Professor Pig's Magic Math
Target
age group: grades K-3 (even grade 4, if you have a student that
age who is having trouble mastering the basic facts)
Professor Pig's Magic Math is all about thinking
like a mathematician. People who are good at math don't just memorize facts! They understand numbers and they see number patterns everywhere. Professor Pig begins by teaching his students
the "magic numbers": the numbers that add up to 10. Using these five facts as a base, student are taught
to see patterns that will allow them to easily add facts like 8+3 and 7+5, without any memorization. Stacks of many
numbers are easily added using these number patterns.
Professor Pig uses oodles of games and activities to review and practice.
No boring worksheets! When there is a worksheet, specific instructions are given as how to attack it.
If your student balks at traditional workbooks, I HIGHLY recommend trying Professor Pig's Magic Math.
NOTE:
I have posted everything I have written for Professor Pig. Perhaps someday I will get back to it and add more chapters,
as I had originally intended. But for right now, this is all I have.
