I blogged on how much I liked Dr. Stanley Schmidt’s Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra, As Serious as It Needs to Be.
Good news! I didn’t realize he wrote a whole series of math textbooks:
Life of Fred: Fractions – For me, I’d have my 4th grader start on this one. Also, because the lessons are chunked out into 100ish chunks, it does coincide perfectly with a summer enrichment text. Now, it’s not likely we will finish the book over the summer. My child would rebel against daily homework and she has a busy summer camp schedule. But I will work it into the nooks and crannies of the day and give her a big bribe (iPod Touch) upon completion, so we will likely have it done by Christmas. I had my daughter, who does NOT love math, look over the book to see if she’d do it, and she said that she liked the stories so she’d try it.
Life of Fred: Decimals and Percents. From Fractions, this would be the next stop.
Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra is next and Dr. Schmidt has a new Fred’s Home Companion: Beginning Algebra for this book.
Life of Fred: Advanced Algebra
Life of Fred: Geometry
Life of Fred: Trigonometry and Fred’s Home Companion: Trigonometry
Life of Fred: Calculus
Life of Fred: Statistics
To buy these books, please go to http://www.stanleyschmidt.com/FredGauss/index2.html The books are $25 at his site but much more on Amazon.
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Hello
My son is struggling with maths tests. He is going to seventh grade and is scheduled to take ACT and SAT next year. Do you have any test books recommendations.
Thanks,
Maria
Mmiyawa@gmail.com
Hi Maria,
He’s very young to be taking the SAT and ACT. Most kids take the Pre-SAT (PSAT) OR the Pre-ACT their sophomore year of high school. I would recommend the Official SAT Study Guide: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1457309289/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1457309289&linkCode=as2&tag=pragmom-20&linkId=af6c5084bb74967d63a3c02c072f38aa and the Office ACT Study Guide: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119508061/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1119508061&linkCode=as2&tag=pragmom-20&linkId=82114ae3ffd3df2023b0d85551be4a54