I remember doing "good" in math when I was in school, mostly because I could memorized very well. But teaching this curriculum to the little girls made me realized the logic behind what I have memorized, and that in my opinion is a good thing!
Here is a short clip explaining the Alpha curriculum, for those who are interested in learning more.
Btw the guy talks about letting the kids play with the blocks at home, I do have leggos and duplos for playing, those little block will only be used during math class. I really don't want to loose them, they will be use over and over again.
Hopefully at the end of our school year, will be able to give you a fuller review about it.
How about you all, have you tried Math-U-See?
I haven't tried it personally, though I have heard good things about it in the earlier grades. I have heard that it is not that great for when they get beyond the earlier levels of math. I don't know if that's correct or not--just what I've heard! I think it's great that they can make sense of what they are learning in math.
ReplyDeleteso far it's working for us, but I agree might need to see how the upper grades goes
DeleteMy Mom used Math-u-see with me and a lot of my siblings at one point or another in our homeschool! And I remember playing with the blocks outside of school time, too! :P I didn't know they still made it--that seems like forever ago.
ReplyDeleteI like that it's been around for a while, so many people have tested the method before us :-)
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