Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #172704 in Books
• Published on: 1977-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Miquon + Cuisenaire Rods - A Way to REALLY Understand Math!
Miquon + Cuisenaire Rods = a wonderful way to learn -- and REALLY comprehend -- mathematics! I'm a homeschool mom, and my son used the Miquon Math Student Workbooks (consumable) along with the necessary Cuisenaire Rods to discover math in an enjoyable, stress-free, hand-on "Mathematics Lab"-style way. [Another veteran homeschooling mom recommended Miquon to ME:)]

I can't imagine a better way to discover the patterns, concepts, and simplicity of mathematics. I highly recommend the Cuisenaire Rods, Miquon Student Workbooks, and the Miquon Teachers Manual: Lab Sheet Annotations. Your student will be introduced to such concepts as multiplication, division, fractions, and factors in the FIRST grade -- all while "experimenting" (playing) with their Cuisenaire rods!

NOTES: Cuisenaire Rods are a MUST to use along with the Student Workbook. I also highly recommend the Miquon Teachers Manual: Lab Sheet Annotations -- also sold here at Amazon. The Annotations book is filled with lots of suggestions, games, ideas, and more -- which really EXPAND on the Student Workbook and make the Miquon system the "Lab Experience" that it is meant to be.

Miquon Student Workbooks:

Orange Book - 1st Grade -- Offered here...; Red Book - 1st Grade; Blue Book - 2nd Grade; Green Book - 2nd Grade; Yellow Book - 3rd Grade; Purple Book - 3rd Grade

The best homeschoolers "first math" around
Using a hands on manipulative method of teaching math using cuisanare rods instead of dry, rote memorization makes this math the most fun for kids, even for those who "hate" math. It is colorful, and lets kids find for themselves the basic relationships and principles of math. Using the 6 books in the system, ( two books a year for three years) by the end of the third grade(sixth book), your child will be doing simple algebra without even knowing it. I love this system, and all of the other math materials from Key Curriculum. Just be sure to buy the cuisenare rods to go with the system. I homeschooled my kids on this system, then moved right into saxon math series. It is the only math system I would ever use in the primary grades.

A Must for teaching Math
As my first son went through this book, I was amazed at how even in the 1st grade, this series was preparing him for higher mathematics in highschool. Six years later, my son breezed through variables and equations. Now my middle son is breezing through algebra as well and my youngest is finishing the Miquon Orange Book. I can't help but think that if these books had been used by my former algebra and geometry students then they would have not had to struggle with abstract concepts such as balancing equations and using variables. The Miquon books are all WONDERFUL! The Cuisenaire rods ARE a must. They are what ties the abstract ideas to the concrete math. Since I use Cuisenaire rods through 8th grade, they are well worth buying.