelmed by all I am seeing of these programs and my head is spinning. Anyone have any advice or feedback?
Dd is quite visual, and would GREATLY benefit from something to visualize. She is pretty weak at recalling facts and manipulating numbers in different ways, for example knows 5 doubled is 10, but would have a hard time figuring 5 and 6 is just one more than 10 as she has a hard time still with the abstract, whereas ironically ds would be able to figure out this mentally. Ds would tolerate filling out a worksheet, whereas dd most definitely would not...she is the kind of kid who would be reading a game score, and THEN I could whip out the place value blocks, not do a separate isolated lesson. She learned how to read and write much the same way. Everything would have to be in a context with her...she would learn adding by, well, adding for a real life purpose like a game score or allowance, but drill from a book and adding pics of teddies really really turns her off, as well as repetition.
What about these two programs would fit a learner like her? Any feedback from anyone with a simular kid? Things I have seen samples of online are Math Mammoth, Teaching Textbooks, Math on the Level, Mathematics Their Way, etc and I know those would not work. I do like the idea of the abacus in Right Start and thinking of things in 10's but don't want to get the whole program.
O and for Miquon users...FUN books sells a activity booklet with the rods, but it is not the whole course. Anyone familiar with this? I think I have the kind of kid who needs something I could immediately whip out as an "object" lesson, plus some games like cards, Family math, etc., but not a whole program that I have to do first page to the end and be locked into, KWIM?
OK, I am overwhelmed by all I am seeing of these programs and my head is spinning. Anyone have any advice or feedback?
so my opinion is biased, of course. One great benefit to the program is that it's really pretty cheap. So you could order the Red book for a few bucks, look it over, and just use it as a supplement with hands-on/games math being your primary resource. That's how we got started with Miquon last year.
