Synopsis
Math Lessons for a Living Education Level 4 makes math fun and exciting! Through engaging, real-life stories and practical application, this Charlotte Mason flavored math shows your student that math is very important-and incredibly useful in everyday life. Students are encouraged to explore the big picture and break it down into smaller pieces, discover important connections as they work out solutions, develop a better understanding of math, and strengthen their critical thinking skills.In Math Lessons for a Living Education Level 4, your student will learn new fraction concepts, metric units of measurement, basic geometry, averaging, and so much more!, Teach math lessons through the creative means of a life story Provide 36 weeks of instruction based on skill levels rather than grade levels Guide students by the use of inexpensive manipulatives, including index cards, dried beans, and construction paper We often tend to compartmentalize when teaching children. In real life, there aren't artificial barriers between "subjects." For example, when you are cooking or baking, you have to use the skills of reading, logical thinking, and measuring, just to name a few. In driving a car, you see and read road signs, read maps, and count miles. So why do we say to children, "This is math, this is language, this is about science and nature, and this is history"? The most natural and effective means to teach children is through life examples. Content, story, and the ability to show math in real life make a living math book, Level 4, Grade 4: Scope and sequence includes new fraction concepts, metric units of measurement, basic geometry, and averaging.
