Life of Fred: Honey

Life of Fred Elementary Series #8

by Stanley F. Schmidt

The idea behind Life of Fred is that if students have an enjoyable experience and have fun doing their math, they will remember it and use it and have a good taste in their math about the whole subject. The sub-title on each of his math books is "As Serious As it Needs to Be". And that is just the math doesn't need to be horrid and dry. This is math-just as serious as it needs to be-and I can tell you from Louisa's smiles and chuckles, that's not very serious at all! As a bonus, these books are very low priced compared to any other math books on the market. (Compare to Saxon at $50-70). If you have a creative child who is languishing on traditional math programs, try Life of Fred! Math, As Serious As it Needs to Be! If you know your math facts (addition and multiplication) and you can read well, then the next step is to get to know Fred! This is not a traditional math book. This is a child-directed course. The student reads the adventure story, does the math problems that occur as a natural part of the story, and checks their answers (the solutions are right there for the looking.) And learns to love math in the process! You will not get the detailed formula explanations that you get in a traditional math book. I am still amazed that kids can read the story and learn the concepts, but they do!

Genres: Mathematics, School, Education, Nonfiction, Childrens, Juvenile, Reference

128 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

Stanley F. Schmidt is an educator. He began teaching high school teacher at the age of 22, and later taught in a college.

Reviews

[Ammie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the last Fred I read with my class. We made it through eight books in three semesters. It is one of our favorite memories of our time together.

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

"It's not the situation that counts as much as what goes on in your head."

Simple, funny stories teach math and life and math in life.

[Leiloni Schulz · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love these Life Of Fred books. Life of Fred Honey starts to ask more of the kids at the "your turn to play." It also asks the children to begin memorizing the multiplication tables.

[Jack]

I think it is cool and fun.and fun.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love Fred.

[Anna]

This was the second to last Life of Fred book I checked out. The author’s views promoted in the books were intolerable and not something I wanted to support or continue exposing my child to, even while discussing them with my child as I did through the books he read.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still loving Fred!