Math

Curriculum

• Our family has used and loved A Beka Arithmetic. My personal opinion (and it’s so humble, wink, wink…) is that this is the best curriculum on the market.
• Math on the Level is a curriculum I’ve just heard about, and I’m so impressed with the idea. I recommend that you check it out and see if it would be a good fit for your family.
• Moving with Math
• Singapore Math – this curriculum has received many awards for its simplicity and thoroughness.
• Ray’s Arithmetic (Mott Media) – this curriculum comes highly recommended by several visitors
• Making Math Meaningful – another math curriculum that receives much applause!
• Math ‘n’ Stuff
• First Lessons in Numbers – a free online math curriculum for the lower grades
• A Plus Math Worksheets – Print math worksheets for free from your computer, or do worksheets online and have them corrected immediately
• SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
• Math-U-See – I have two very good friends who are using this curriculum, with fabulous results I might add!
• Teaching Textbooks, for higher level math, has received top reviews.
• Systematic Mathematics — homeschool math curriculum on CD and DVD.  I’ve personally reviewed this curriculum, and I thought it was very helpful and easy to understand.  I applaud them for a great product!

Articles and Teaching Helps

• Article:  The Teaching of Arithmetic:  The Story of an Experiment tells why public school arithmetic programs have failed to properly educate our children.
• Math from a Christian Perspective - Resources on how to view and teach math from a biblical worldview.
• Multiplication:  An Adventure in Number Sense
• The Abacus — the age-old “manipulative” and how to build and use it
• How to teach multiplication facts
• Times Tales — memory helps for learning your times tables.
• Living Math — building a bridge between math and other fields of academics, by helping children see the relevance of mathematics
• Math Cats – lots of fun ways to explore math ideas (my girls like this). It also includes MicroWorlds and Logo code stuff, for any young computer designers you have in your house.
• AIMS — Activities Integrating Math and Science
• A fun game for learning Roman numerals
• Free graph paper (and more!)