Math Mammoth Addition 1 workbook is a self-
explanatory worktext, dealing with addition concept within 0-10 (there are a few cases where numbers between 10 and 20 are used). It is most suitable for kindergarten and first grade work.
The books starts with very easy addition problems with pictures within 0-5. Missing addend problems are introduced early on, first with the help of pictures, and gradually getting to the
abstract 1 + __ = 5 with symbols only.
A big focus of the book is helping children memorize basic addition addition facts where the sum is less than or equal to ten. To that end, I have grouped all the addition facts according to the sum, and there is a separate lesson about each sum: Sums with 5, Sums with 6, and so on. (Please see the sample pages.)
This not only provides lots of practice, but it gives learning them some structure and shows children the logical arrangement of the facts.
From a homeschooling parent: I am SO THRILLED at how well my daughter is doing with her math now. She is in first grade, and we've been using Horizons all year. We've tried a few other programs, and I was mostly happy with Horizons. The only thing we had trouble with was the part of the lesson where you skip count every day and the 5 minutes with flashcards to memorize addition facts.
My daughter HATES flashcards, and I felt like this exercise (along with the skip counting for numbers like 4,7, etc.) was going in one ear and out the other. She would recite and not retain. It was not working for us, we both began to dread it, and I finally stopped doing it. I figured as long as she could count quickly on her fingers, then she would eventually learn the basic addition facts.
But it started getting harder and harder to get by on that, she was getting frustrated, and math was beginning to go from her favorite subject to her least favorite. So I got your Addition 1 blue book to take a break from Horizons and work on math facts.
We have been so happy with it, that I went ahead and bought a few more blue books to cover the rest of the year, and I'm switching completely from Horizons! I love that it doesn't require a lot of instruction on my part (I have a 4th baby on the way, and this is a HUGE plus!) and that she gets enough practice on a topic at one time. I understood the reason behind the spiral method, but it just wasn't working well for us. And my daughter resisted boring "drill sheets."
I used the number rainbows for the lower numbers, so she could get the idea of the number families [from Add Subtract 2-A book] and we've been playing the card games as well. She was so close to knowing her addition facts, but she hadn't really stopped to think about them--she was just trying to get through each day's assignment (before). Now, I really feel like she's getting it. Breaking them down into each number family has really helped--Horizons didn't do that. And I think she likes it that there isn't this big session of instruction. She doesn't have to sit through something she already gets, and can ask me questions if there's something challenging. I think she really likes the independence of it.
I plan on getting the Grade 2 curriculum next year--you've converted us! I can't believe I've paid so much money for these complicated and time-consuming math programs in the past. Math Mammoth really is a gem and I'll be spreading the word.
Maria Wright
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