Ami is working through an aggressive math curricula, using Saxon math. Her main goal this year is to get her caught up & comfortable in her math skills.
Our local school has been struggling with getting their kids to pass the standardized tests, especially in math and science. When we were looking for curriculum to order, she placed 2 grade levels below her grade on every placement test we gave her. The thing is, she was in the top of her class. It makes me sad to know that her old classmates are still so far behind. Anyway, she does a minimum of two Saxon lessons every day, often we do up to 4 or 5, and sometimes on the weekends. Math is not covered in their Parent Partnership Program.
For Tommy, we’re not using a curricula. We couldn’t place him in a grade level, so we are all over the board.
My absolute favorite resource for math worksheets is Homeschool Math.net. It is my favorite because the worksheets are broken up into grades, easily searchable and my FAVORITE feature? The Math Worksheet Generator. On this page, you can create worksheets for your children to drill math skills, tailored to their level. You set the parameters for the basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) your child is working on, and click create. You can choose how many questions you want on the page, to create timed drills (great for when your child is memorizing the multiplication table!). The best part? Each time you click “create”, you get a brand new, randomly generated worksheet, within the parameters you set.
I found free, printable graph paper that you can customize to suit your needs at Incompetech.com.
TLSbooks.com is my favorite place to go for printables for all subjects. Broken up by grade and topic, it’s easy to find worksheets that will add to whatever you’re working at the time.You can find holiday themed puzzles here, and Dragon’s Daily Drill, a fun way to start your day. Dragon’s Daily Drill gives us a new grade-appropriate logic, problem solving, or skill building question every day.
CarrotSticks : Online Math Game is a multi-player site for elementary aged kids. Create an avatar, and then answer math problems that progressively get harder as they correctly answer questions. While answering questions, they can be challenged to play against another user in head to head, timed contests. An account to let your child work on his addition skills is free, then for $4 a month, your child can get subtraction, multiplication and division questions as well.
If you’re looking for a math-based computer game that’s free, the Linux Tux games are the way to go. Open source always makes my heart happy, and what is not to love about Tux, the Linux penguin? Your kids (and spouse) will love the games. My husband plays them from time to time, shh.
What are your favorite homeschool, or after school, math suggestions?
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