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Terrific Inquiry-Based Lesson Starter!
This wonderful book is a great way to begin a lesson on rocks and minerals!It's imaginative and beautifully written.My third grade class loved it!I will use it every year to begin our inquiry-based science unit on rocks and minerals!The creative way to classify rocks was a very nice way to begin the topic of rocks and minerals with the students!We even started our own collection, using Christian's unique way of classifying them!

This rock book's a gem!
Wonderful prose, invitingly tempting pictures of children and rocks...my rock-crazy toddler loves having this book read to him.Who wouldn't love a book about the wonder of rocks? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Nature & the Natural World - General    8. Rocks    9. Science & Nature - Rocks & Minerals    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World   

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Excellent Services
I needed a book from my son and purchased in amazon.com.They was excellent, the parcel arrived in less than week. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - General   

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New to Saxon
I am new to saxon as well as to homeschooling . I recently bought this book. I only give it four stars because I have not yet proven it with my children.The book appears to be very well done.The reviewer who complained about the use of words like "some and some more",and "larger,smaller ,and difference", did not look very closely at the book.Those terms are used in conjunction with word problems, which is completetely acceptable. Who ever did words problems where they expliciltly tell you add this or subtract that.So the book is actually teaching the concept that when you see word problems with phrases like,"some more" it's going to be an addition problem.The reason Americas youth are doing so poorly is not because of books like this, it's because not enough of them are using books like this.

"Some, some more"??
My son is currently using this text in the fourth grade, and I was appalled when I flipped through his book the other day. Instead of seeing simple, common terminology such as "add" or "subtract", I saw "some, some more" and "larger, smaller, difference". What this book has done is take basic concepts that are familiar to nine-year-olds and convoluted them, apparently trying to make simple tasks even easier. With books like these, which fail to use standard terminology, it's no wonder that America's youth is struggling with math skills. Addition and subtraction are basic skills that all students must know, and this book is doing our bright kids a disservice.

Saxon IS best!:o)
We started homeschooling with Saxon.Strayed over the years, as there are so many different math programs out there for homeschoolers to try!But guess where we ended-up?!Yep, back with Saxon Math!It is absolutely wonderful!:o)I don't have experience with the newer 3rd editions, but the 2nd edition has suited us just fine!:o)We plan to stick with it now...no need to stray again!LOL!:o) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 4-6    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - General   

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very good counting book and more...
not only is this a very unique counting book but it allows you to share with your child fine art that they may not usually be exposed to.i use it as a counting book and an art book.it is an excellent gift to give someone as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art - General    2. Children's 9-12 - Mathematics    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    6. Counting    7. Counting & Numeration    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Preschool Concepts    11. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's All Ages - Science    2. Children's Books/All Ages    3. General    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Science / General   

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The usual math workbook
This was just a usual workbook with no instructions on math.This book is only for math you already know and need extra work to help learn.You can buy these in the grocery store or Walmart every day.Nothing extraordinary, but at least it has answers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Education    4. Mathematics - General    5. Teaching Methods & Materials - General   

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Great Math Book for Homeschoolers
I homeschool my daughter and this series is great!I love using workbooks.It allows her to work independently.The answer keys make checking the work fast and easy!I just received this book for use next year for 5th grade.I am not disappointed.It appears to cover 5th grade math adequately.I used the same series last year along with "Math Made Easy-Grade 4" by John Kennedy.It supplied a very complete math curriculum.I also ordered "Math Made Easy-Fifth Grade" for additional math practice for next year. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Mathematics - General    5. Study Aids - Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General    7. Mathematics   

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Unfortunate Anachronisms
This is generally a good book about the Pythagorean Theorem.I was disappointed, however, that someone did not catch the gross anachronisms before publication. In the book young Pythagorus travels to Alexandria, Egypt. However, Pythagoras was born (as the book points out) around 569 BC.This predates Alexander the Great by more than 200 years.Of course Alexandria would not have existed before Alexander the Great. Also as Pythagoras' ship approaches Alexandria, you can see the great lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in the background.The lighthouse wasn't built, however until around 271 BC - even after Alexander's death.I know it's just a fictional children's book, but come on.Our children deserve a little better research.

Pythagoras made easy!
This is probably the most enjoyable way I have come across to teach Pythagorean Theorem to my children.It's one of those special books which children will read without realising they are learning a mathematical concept.Highly recommended to teachers and parents grappling with this sometimes difficult topic! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Mathematics    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Geometry    5. Juvenile Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Mathematics - Geometry    9. Pythagorean theorem   

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Great Class Activity
I have gone into the classrooms of 4 of my children when they were in 3rd grade and learning fractions armed with this book and a Hershey's bar for each child.I use cardboard cutouts in the shape of the Hershey's bar and use the overhead projector.It's a fun project and a great book that makes the kids excited about fractions, and gives the teacher a little, much-deserved, break.
This is a great book!
The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Fractions Book will help teach children the concept of dividing a whole into fractions in a fun and wonderful way. It begins with a huge Hershey bar being unwrapped to show it's 12 blocks. Each page takes away a fraction of the bar.The remaining fraction is colorfully illustrated by a crew of little people who cart their painting tools from page to page, leaving paint spills and footprints. I read this book to a class of 3rd graders just getting into fractions and they loved it.We used our math manipulatives to see the fractions as they were broken down.It was a wonderful way to begin a lesson!

Cadbury's is better
Cadbury's chocolate is so much better. Try it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Candy    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Fractions    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Mathematics - Fractions   

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Great book of activities to teach the meaning of math.
I would recommend this book for teachers who want a wealth of resources for teaching math in a meaningful way.It does not provide any problems or worksheets but instead gives you multiple ways to teach students math.Iuse it weekly.I use the activities and then I assign a page out of thebook to check what they have learned. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Elementary School Mathematics    5. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    6. Mathematics    7. Primary / junior schools    8. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Small Gas Engines: by Roth
This is the best book on Small Gas Engines that we have found.This is the text for our Small Gas Engines course at Clark State Community College.This is a good place for anyone to learn about the basics of small gas engines and how they operate. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automotive - General    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Internal combustion engines, S    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Small gasoline engines    7. Engines & power transmission   

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Great, but need book for more practice with 20 - 40 range
This is a great book for helping your child to learn the order of numbers from 1 - 70.My son did fine with the 1 - 20 range.Then when we went to the 20 - 30 range, he seemed to get confused about how the number sequences worked.We went to another connect the dot workbook to do more practice with 1 - 30 numbers.We also played number games to help him grasp the pattern for how numbers increase.After he grasped this concept, we were able to continue just fine with the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Children's 4-8 - Education    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    6. Juvenile Mathematics    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Preschool & Kindergarten    9. Workbooks   

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Great for grades 5 and up!
This book is GREAT for using the multiple Intelligences in the Mathematics classroom, however it is for grades 5-8, which is not listed on the description!Beware Primary teachers! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Mathematics    5. Study and teaching (Elementary)    6. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    7. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    8. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Mathematics    9. Teaching of a specific subject   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Mathematics    4. Form - Cartoons & Comics    5. Graphing    6. Holidays    7. Humor    8. Humor / Cartoons    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics   

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My 7th Grade Math Book
Math Thematics Book 2 is my 7th grade math book, I am in Trans Math and so my class is able to move quickly through the book, the Math 7 class is going slowly.(Page 287 versus page 215)In this math book you are able to move unhurriedly or rapidly and that matters.I think that this book is good because it teaches such a broad range of mathematical techniques and new ideas.Last January I took the SAT (the real college-bound senior's test) and I got a pretty good score on the mathematical section, even though I'm not much of a math person.The only two things I don't like about the book are: 1) I don't know when I will have to use the problem: 10x-(-6)*17n (as an example) and 2) I truly don't like the way it incorporates things such as the search and rescue team having to go 5 miles to the site and if they are going 67 mph but they have to go 2 miles out of their way....I just want to learn the math, you know?I don't care what the search and rescue team needs to know to get to the site of the accident.Overall, though, I think that Math Thematics Book 2 is a good math book and I'm learning a lot so I can be in Algebra next year. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - General   

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Nimbe with Numbers
I was looking for a math workbook for review over the summer for my rising 3rd grader who has some trouble with math.This was a teacher recommendation but I was disappointed with its content.I felt the book was overpriced for what it offered.There were very few worksheets to let your child practice basic exercises.Most of the book contained ideas on games and required pulling together various pages out of the book along with items from around your home.This book is very much concept oriented, not practice oriented. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 2-3    2. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    3. Education / Teaching    4. General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Mathematics - General   

Subjects:  1. Children's All Ages - Mathematics    2. Children's Books/All Ages    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Mathematics - General    7. Mathematics / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Education    3. Elementary    4. Elementary School Mathematics    5. Mathematics    6. Study and teaching (Primary)    7. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    8. Learning    9. Teaching of a specific subject   

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This book makes no sense.
I am in a pre-calculus class, and we use this book. The book teaches logic in the first chapter, and after that every definition in the book is written in logic. There are problems in here that are extremly difficult and when you try to figure out the answer or how to solve them it just says that you should have learned it in a previous course, maybe this is tru but I do not think that is a reason not to put any kind of an explanation. I know that in my class the teacher teaches strictly from this book, and uses all of tests and quizzes that come with it in the teachers edition. Nobody, except in 5 or 6 rare circumstances has ever passed a test or quiz. Even in these 5 or 6 times that someone does pass a quiz or test it is within a D range. Nobody in our class has learned and calculus, or even anything that could be called pre-calculus. When we have problems the teacher suggests that we consult the book, but no one can make any sense from it. The language is so convoluted, and makes use of strange symbols that most of us had never seen before, and the book just assumes that we had them in a previous course. I realize that the book is part of a series, but there should be a symbol key or something. The teacher allows retakes where she gives us all the answers before we take it so it is not hard to do well, but this does not lead to an understanding of the math. Without these retakes every person in the class would be failing. I don't think that this should be the case in a class composed of reasonably intelligent people. Somebody should be able to pass this class but it has not yet happened. The questions on the exams sometimes don't seem to have any connection to the chapter that we did. The entire class is struggling to learn this material, we have been for an entire year, and it has proved impossible so far. I don't think that this textbook sets reasonable expectations of the students. It should not be used in my opinion, if the results of our class our any indication of other peoples experiance with it.

The Best for Its Kind
One day when I looked at the section of my UCSMP Geometry textbookdiscussing what UCSMP was all about, I decided that it would be a good ideato get the rest of the series.It wasn't until late-July 2000 that Iactually bought this UCSMP Precalculus and Discrete Mathematics, when I wasflipping through the book in Mr. Kwak's room, reading every word,enchanted.There was no better way for me than go to the nearest store andbuy this book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 4-6    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - General   

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - Algebra