Miquon
Math Materials (K - 7) provide a full Math curriculum
based on manipulatives and workbooks.
Who
uses Miquon Math?
Many
home schoolers choose this Math curriculum, also schools
where children
are allowed to progress at their own pace. Remedial teachers
find it a helpful resource.
What
are the "manipulatives" that they use?
The
examples in the workbooks are based on Cuisenaire rods - each
rod has its own colour and length, for numbers from to 10. Children
explore and investigate different ways of combining the wooden rods
- "hands-on" visual Math!
Which
Math topics can be covered with Miquon?
Most
Math topics can be investigated easily - certainly all Arithmetic operations
- and there are even examples on algebraic graphing -have a look at
the list below! Miquon develops a real understanding into concepts
such as number bonds, fractions and the rule of operations.
Is
it difficult for a parent who is not a trained teacher?
There
are 3 comprehensive guides to help teachers implement the program:
Notes to Teachers explains the aims and beliefs of the Miquon
Math program
Lab Sheet Annotations contains specific instructions for each
of the worksheets, also teaching suggestions and ideas for creating
additional math materials.
First Grade Diary is a personal account of daily activities and
experiences.
What
is important about Miquon Math?
For
thirty years, Miquon Math Materials have offered children
a friendly invitation to the world of mathematics, based on
the belief that mathematical insight grows out of observation,
investigation and the discovery of patterns.
It introduces all four arithmetic operations and work with fractions
in the first year.
Cuisenaire rods and concrete models are used continuously
with attractive and varied worksheets that require few reading
skills.
The 6 workbooks are sequenced by level of difficulty, contain
over 650 worksheets, and form a complete math curriculum.
By the third year students are graphing algebraic equations.
Miquon
Math program
- uses
concrete models, Cuisenaire rods and manipulatives to provide
children with a great variety of hands-on activities
& investigations
- is
designed so that children can progress at their own pace
- has
6 workbooks containing 650 worksheets that cover topics
from counting to algebraic equations
- develops
mathematical thinking in the average learner and challenges
the exceptionally gifted child.
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650
worksheets cover the following topics:
Counting
Place Value
Factoring
Squaring
Graphing Equations
Series & Progressions
Length, Area & Volume
Grid & Arrow games
Odd-Even
Multiplication
Equalities & Inequalities
Number Lines
Sets
Simultaneous Equations
Word Problems
Geometric
concepts
Fractions
Subtraction
Division
Functions
Mapping
Clock Arithmetic
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