Starting Out With Mental Algebra, Student Workbook: Book 1 of Doodles Do Algebra (Doodles Do Algebra Student Workbooks)

This book is designed as the first step to learning Algebra. The key to teaching Algebra successfully is to have a curriculum that is as flexible as possible. A child's learning capabilities grow and develop constantly so a text that fits perfectly at the start of the school year might not work after a few months. This curriculum is designed to accommodate the growing and changing maturity of a child throughout the year.One workbook is required for each student. The book includes the student work pages and is designed so that the child can write in and use it as a workbook. The teacher's guide is purchasable separately and includes the answer key as well as all-important teaching tips.Algebra Can Be Easy for Anyone to Teach Any ChildEach book in the series is available as both a teacher's guide and a student workbook for use in a tutoring group, small class, or homeschool. No additional texts are needed. Parents with any educational background will be equipped to teach the subject using the teacher's guide as a resource.Designed for Gifted, 2e, Special Education, and Everything BetweenDifferent ways of thinking about and explaining each lesson are included in the teacher's guide to accommodate children who are gifted, or dyslexic, or prefer nearly any learning style.Flexible and FriendlyIndividual worksheets work as a stand-alone curriculum, or as reinforcement and supplemental practice. This book is the result of years of teaching children, teens, and adults. Students will learn why algebra works, not just how to use it.Topics Learned in This BookThis first book in the series is focused on mental math. In it, a child will learn to think about abstracting and grouping items in order to make calculations of cost, price, age, and amount. The concept of the unknown, or typically x, is introduced at the end of this book and will be the first topic in the next book in the series.Solving word problems in your head (mental math)Understanding the concept of 'X'Solving word problems to divide items into groupsUsing 'X' as a placeholderConverting from a word problem into an algebra equationSolving equations for 'X'All Books in the Doodles Do Algebra™ Curriculum SeriesBook 1: Starting Out with Mental AlgebraBook 2: Unknowns and the 29 Articles of AlgebraBook 3: The Basic Math of AlgebraBook 4: Factors and Multiples in AlgebraBook 5: Working with Fractions in AlgebraBook 6: Solving Equations in AlgebraBook 7: Powers, Exponents, and Roots in AlgebraAbout the AuthorKirsten West, PhD is a former senior market research analyst and Biophysicist who abandoned the corporate and academic worlds to homeschool her wonderful children in a perfectly noisy house filled with the real-life versions of the cartoon characters featured in her Doodles Do Algebra™ series of math books. This algebra series was written for use with her own children after trying many different math curricula that did not work well long term. Since the curriculum was completed, hundreds of families have successfully used these lessons to teach algebra to their children at home. For More Information about the Doodles Do Algebra™ curriculum, see www.TeachMeBetter.org where parents can get more details on the curriculum and also get their questions answered. Read more