Math Detective Gr 7-8

by Terri Husted $35

We used the Grade 5-6 book with one of our children for the first time this year and it has been wonderful. These books will help your child to read more carefully, interpreting text, graphs, charts, etc, identifying evidence from these multiple sources to support written answers. You can use this book as a break from your normal maths program to help cement concepts they have been learning, or introduce new concepts from a different angle, developing higher order thinking skills. Forty-four lessons covering these topics: Number and Numeration; Operations; Ratio, Proportion and Percent; Geometry and Introduction to Trigonometry; Probability; Statistics; Algebraic Concepts.

Math Detective Gr 5-6

by Terri Husted $35

We used this book with one of our children for the first time this year and it has been wonderful in really helping to clinch concepts. These books will help your child to read more carefully, interpreting text, graphs, charts, etc, identifying evidence from these multiple sources to support written answers. You can use this book as a break from your normal maths program to help cement concepts they have been learning, or introduce new concepts from a different angle. Forty lessons covering these topics: Numbers and Numeration; Operations; Geometry; Probability; Statistics; Pre Algebra. Our child was about a quater of the way through Saxon 76 when we did this book.  It could be used with a child at about this or Saxon 65 level, or for ages 10-12.

Math Detective Gr 3-4

by Terri Husted $35

We used the Grade 5-6 book with one of our children for the first time this year and it has been wonderful. These books will help your child to read more carefully, interpreting text, graphs, charts, etc, identifying evidence from these multiple sources to support written answers. You can use this book as a break from your normal maths program to help cement concepts they have been learning, or introduce new concepts from a different angle. Thirty-eight lessons covering these topics: Numbers and Numeration; Patterns; Operations; Geometry; Probablility; Statistics. Sutiable to start at about ages 8-10.

String, Straight-Edge and Shadow

stringstraightedgeshadow.JPGby Julia Diggins $25.35 This product can be ordered from Chariot Press

This is an excellent reader for all students as they learn about geometry. It has been out-of-print for 34 years. Students and teachers have used photo copies rather than not being able to experience the beautiful illustrations by Corydon Bell and have their own copy to refer to and cherish throughout the years.
Using only three simple tools-the string, the straightedge, and the shadow-men discovered the basic principles and constructions of elementary geometry more than two thousand years ago.

This engrossing book reveals how Read the rest of this entry »

What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras?

What’s Your Angle Pythagoras? $13.00

Explains the concepts of the Pythagorean theorem.

Sir Cumference Books

The Sir Cumference books explain various maths concepts in story form. They are not a maths curriculum.
A great way for children to learn these concepts apart from a traditional maths program. Suits ages 7-14.

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table

Now available from Chariot press.

Covers the concepts of circumference, radius and diameter.

Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter

Now available from Chariot Press.

Covers the concept of the area of a circle.

Sir Cumference and Dragon of Pi

Now available from Chariot Press.

Explains the derivation of Pi.

Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland

Now available from Chariot Press.

Measuring angles.

Sir Cumference and Sword in the Cone

Now available from Chariot Press.

Covers three dimensional measuring.