Continue your 1st grade homeschooler’s math journey with a colorful and carefully ordered textbook, structured to foster critical thinking and reasoning skills. Primary Mathematics Textbook 1B picks up where the 1A textbook left off and will walk your child through the second half of Kolbe’s Math 1 course with bright visuals that prioritize teaching by example and real-world application. The spiral methodology used in this text builds in review naturally by using previously learned facts or concepts to teach new ones. This works toward generalization of skills and a deeper understanding of how math concepts intertwine. Additionally, this textbook teaches children how to monitor and assess their own thought process as they solve problems throughout the lessons. In this book your child will:
- Start to develop valuable and transferable critical thinking skills
- Learn foundational math concepts to work toward Math 2 readiness
- Develop beginning metacognitive skills
- Engage with bright and creative lessons to boost curiosity and interest in math
- Learn math with a method that matches natural thought processes
When used with the Primary Mathematics Workbook 1B, your child will have the tools they need to have a productive and enriching second semester of Math 1 and to achieve Math 2 readiness with Kolbe Academy.
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
Our recommendation:
Primary Mathematics Standards Edition 1A-5B is ideal for both classroom and home use for 1st - 5th grades. This series is an adaptation of Primary Mathematics U.S. edition, the most popular Singapore Math, primary math series used by schools and homeschoolers in the U.S. and Canada. Each textbook is used in conjunction with a workbook. Also available are optional Extra Practice books and Tests books.