My husband was an elementary teacher for 8 years and so he really wanted my son to use Singapore Math in our homeschooling curriculum. I researched it and decided that I would go with it. My son is 6 years old and he does about 2nd grade math so I chose this book because it is supposed to correlate to an American 2nd grade level. He loves doing work in this book and I really like the system that they use to teach math. You begin to think mathematically as well as learn the skills. I didn't give it 5 stars only because I wish that they stayed on each subject a little bit longer. It is sufficient for him right now and, perhaps, the amount they provide will be all he needs. I would definitely recommend Singapore Math and this particular book, we will be using the next book after this.
After trying so many math workbooks, we have found Singapore math as the best practice for my daughter. This workbook provides my daughter with math practice while developing her analytical and problem-solving skills. It includes topics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, money, fractions, time, volume and graphs. It also has step-by-step solutions in the answer key. My daughter really enjoyed the challenge questions, which have greatly boosted problem solving and critical thinking for math mastery. She gradually got faster with calculations. Her strengthened math skills gave her confident at Beestar. Now it is obviously easier for her to win little ribbons. I love to see her excel. I love to see the Singapore math magic play out.
We heard of Singapore math from my son's teacher. She said it's a great supplement to classroom work, and strongly recommended it. When we got this workbook for my son, he's very happy with it. This book contains important math topics for fourth graders, including addition subtraction, multiplication, division, money, graphs, fractions, time and geometry. It creates a deep understanding of each key math concept, contains introduction explaining the Singapore math method, and step-by-step solutions in the answer key. It provides my son with math practice while developing his analytical and problem-solving skills. We are very glad that learning objectives are also provided to identify what children should know after completing each unit, and assessments are included to ensure learners obtain a thorough understanding of mathematical concepts. My son's already seeing how the techniques help him in his normal math work. He is now probably the top math student in his class. In the Beestar online math tests (a nice web site beestar.org), he is ranked high in the honor roll. I’m very pleased with this book. It makes math fun to my son again.
This book was recommended by the teacher for summer work to help avoid or reduce "summer slide". The book is great quality and similar to what was used over the academic year, so my son is able to pick up and do a few problems or units a few times a week.
We bought it from a local store. My daughter just turns 5 a couple weeks ago. She has started to work on the Level 1 A&B (2nd Grade) workbook a couple days ago. She finished Unit 2 (10 pages) on Tuesday in less than an hour on her own (meaning she read the instructions and figured out how to answer the questions by herself - no assistance or help from me). She then finished Unit 3 (another 10 pages) yesterday herself in less than an hour on her own again. I think it's probably too easy and that's why she can finish 10 pages in less than an hour. I am not sure if this is really 2nd Grade level math or not as it seems too easy for her. However, she enjoyed doing it last two days. So, I would say it's a good review/practice for early math. She probably will be done with this within a couple weeks. We will get the next level workbook for her and hope it will be more challenging.
My daughter is in a faster paced class, but I was disappointed to see that the first few units are problems she did in kindergarten. We haven't done the entire book, so I'm sure it gets more difficult, but you might want to look at a higher level for your child if they don't have struggles in math.
Note that this workbook is probably 1-2 levels lower in difficulty. It contains 'Singapore Math' problems but it's difficulty is moderated to American curriculum guidelines.
Very useful for my 10 year old learning Singapore math. I was not able to help him because it is more like Algebra, but looking through the book it is very explanatory. Helps a lot with concepts.
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