| At least for me, Math is one of the most difficult | | | | the way Singapore Math teaches my children how |
| subjects to teach a child. This is especially true if | | | | to think about math. Sure, they learn to |
| you are homeschooling and you need to be the | | | | memorize things like any other math curriculum, |
| math teacher. When I started teaching my | | | | but with Singapore Math, children learn to think |
| children, I was worried I would never be able to | | | | about problems in several different ways. |
| teach them how to be really good at math | | | | For example, with the very small children, this |
| considering it isn't exactly my strong point. | | | | curriculum will show them a sequence of numbers |
| I was very blessed to come across a program | | | | like 3, 4, 5, and 6. With these numbers, they will |
| called Singapore Math. I was amazed at how | | | | have to memorize them and decide if the |
| differently they taught math compared to all of | | | | sequence goes forward or backward. Other |
| the other math programs I have come across. In | | | | sequences will have numbers missing, and the child |
| fact, Singapore Math has been teaching me right | | | | will decide which numbers are missing, where they |
| along with my children. The concepts are | | | | go, and if the sequence goes forward or |
| presented in such a way that everyone can learn. | | | | backward. |
| Singapore is known for having the highest math | | | | This requires the student to focus on thinking |
| scoring students in the world. Singapore | | | | about the numbers rather than taking the easy |
| Mathematics teaches your child the exact same | | | | way out by just memorizing them. While other |
| way and gives them the head start they need to | | | | programs teach you how to do math, this |
| become math geniuses. I became a believer of | | | | program teaches you how to understand math. |
| the Singapore Math curriculum when I saw the | | | | The colorful pictures and entertaining characters |
| results in my own children. | | | | really add a nice element to the material as well. |
| They caught on very quickly with Singapore Math | | | | One of the Singapore Math methods I truly enjoy |
| compared to the other math we had tried. They | | | | is the way they present math problems to my |
| understood the material better, and still know how | | | | children. Most math curriculums give children a |
| to effortlessly apply what they learned last year. | | | | problem to learn how to solve. In order to help |
| That is proof of a great math curriculum. | | | | them solve it, they will show children how to place |
| I have found that there is a huge difference in | | | | the problem within a formula. |