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Math Mammoth Grade 3-A Worktext
This book has gray-scale interior pages. Math Mammoth Grade 3-A is the student worktext for the first half of grade 3 mathematics studies, as part of the Math Mammoth Grade 3 curriculum. It covers addition and subtraction topics, the multiplication concept, multiplication tables, clock, and money.
186 pages, Paperback
Published November 14, 2012
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January 31, 2017
Elementary math.
Miller's series' are a great math option, home school parents should put them on the list to consider, parents with kids in conventional school can use the theme packages to help teach or reinforce skills in a specific area.
The books are colorful and the pages easy to navigate, the material is taught one step at a time. It doesn't specifically have the "spiral" approach of Saxon, where previous material is reviewed with each new chapter, but by its nature the math uses the skills learned already in new problems.
Seems a little ahead of other curriculum, meaning a kid who has used Saxon for 2nd grade might want to use Math Mammoth's second grade "B" text before moving on to third grade.
Examples and problems are clear, and Miller has videos to help parents with teaching the subjects if they feel it is helpful.
The only "issue" with the Mammoth books is that there are so many problems. I stood firm for a long time and made my kids do every one, but now I cross off 1/4 to 1/3 of the problems on every page. It's hard to do, because each problem really does usually show a new way of applying the concept, but kids just are going to normally be frustrated with so much work at one time, and since the concepts are broken down into small pieces you have to do several pages a day in order to complete the year on time (which you may or may not feel you need to do).
Two other things I love here -- Miller's program is clearly comprehensive and well constructed, but it does not come through a big publishing company. Since we home school, I like the thought of not just taking the textbooks that the school systems use and trying to tweak them for home use, Miller's program seems to start as a home school program (although schools could certainly use it).
Also, they are available as downloads or on a disk, so that you can reprint (totally legally, with her permission) the workbook to redo a section or for another kid. You can buy several years' workbooks and answer keys for the price of one year of another curriculum because you print it yourself.
There is no specific textbook, either -- the text explanations are interspersed within the workbooks themselves. Problem answers are provided, though.
Miller's series' are a great math option, home school parents should put them on the list to consider, parents with kids in conventional school can use the theme packages to help teach or reinforce skills in a specific area.
The books are colorful and the pages easy to navigate, the material is taught one step at a time. It doesn't specifically have the "spiral" approach of Saxon, where previous material is reviewed with each new chapter, but by its nature the math uses the skills learned already in new problems.
Seems a little ahead of other curriculum, meaning a kid who has used Saxon for 2nd grade might want to use Math Mammoth's second grade "B" text before moving on to third grade.
Examples and problems are clear, and Miller has videos to help parents with teaching the subjects if they feel it is helpful.
The only "issue" with the Mammoth books is that there are so many problems. I stood firm for a long time and made my kids do every one, but now I cross off 1/4 to 1/3 of the problems on every page. It's hard to do, because each problem really does usually show a new way of applying the concept, but kids just are going to normally be frustrated with so much work at one time, and since the concepts are broken down into small pieces you have to do several pages a day in order to complete the year on time (which you may or may not feel you need to do).
Two other things I love here -- Miller's program is clearly comprehensive and well constructed, but it does not come through a big publishing company. Since we home school, I like the thought of not just taking the textbooks that the school systems use and trying to tweak them for home use, Miller's program seems to start as a home school program (although schools could certainly use it).
Also, they are available as downloads or on a disk, so that you can reprint (totally legally, with her permission) the workbook to redo a section or for another kid. You can buy several years' workbooks and answer keys for the price of one year of another curriculum because you print it yourself.
There is no specific textbook, either -- the text explanations are interspersed within the workbooks themselves. Problem answers are provided, though.
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