Life of Fred-Jelly Beans, Book 10
by Stanley F. Schmidt; Ph.D. Author
(From Amazon): The idea behind Life of Fred is that if students have an enjoyable experience and have fun doing their math, they will remember it and use it and have a good taste in their math about the whole subject. The sub-title on each of his math books is "As Serious As it Needs to Be". And that is just the point: math doesn't need to be horrid and dry. This is math-just as serious as it needs to be-and I can tell you from Louisa's smiles and chuckles, that's not very serious at all! As a bonus, these books are very low priced compared to any other math books on the market. (Compare to Saxon at $50-70). If you have a creative child who is languishing on traditional math programs, try Life of Fred! Math, As Serious As it Needs to Be! If you know your math facts (addition and multiplication) and you can read well, then the next step is to get to know Fred! Beware: This is not a traditional math book. This is a child-directed course. The student reads the adventure story, does the math problems that occur as a natural part of the story, and checks their answers (the solutions are right there for the looking.) And learns to love math in the process! You will not get the detailed formula explanations that you get in a traditional math book. I am still amazed that kids can read the story and learn the concepts, but they do!
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-1-937032-03-6
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 38
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Z-Twist Books
- Copyright
- 2011
Chapters
- 1 To Fritter
- 1 Your Turn to Play
- 2 Breaking Tradition
- 2 Your Turn to Play
- 3 Finishing the Sentence
- 3 Your Turn to Play
- 4 What Raggy Taught Fred
- 4 Your Turn to Play
- 5 The Long View of Life
- 5 Your Turn to Play
- 6 More Than White Dots
- 6 Your Turn to Play
- 7 What to Do
- 7 Your Turn to Play
- 8 Sunday Evening
- 8 Your Turn to Play
- 9 Packing for the Audition
- 9 Your Turn to Play
- 10 The Director
- 10 Your Turn to Play
- 11 Costumes
- 11 Your Turn to Play
- 12 4 - 1 - 1 = 2
- 12 Your Turn to Play
- 13 William Butler Yeats
- 13 Your Turn to Play
- 14 To the Hospital
- 14 Your Turn to Play
- 15 Zorba the Fred
- 15 Your Turn to Play
- 16 A New Way of Counting
- 16 Your Turn to Play
- 17 Heidi's Office
- 17 Your Turn to Play
- 18 Kingie's Computer
- 18 Your Turn to Play
- 19 A Day Older
- 19 Your Turn to Play
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