Confidently educate your homeschool 1st-grade student with the Primary Mathematics Home Instructor’s Guide 1A. Singapore math teaches math and engages learners in a different method than more traditional math courses, and some parents may struggle with the different style if they are not already familiar with it. This Home Guide provides everything you need for the first half of Kolbe’s Math 1 to supplement your teaching, clear common errors or misconceptions, and enhance the lessons for your child’s specific needs and talents. Included in this guide:
- Step-by-step instructions for teaching each lesson
- Troubleshooting ideas for common student errors or misunderstandings
- Optional enrichment activities to spark curiosity and engage students with examples of math in real-world scenarios
- Insight into the methods that make Singapore math unique
While not required to teach this course at home, this product is highly recommended, especially for parents who are unfamiliar with Singapore math. Singapore math presents a different style of teaching and learning than is found in traditional math courses and this guide will offer a wealth of resources to give you the tools you need to instruct without frustration.
Kolbe Academy's homeschool Math 1 (Singapore) course aims to introduce students to mathematics fundamentals and begin developing independent problem-solving skills. Singapore math emphasizes real-world examples and learning before moving slowly into more abstract conceptual applications in a “Concrete à Pictorial à Abstract” teaching model. In addition to this, it implements a scaffolding learning approach where the student is provided with models that are faded as they become comfortable with the contents of the lesson. Developing essential logic and reasoning skills necessary for future educational endeavors and lifelong learning is one of the main tenets of Singapore math and a special passion of Kolbe Academy. In this course, your student will learn:
- Numbers and number order
- Addition and subtraction
- Number position
- Shapes and spatial awareness
- Measurement
- Comparatives
- Simple graphs
- Multiplication
- Time concepts
- Simple money concepts
- Critical and ordered thinking strategies
Course this book is used in:
- Math 1: Singapore:
- Homeschool- Option 2
This guide can be used with Primary Mathematics Standards Edition textbooks and workbooks. It cannot be used with Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition books.