Child's Play Maths

The book comes with a download link to our unique math manipulatives app.We are genetically encoded to learn and children are natural learners. For them the process of learning is a journey of exploration and discovery. Learning should be fun.Today we know more about how children learn than ever before. Then why is it that so many adults have a negative attitude towards maths? This book reveals how through the natural process of play, games and open ended activities that allow for...
More Description

The book comes with a download link to our unique math manipulatives app.We are genetically encoded to learn and children are natural learners. For them the process of learning is a journey of exploration and discovery. Learning should be fun.Today we know more about how children learn than ever before. Then why is it that so many adults have a negative attitude towards maths? This book reveals how through the natural process of play, games and open ended activities that allow for personal exploration and discovery, young children can gain an understanding of maths concepts generally considered too advanced for them. The program uses the most precise arithmetical model ever devised - Cuisenaire Rods. The rods embrace all the learning styles and provide links to language and art.But this program is not just about maths - it is about learning, specifically 'learning how to learn'. Through interaction with the program children will acquire generic learning skills that will stand them in good stead whatever they are engaged in.Units covered in Book One:UNIT 1 About Cuisenaire Rods UNIT 2 Cuisenaire Rods & the School Curriculum UNIT 3 Incidental Learning UNIT 4 Vocabulary UNIT 5 Important Words and Phrases UNIT 6 Developing Memory Recall UNIT 7 Mental Imaging Games UNIT 8 Cardinal Number. UNIT 9 Staircases UNIT 10 Staircases and Mental Agility. UNIT 11 Extended Staircases UNIT 12 Staircases and MultiplicationUNIT 13 Language Development. UNIT 14 Introducing Signs + UNIT 15 Signs < > UNIT 16 Signs = UNIT 17 Brackets. UNIT 18 Signs - UNIT 19 Signs x UNIT 20 Signs #65533;UNIT 21 Signs: Fractions as OperatorsUNIT 22 Reviewing Where We've Been UNIT 23 The Importance of Questions UNIT 24 Partitions of Length UNIT 25 Families of Equivalent Factors and Products UNIT 26 Families of Equivalent Subtraction UNIT 27 Families of Equivalent FractionsUNIT 28 The First Phase: An Overview