Maths Assessment Books

[venuschan]

Hi Parents,


Does anyone here recommend \"My Pals Are Here\" maths workbooks? ...I'm thinking to use P3 workbook for my 6yo daughter, but when I check, seems no one recommend this math book by Dr Fong Ho Kheong's...Any opinion?

[Champion]

venuschan:

Hi Parents,


Does anyone here recommend \"My Pals Are Here\" maths workbooks? ...I'm thinking to use P3 workbook for my 6yo daughter, but when I check, seems no one recommend this math book by Dr Fong Ho Kheong's...Any opinion?

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Hi,Are you referring to the above? Y want use P3 level for 6 Y.O. child :?

[HAPPYH]

Champion:

venuschan:

Hi Parents,


Does anyone here recommend \"My Pals Are Here\" maths workbooks? ...I'm thinking to use P3 workbook for my 6yo daughter, but when I check, seems no one recommend this math book by Dr Fong Ho Kheong's...Any opinion?

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Hi,Are you referring to the above? Y want use P3 level for 6 Y.O. child :?

May be the child is above average

[Sun_2010]

venuschan:

Hi Parents,


Does anyone here recommend \"My Pals Are Here\" maths workbooks? ...I'm thinking to use P3 workbook for my 6yo daughter, but when I check, seems no one recommend this math book by Dr Fong Ho Kheong's...Any opinion?

This is a school workbook which complements the text book. I guess your child is pretty good in maths for you to contemplate that.Has she gone thru the P1/P2 books too.Personally , i would suggest to go more on numeracy skills, play around with geometry concepts, than on the regular p3 syllabus. The primary school syllabus is not very wide but the depth expected is pretty high. so a good number sense plays a very good foundation. Of course you know your child the best. So choose wisely.

[venuschan]

Yes…I’m using these series of P3 for my girl a few months now…I personally find 3As are a bit easy to her but still go ahead with her on soving skills questions that I think is very good to have…Don’t use P1&P2 because those I find less challenging to her, more on drilling, not so much on thinking skill, also I’ve other interesting Maths to supplement her, more on the fun IQ Maths from Taiwan…

[optimistforum]

Hi


I thought that I would share the details of a US A book on Proportional Reasoning Maths, and it is pitched at P6 to P8. It should be a fantastic grounding for the GEP Maths problems.

The link is below, and it has some pdf’s, one of which includes a sample question. I have bought it and I thoroughly recommend it. It is probably better than Terry Chew’s Maths Olympiad Books.
http://store.mathsolutions.com/product-info.php?Its-All-Connected-pid221.html

Regards
Optimistforum

[HAPPYH]

optimistforum:

Hi


I thought that I would share the details of a US A book on Proportional Reasoning Maths, and it is pitched at P6 to P8. It should be a fantastic grounding for the GEP Maths problems.

The link is below, and it has some pdf’s, one of which includes a sample question. I have bought it and I thoroughly recommend it. It is probably better than Terry Chew’s Maths Olympiad Books.
http://store.mathsolutions.com/product-info.php?Its-All-Connected-pid221.html

Regards
Optimistforum

Thank you for highlighting this book. Appreciate it

[Super Alice]

optimistforum:

Hi


I thought that I would share the details of a US A book on Proportional Reasoning Maths, and it is pitched at P6 to P8. It should be a fantastic grounding for the GEP Maths problems.

The link is below, and it has some pdf’s, one of which includes a sample question. I have bought it and I thoroughly recommend it. It is probably better than Terry Chew’s Maths Olympiad Books.
http://store.mathsolutions.com/product-info.php?Its-All-Connected-pid221.html

Regards
Optimistforum

Thanks. So this book is more suitable for P6. And it can only be purchase online. Am I right? I am curious whether there is any detail solution given for the questions.

[optimistforum]

Super Alice:

optimistforum:

Hi


I thought that I would share the details of a US A book on Proportional Reasoning Maths, and it is pitched at P6 to P8. It should be a fantastic grounding for the GEP Maths problems.

The link is below, and it has some pdf’s, one of which includes a sample question. I have bought it and I thoroughly recommend it. It is probably better than Terry Chew’s Maths Olympiad Books.
http://store.mathsolutions.com/product-info.php?Its-All-Connected-pid221.html

Regards
Optimistforum

Thanks. So this book is more suitable for P6. And it can only be purchase online. Am I right? I am curious whether there is any detail solution given for the questions.

Hi SuperAlice

Yes. It does come with solutions. If you click on the link it has a PDF question along with a fully worked solution. It cost me £20 GBP, about $50 SD.

USA school grades and Singaporean ones are the same. Sing P6, USA Grade 6, Sing S1, USA Grade 7, etc.

I bought the book from Amazon UK; so I guess you can buy from Amazon.com or Amazon Singapore.

What with Singaporean books, GAT books from Australia, FCE MCQ Comprehension and this Maths books, I do not need tutors as I have stretching books with model answers.

[TheBluePapa]

I have to caution though the total reliance on books and model answers.

Model answers and stretching questions can bring you part of the way. Tutors who are gifted in teaching or for that matter elite tuition centers do not publish books that sell their expertise. It will open up their trade secrets to their competitors for just the price of a book. No one does that, at least not in Singapore. Whatever has been published in Singapore, is just a rehash of something old. The real ground breaking stuff is kept behind the closed doors of elite tuition centers.

The Olympic coaches do not share their secret training techniques by publishing their domain knowledge. The master chef do no make known their secret recipes. Likewise with the elite tutors.

If you want to train with the best, you just have to pay the price and it is not the price of a book.
There are a lot of things that a book cannot accomplish, ie. the thought processes that leads to the solution. The model answers captures the final snapshot of the solution. The road to the solution is more important than the solution itself.

However, if the parent is also involved as the trainer, and is able to master the subject, then books will go someway to bring the student to his potential. However, the parent will not be as accomplished as the elite tutor.

Do you want your child to study chess under a Grandmaster, or someone who has been playing for the past 10 years ? Do you want your child to study under a renown concert pianist or someone with a Grade 8 certificate ?

I believe a gifted child can learn from books, but there will always be something that can be learned from someone just as gifted but 30 years your senior.