Not So Simple Math, and Not Just Math
On this website are the Four free booklets named above, plus more,
with an efficient way of teaching and learning primary math or arithmetic,
plus help for other subjects.
Developed and used successfully by an experienced primary teacher.
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c-a=b -> c-b=a -> a+b =c -> b+a=c
c÷a=b -> c÷b=a ->a x b=c -> b x a=c
No, not algebra, just a simple way of showing what young children can internalize,
something they can become familiar with while using numbers,
something that can make the learning of number facts much easier and faster.
But it does set them up the to easily learn some basic algebra when the time comes.
(a, b, c, above simply mean any real number you wish them to be
but if two are chosen to be certain numbers, the third is set by those two numbers,
and the signs, =, +, -, x, ÷ .)
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).
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