Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew.
Being able to quickly recall math facts is extremely important when your child begins learning higher-level math concepts. That's why I was very interested in reviewing the Memoria Math Challenge from Memoria Press with Titus, my 4th grader. The Memoria Math Challenge is suggested for kindergarten through 2nd grade, but I knew that Titus would benefit from using it even though is above the suggested age range.
I received the Memoria Math Challenge levels A, B, and C Student Workbooks and Teacher Keys. We began with Level C, but I'll show you what each of the levels is like.
Level A is for early learners. It begins with number dictation (where you call out a number and your child writes it down), what comes before and after a number, and counting dots. It begins teaching the basic math facts, slowly increasing the amount of problems on each page. The last few lessons in this workbook contain 40 simple addition and subtraction problems (up to seven) on each page. There are lined boxes for your child to write each answer in.
Level B picks up where Level A left off. There are no more lined boxes for the answers; these worksheets are just addition and subtraction drills. This level begins with 25 problems on each page and by the last lesson, there are 100 problems on the front and back of each drill worksheet. Level B teaches addition and subtraction facts to ten.
Level C begins with 50 problems on each worksheet and ends with 100 problems on the front and back of each drill worksheet. This level teaches the math facts up to eighteen.
The Teacher's Key simply contains smaller images of the Student Workbook drill sheets with the answers. There is also a Teaching Guidelines page which instructs you on how to conduct the timed drills. At the top of each student worksheet, there is a place for your child to record their name, score, and time.
Titus used the Level C Student Workbook as a supplement to his math curriculum a few times a week. We didn't time the drills because I found that it frustrated him to think he was taking too much time, which in turn made him take too much time! I also found that 200 problems was too much for him as he gets overwhelmed easily, so I would tell him to do, say, four lines and then we would check them. We began towards the back of Level C with some of the addition and subtraction facts that he can't recall instantly.
I really like the Level A Student Workbook, and am saving it for Zeke (who is three now) to use with his kindergarten curriculum. I think it would be a wonderful addition (no pun intended) to a preschool or kindergarten math program.
The Student Workbooks are $16.50 each and the Teacher Keys are $5.50. This is a great bargain, because these workbooks are huge! The pages are nice and thick with perforated edges to make them easy to tear out.
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