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Read  logic chapters 1 to 5  in online volume Three Skills for Algebra  for greater skills & confidence in  work 
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 Logic chapters 1 to 5  re- appear not in sequence, as is or longer,  in  Volume 1A,  Pattern Based Reason, Bon Appetite.

Logic Mastery
 Amazing, Amusing, Amorous,  Delicious, Delightful, Edifying, Strengthening Elixir. 
It eases work & learning difficulties Makes the hard easier. Opens eyes. Leads to greater precision.
in reading and
writing

Logic mastery makes the hard, easier. Logic mastery  leads to better, stronger and richer comprehension.  Logic mastery  improves reading and writing.  Logic mastery ease learning difficulties.  Logic mastery gives a headstart.  In sum, logic mastery  will develops critical thinking, improve reading and writing, and give a firmer base for work and studies at many levels. Good luck.


After logic  (a) continue reading Three Skills for Algebra, chapters 8 to 14  and do so alongside site area on solving liinear Equations ; or (b) see this calculus starter lesson and Volume 3, Why Slopes  & More Math, chapters 2 to 6;

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Caution: Site advice is approximately correct, for some circumstances, not all. That leaves room for thought

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What may be learnt and when depends on how skills and concepts are developed. Making the hard easier and clearer will allow earlier & richer development of skills and concepts.


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For online automated help in senior high school maths & calculus, visit  quickmath.com  For Automatic Calculus and Algebra Help with derivatives, integrals, graphs, linear equations, matrix algebra, visit calc101.com  With  overlap, each site quickmath & calc101offers a different range of services, some free, some not, all based on webmathematica. Good luck.

Books for Children or Teens 14 and Under

The jumpmath program  says the following: One feature distinguishes our workbooks from regular math textbooks, however: in the JUMP workbooks, teachers are consistently shown how to help students who are having trouble moving forward by breaking mathematical concepts and operations into the most basic elements of understanding and perception on page 2 of the Jump Teacher Manual - Fractions, one of three plus pdf files in the Jump publication page. The quote italized here complies with inductive principles given in the foreword of site Volume 1B, Mathematics Curriculum Notes. 

Parents of primary and secondary school students who should download and print the JUMP fraction unit (companion for the jump workbooks) and help their charges through them with the aid of the teacher manual. Parents who find the fraction unit effective may then then want to acquire the  Jump Learning WorkBooks for grades 3-4, grades 5-6 and/or grades 7-8.  

Students who understand fractions may find Solving Linear Equations with Stick Diagrams   useful with or without the aid of a chaperone. 

In mathematics, you may help your child learn by purchasing mathematics booklets or exercise sets which review or cover material from the grade 1 to 7 or 8 level in way that you should be able to understand. 

The booklets mentioned below provide UK, USA and Canadian views of what should be met in these grades. Each covers about the same range of material or exercises.    Most likely you will have to read these booklets with your child and guide them through the more challenging exercises.

Patience is required. Find the lessons that are easy for your child and use them to test or improve his or her skill and knowledge gradually, without haste. Just as your brothers or sisters were faster or slower than you in grasping ideas, so will be your children. Each learns at his or her own pace.  The main role of these works, if your child goes to school, is to gently push the child to review ideas and skills, with gentle and encouraging feedback from you. Your child should learn that an error in one step, makes all the rest suspect. Your child should also learn to write mathematics properly - improper notation is a sign of confusion which you may be able to identify and ease. A stitch in time, saves nine.  Good luck.


Imperial Science Museum bookshop (UK)

The Imperial Science Museum bookshop, the last time I visited London, UK,  had a collection of math books covering most primary and some high school topics in mathematics. A tour of the Museum is recommended. Did  modern times begin with the steam engine?

School Zone (UK)

This company appears to specialize in grades Kindergarten and grades 1 to 2. Visit their website www.schoolzone.com to learn more. Books will have a US orientation.

Step Ahead

Sample: Math Deluxe, Skill Builders, UK Grades 2-3, 64 pages, about 5 CDN each, includes 70 colorful stickers to reward students for correct answers. 

To order write Golden Books Publishing Company Inc., 25-31 Tavistock Place, London, United Kingdom,  WC1H 9SU, or phone 1-888-Read-2 Me toll-free in the USA and perhaps Canada. Step Ahead booklets appear to cover preschool and UK grades 1 to 3.


McGraw Hill (USA)

 Junior Academic Workbook Series

  • Kindergarten Math (Numbers & Counting, Addition, Subtraction, Money) 3.99 US or 4.95 CDN. Very Simple. Neat Feature: Has Directions at the bottom of each page saying to parent how to use the page in tutoring their child.

The junior series  cover kindergarten, grades 1  and 2  Workbooks for the latter are available as well. To learn more, visit www.MHKids.com. The latter also has a series of mathematics books for grades 1 to 8 simple enough for use with  students in primary school grades 1 to 6.
Reading Etc. for Grades 1 to 8 (Continued)

Active Minds (Canada)

Math Series Grades 1 to 8,
one booklet per grade, about 5 CDN each

Reading Series Grades 1 to 5,
one booklet per grade, about 5 CDN each

Approach is lighter than in the Scholar Choice. To order write to Chapters Inc, 90 Ronson Drive, Toronto, Ontario, or visit the Chapters website www.chapters.ca The website price may differ (be higher) than the store price.

 

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Maths for Ages 5+



D What to do in School & Why  

E.How to Study Mathematics


To read, write and spell, your children need to learn and memorize the alphabet. Anything less would be absurd. That being said, learning and using mathematics demands that your children meet key skills and concepts, and not skip any. Where local schools do not provide the latter, you need to provide remedies.

Care and Precision: If your child  can learn to follow multi-step methods carefully and precisely in arithmetic, he or she may do so  in other subjects, as well. Get your child or teen, if you can, to sit down and study. Suggest he or she aim for skill and concept development and perfection for their own sake, not that of their teachers.

The will to learn is the key to success in school.  Parents do have to be educated to support or guide their children and teens. What matters more is support for the will to learn, for children and teens to be  told to try to learn and to ask teachers, their schools or classmates for help and more help, as needed. Teachers and parents need to push students, help them find the will to learn, teamwork helps.

The main reason and focus for high school mathematics is or should be preparation for calculus. That requires skill and knowledge perfection with fractions, algebra, geometry, trig and functions. Many high school programs do not provide this. Make sure alone or with help that your children and teens have a good command of fractions. 

 

 



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