Building an Interest in Math
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Tag: singapore math
Singapore Math in Pictures
We began using Singapore Math 10 years ago. My older two finished through Singapore 5B before moving to Art of Problem Solving Pre-Algebra. Last week my youngest child finished 5B and our Singapore days are done.
Homeschool Math Choices for a Future Scientist or Computer Programmer
With children who desire a future in science and computers, math is important in our household. This post is part of the Virtual Curriculum Fair: Discovering Patterns in Mathematics, Logic, or Science series. Check out the links at the bottom of this post to read how others approach math, logic,…
Singapore Math – Making Tens
Learning to make tens is an important part of the Singapore method. Making tens involves learning the number combinations to make ten. Later the child will heavily depend on this concept to do mental calculations. We just hit this area for the first time in my daughter’s Singapore math book.…
Mental Math
Singapore Math is well-known for teaching kids mental math strategies. While they do have supplementary books that focus on mental math, I’ve found the mental math drills listed in the back of the Home Instructor’s Guide to be sufficient. Teaching my kids these strategies has really helped my math skills…
Our Experience with Math Acceleration
Last summer I made the decision to accelerate my boys in math. I had had psycho-educational testing done late in the school year and discovered my younger son was not close to his potential when it came to math skills. I also realized that I was going a little slow…
Compacting and Accelerating Singapore Math
This school year I’ve adjusted our math to better meet the needs of my kids. Last school year I had some psycho-educational testing done on my boys to figure out their skills, abilities, and how to best teach them. Testing gave me some valuable information and as a result I…
Singapore Math
We have been using Singapore math since the beginning of this school year. I had read that it was a strong math program and helpful to teach a child to think mathematically. Then I tried it. I am using two different levels with my boys. One child is math-minded and…
