Good News for Recent Primer Graduates for the Summer
We have posted FREE activity sheets for you to do this summer. These will also be available in the fall for students working on Primer. Instead of adding the activities to the book, and making it larger, and more expensive, we opted to have them online for you to print out and give to your young math scholar. Enjoy!!
To access the newly released Primer activity pages, click here.
Did You Also Know?
When I speak at conferences (17 in 2011, in 13 states and Hungary), most of my talks are about family and home discipleship. If you are interested in hearing these talks you can request them when placing your order, or listen to them for free at TheFamilyThatStaysTogether.org
I also have a free family newsletter that you can sign up for on the same website.
Behind the Booth
While working at the Math-U-See booth and answering questions, I have been asked if Math-U-See is rigorous enough for the upper levels (Algebra 1 through Calculus). Thank you for asking. We seem to have acquired a reputation for making math too easy, which I like. I want math to be doable and understandable.
I believe that in teaching concepts- and teaching them concretely- we are providing students with an incredible foundation which will prepare them for further upper level classes. You may not know that my first two teaching positions were at the high school level, teaching geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.
What I observed in the classroom shaped a lot of my thinking. I found that these subjects were not difficult, IF YOU HAD A STRONG FOUNDATION IN THE BASICS. Sorry for the CAPS, but I need to make this point. So when I began writing books, the first book was entitled Foundations. (It was later revised and expanded into Alpha, Beta, and part of Gamma).
If you continue in Math-U-See through high school, I believe you will be very satisfied. I will let some of our happy customers share their stories with you.
Have a Super Summer,
Steve
From Happy Customers in our Upper Levels
I just wanted to pass along a conversation I overheard at our local used book sale. A mom of a graduating senior was lamenting high school math with her son. She said they had used MUS through 8th grade but switched in HS because she heard MUS was too easy. Her son confessed more than half way through the first year that he was just memorizing things and not understanding with his new curriculum. They switched again but still struggled. The other mom concurred that HS math was hard.
I decided after hearing this conversation, that we will never switch from MUS. Why make it hard? If it is working (and it is) why change?
- Dana D.
I am a homeschooled senior and have used Math-U-See my entire scholastic career. I love math and science and I believe that Math-U-See has helped to foster that love and enabled me to excel in these subjects as well. Next week I will be completing Pre-Calculus which marks my completion of every Math-U-See book you have authored. To prove that this course has been successful, I would point to my acceptance to Purdue University’s School of Engineering after just three years of high school. Purdue requires excellence in every subject, but it requires its students to go above and beyond any state requirements for math during high school. Not only was I admitted to Purdue, but they have awarded me with substantial merit based scholarships, and I know that, at least in part, I owe thanks to you for that. So, thank you Mr. Demme. You’ve never met me, but you have been a significant influence in my life.
- Luke M.
We’ve used MUS exclusively with our 4 children, now ages 6 thru 16. My oldest one scored in the 99th percentile on the PSAT in all areas and wants to pursue Theoretical Physics. Thank you for making math understandable and majestic all at the same time.
- Farryl M.
Dear Steve, one of your students – Matthew N. – won the 2009 Google SketchUp Kid’s Digital Design Contest and was honored by the Howe brothers – Popular Science’s 2009 Inventors/Invention of the year.
Your Math program contributed to his success.
In 7th grade he got so bogged down by ______ Math’s overkill review and drill he spent over 2 hours a day per lesson and slid farther and farther behind. We finally listened to some friends and ordered your intro DVD. Math U See’s program fit our family perfectly. We happily “re-taught” Fractions and PreAlgebra.
Because your program teaches math skills in a logical, natural progression without the fluff and overkill drill – he finished Algebra Honors in one semester freeing up valuable time. With that time he toured Howe and Howe Technologies, interviewed with the Howe brothers, spent 160 hours using a CAD program – building the skills needed to win the Google SketchUp competition.
Math U See is directly assisting Matthew in pursuing his dream of becoming a mechanical engineer.
– Debbie N.
