Staff Picks
Homeschooling Mathematics
- Laura Rogers
- Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Collection
Would you like to create a graph? Measure the swing set? Master your multiplication tables?
Explore math with these great reads and resources. You can count on your library to have what it takes to get your student on the right track.
The Education Studio at Richland Library Main also has math materials for in-library use. Stop in and teach your lessons with our beautiful, wooden Stern Math materials.
Common Core 1st Grade Math. Telling and Writing Time.
Published in 2016
Learn how to tell and write time in hours and half-hours, using the term "o'clock," on both analog and digital clocks. The differences between the "big hand" and "little hand" are explained with numerous examples to increase and reinforce comprehension. Units of time are introduced, both hours and minutes, and the concept of counting by fives gets presented as well. With fun on-screen questions, you will be reading clocks in "no time!" (Meets Common Core 1st Grade Standards)
Help Your Kids with Math
A Unique Step-by-step Visual Guide.
Published in 2014
Using a full-color illustrated approach, a guide to parental math tutoring looks at every aspect of the challenging subject, from simple sums to simultaneous equations, in a book with simple explanations and clear illustrations that parents can share with their children.
Mastering 5th Grade Math! Volume 1, Essentials of Fractions.
Published in 2013
Master fifth grade fractions with step-by-step video lessons and included worksheets with a complete answer key. The student will master factors of numbers, greatest common factor, prime factorization, simplifying fractions, improper fractions, mixed fractions, and much more. Every topic comes with a worksheet set so that the student can practice skills and ensure mastery of every topic.
Stern Structural Arithmetic I
An Introduction
Published in 2009
Designed for teachers and parents to provide a greater sense of how to teach children with the Stern Structural Arithmetic Materials.
Mystery Math
A First Book of Algebra
Published in 2011
Introduces readers to algebra by using simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve equations.
Geometry Smarts!
Published in 2012
"Re-inforce classroom learning of geometry skills such as points, lines, planes, triangles, circles, quadrilaterals, perimeter, area, and circumference"-- Provided by publisher.
Pre-algebra and Algebra Smarts!
Published in 2012
"Re-inforce classroom learning of important pre-algebra and algebra skills such as positive and negative rational numbers, absolute value, and solving equations"-- Provided by publisher.
What's Your Angle Pythagoras?
A Math Adventure
Published in 2004
In ancient Greece, young Pythagoras discovers a special number pattern (the Pythagorean theorem) and uses it to solve problems involving right triangles.
Last to Finish
A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math Class
Published in 2008
Max Leonard is convinced that he will never succeed with memorizing his multiplication tables; and his brain "freezes" during timed tests. But to everyone's surprise, Max has been completing algebra problems sets in his spare time! Max, his parents and teachers are amazed by his math "potential."
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
A Math Adventure
Published in 1999
When Sir Cumference drinks a potion which turns him into a dragon, his son Radius searches for the magic number known as pi which will restore him to his former shape.
Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map
A Math Adventure
Published in 2012
"Xaxon Yellowbearyd was the fiercest Viking warrior of his time. Now a map to his hidden treasure lies in the hands of Radius and Per. Together the cousins must decode the strange numbered grid on the map--and figure out the secret of the Viking's X and Y axes. As bandits pursue them, Radius and Per track down clues and use coordinate geometry in their quest for "treasure of the greatest measure"."--Dust jacket flap.
Experimenting with Numbers
A Guide for Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade Teachers
Published in 2008
Structural Arithmetic I
Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
Published in 2007
The teacher's guide included in the kit contains detailed descriptions of individual and group activities called experiments that can be done in the classroom. Each of the 96 lesson plans recorded in this manual is coordinated with a page in the student workbook. The lessons cover the writing of numbers, addition and subtraction, problem solving, including the opportunity for pupils to record their discoveries in writing.
Structural Arithmetic III
Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
Published in 1992
The teacher's guide included in the kit contains detailed descriptions of individual and group activities called experiments that can be done in the classroom. This book covers third grade level work including multiplication and division, fractions, and includes word problems.
Data, Graphing, and Statistics Smarts!
Published in 2012
"Re-inforce classroom learning of important data, graphing, and statistics skills including circle, bar, and line graphs, scatter plots, stem-and-leaf diagrams, mean, median, and mode,and outliers"-- Provided by publisher.