Math for Your First- and Second-Grader (Paperback)

Steve Slavin

ISBN 10: 0471042420 / ISBN 13: 9780471042426

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 1995

About this Item

Paperback. Make sure your child gets off to the right start in math! Help your child become more comfortable and confident with numbers Discover which mathematical concepts first-and second-graders should learn Enjoy helping your child master key math skills You can teach your child the basic skills that will lay the foundations for future success in math and science. Based on standard math curriculums, this book covers all the math that your first- and second-graders should be learning and gives you dozens of proven techniques for teaching these crucial skills. Steve Slavin, an educator with a special gift for math instruction, shows parents how to teach the fundamentals--counting, addition, subtraction, fractions, simple word problems, even the beginnings of multiplication and division--plus "new math" principles such as grouping. Simple activities build these skills in a fun way, step-by-step. All concerned parents, including home-schoolers, will applaud this confidence-building guide. This illustrated guide uses simple activities to reinforce the basic fundamentals of mathematics. Supplementary to the teaching of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, it offers an introduction to advanced principles such as grouping. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Math for Your First- and Second-Grader (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471042420
• ISBN 13: 9780471042426
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Make sure your child gets off to the right start in math! Help your child become more comfortable and confident with numbers Discover which mathematical concepts first-and second-graders should learn Enjoy helping your child master key math skills You can teach your child the basic skills that will lay the foundations for future success in math and science. Based on standard math curriculums, this book covers all the math that your first- and second-graders should be learning and gives you dozens of proven techniques for teaching these crucial skills. Steve Slavin, an educator with a special gift for math instruction, shows parents how to teach the fundamentals--counting, addition, subtraction, fractions, simple word problems, even the beginnings of multiplication and division--plus "new math" principles such as grouping. Simple activities build these skills in a fun way, step-by-step. All concerned parents, including home-schoolers, will applaud this confidence-building guide.

About the Author

STEVE SLAVIN, an economics and math professor at Union County College in New Jersey, is the author of All the Math You'll Ever Need, also available from Wiley, and several math texts.