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Primary
Math, or Arithmetic
Gordon 
Margaret
On this website are four
free booklets to read or
download
(.pdf and .html),
and more.
This site is my hobby. I
hope it will
help
you teach math, or arithmetic,
to young children.
The ideas here
were
developed and used successfully by an experienced primary teacher.
They are meant to assist anyone
involved in
teaching ages 5 to 8,
but have been used for younger and older children where it best
suited them.
Teachers in
universities and colleges have used this site with their
education students,
teachers
of special classes and regular classes, and parents
homeschooling their children
have all used
the ideas given here.
PLUS for those who aren't
sure
of this subject, I have
tried to help give some simple
understanding
of a few of the important
topics.
Thank
you for considering my ideas on this very important subject,
one that begins early, and, for most of us, is built
on what
was learned before.
Gordon Scott
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Simple
Math is my
most
important booklet.
Children
learn how one fact can grow into three more.
There is an easy pattern.
Learn
one fact and know 3 more! Plus
what
questions can teachers ask of these facts? Knowing 5 is made from 2 and 3, or
3 and 2, children have little problem with:
5-2=
_, 5-3=_, 5-_=3,
5-_=2, _-2=3, _-3=2, 2+3=_, 3+2=_,
_+3=5, _+2=5, 2+_=5, 3+_=5.
(Of
course word problems can be formed for each of these
12
questions.)
Then
there's 5 made from 1 and 4, or 0 and 5...
I do believe in
memorizing number
facts, but there is an easier, quicker, way than tables of facts,
a
simple method that brings out patterns
and
leads to ways of using
these facts
and patterns
to discover more.
There
are four booklets. See links below for a description of each.
***NEW:
Click
here if
you are not
happy
with what you
know about primary math,or arithmetic.
I have
tried to explain some ideas I've used
with children learning about numbers.
You might want to look here before
going on.
CLICK
on any below to start
using
the main
parts of this website:
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copying material.
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CONTENTS
of booklets |
a
short
description of the four booklets
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| COPYING BOOKLETS: |
how
to copy
from this site
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| PDF FILES: |
FREE FOR
DOWNLOADING. ALL THE BOOKLETS, PLUS EXAMPLES, WORKSHEETS
AND CHARTS TO
GO WITH
THEM.
OTHER ADDITIONS.
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| TERMS: |
new
PDF FILES ARE
FREE TO COPY AND PRINT.
BOOKLETS WILL NOT BE
MAILED.
SEE HERE FOR
COPYING AND
GIVING PRINTED COPIES TO OTHERS. |
| MATH SITES: |
many
links
to other good sites, and pages of links, plus a
NEW page of useful links to
sites that
might help you. |
| NEW: |
more
games and activities;
using playing cards with the games. |
| BOOKMARKS: |
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A
quote
from my Simple Math booklet:
"Children like to think in terms of what they know. Most know and love
games.
I believe I did best when I taught math as a
game-like subject.
In many respects it is just like a game. There
are definitions to learn and rules to follow.
How well you do depends on knowing definitions, rules, and the many
facts that make one quicker at the game.
Like many games, speed is important,but second to accuracy."
The author started teaching
in
1960, taught grades 4-7 (ages 9-12) for six years, changed to K-3 (ages
5-8),
about 1967, taught 7
years in
Kindergarten, remainder in Grades 1-3, retired in 1995
and has what you see
here for
a hobby. He has a B.Ed.(Elem), and M.Ed. (Early Childhood Education).
If
you have
any
questions, suggestions, or comments,
address an
email to @telus.net with m.games
before it.
(This address is
split
to foil programs which gather
addresses
for junk mailers.)
NEW ADDRESS AS OF NOV.
15,
2000 : 15057 27A Ave., Surrey, B.C., Canada,
V4P 1P1
since
2/05