The basic premise of the montessori math program is pretty much the montessori approach to everything...quality, aesthetically pleasing concrete materials and free exploration combined with very brief instruction and individualized progression with an interal control of error.
I am always excited to find materials that fufill these criteria, are interesting to my kids, and still remain affordable. It isn't always easy, what with the prices at most montessori shops, but sometimes you get really lucky and find something that flies in under the montessori radar, and fuflills all the critera but doesn't have the expensive label and price.
Hands On Equations is like that.
It is the perfect marrriage of abstract puzzle and concrete materials, of easy computation and difficult thinking. I love it, but more importantly, my Dodo loves it and is not only learning how to solve equations, but to really understand them.
The wheels are turning...
I am always excited to find materials that fufill these criteria, are interesting to my kids, and still remain affordable. It isn't always easy, what with the prices at most montessori shops, but sometimes you get really lucky and find something that flies in under the montessori radar, and fuflills all the critera but doesn't have the expensive label and price.
Hands On Equations is like that.
It is the perfect marrriage of abstract puzzle and concrete materials, of easy computation and difficult thinking. I love it, but more importantly, my Dodo loves it and is not only learning how to solve equations, but to really understand them.
The wheels are turning...
Hmm maybe this number will work?
No.
Hmm, how about this one instead?
It worked!
Yep, it checks!
I'm all for any schoolwork that can bring out this range of emotion.
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