Publisher of elementary mathematics books. We use multisensory approaches to educate with an inquiry style of teaching. How one teaches is as important as what one teaches. These books are about how to think mathematically using a variety of approaches which encourage creativity and discovery of the beauty in numbers.
"Unlike a lot of educational activities these are as much fun for me as for my daughter." ---Joyce Fetteroll, homeschool parent
Patterns in Arithmetic is a series of books for home school and classroom teachers about how to teach arithmetic using an inquiry method. A child's innate love of learning is encouraged through hands-on exploration, discovery, inventions, and the creation of models. Children learn about addition, subtraction, patterns, place value, and logic by building models, looking for patterns, playing games, making generalizations, and recording discoveries in ways that make sense to them at their own individual pace. These books are a collection of lessons that will help parents, teachers, and students become better mathematicians and to have students learn to think as mathematicians think.
Patterns in Arithmetic: Book 1 Children learn about addition, subtraction, patterns, place value, and logic, and are introduced to multiplication, division, and fractions by building models, looking for patterns, playing games, making generalizations, and recording discoveries in ways that make sense to them. Grade 1 or six year old students Ordering Information Book 1
Patterns in Arithmetic: Book 2 Continues from Book 1. Subjects covered are subtraction, beginning multiplication, division, regrouping in addition, patterns, fractions, place value into the thousands, and many other general math topics. Grade 2 or seven year old.students. Ordering Information Book 2
Patterns in Arithmetic: Book 3 Continues from Book 2. Subjects covered are regrouping in subtraction, multiplication; two digits by one digit, factoring, division with remainders, regrouping practice in addition, patterns, fractions, place value into the thousands, and measurement, coordinate graphing and many other general math topics. Grade 3 or eight year old.students.
A place where research on how children learn was the University of California, Irvine, a research and development lab school established in 1969. The math program developed and used successfully for over thirty years is based on the insights, ideas, and teachings of Professor Michael Butler. The heart of the Farm School philosophy is learning by discovery and having meaningful conversations between a student and a teacher. A strength of home schooling is being able to interact one-on-one and have these productive dialogs. The Patterns in Arithmetic series is now available to enrich the homeschool learning experience.
These books will help children:
Foreward by Professor Emeritus Michael Butler
Pattern Press Education Philsophy
Free Exploration Or How to Not Become a Nag by Alysia Krafel
Table of Contents Parent Teacher Guide Book 1
Table of Contents Parent Teacher Guide Book 2
Game 1 from Patterns in Arithmetic: Book 1 - Fishy Game
Game 2 from Patterns in Arithmetic: Book 1 - Trading Game
Homeschool Website by Lillian Jones "The pages are simple and crisp, with nice big illustrations...this is wonderful!!!"
The Delights of Exploring Math With Your Child by Lillian Jones
Educational Homeschool Resources
Chrysalis is a charter school in Redding, California, for grades K-8. Our mission is to nurture a learning community whose members mindfully contribute to the upward spirals within the natural world and human culture. Patterns in Arithmetic is used at this school.
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