sweetbo3boys

Hi! I am fairly new to the site. My son wants to know about Algebra,
and I never did Algebra. I tried searching the web, but none of the
sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
frustrated with it all, and said forget it. Does anyone know of a
good site for an 11 year old boy who is just curious about what
Algebra is, and is simple enough for a more kinestetic learner to
enjoy? Thank you so much! - Angie

the_clevengers

--- In [email protected], "sweetbo3boys"
<sweetbo3boys@y...> wrote:
> Hi! I am fairly new to the site. My son wants to know about
Algebra,
> and I never did Algebra. I tried searching the web, but none of the
> sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
> frustrated with it all, and said forget it. Does anyone know of a
> good site for an 11 year old boy who is just curious about what
> Algebra is, and is simple enough for a more kinestetic learner to
> enjoy? Thank you so much! - Angie

I don't know about websites, but there's an awesome book called "The
Number Devil" that my son really enjoyed reading. It's about a boy
who is visited in his dreams by a number devil, who shows him all
sorts of fun ways that numbers interact. It's not purely about
algebra (since that's a fairly artificial construct separating some
types of working with numbers from others) but it does include
sections on stuff like exponents, prime numbers, factorials, the
Fibonnaci sequence, and other stuff. The number devil has funny names
for things (like prime numbers are prima donna numbers) and in
general it's a fun story that explains concepts in graphic ways.
Another story book that involves math that he enjoyed is "The man who
counted."

Blue Skies,
-Robin-

[email protected]

In a message dated 4/29/2004 11:33:19 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
tri_mom@... writes:
I tried searching the web, but none of the
> sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
> frustrated with it all, and said forget it.
============

Here are some things unschoolers have written or liked:

http://sandradodd.com/math



Sandra


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J. Stauffer

A friend of mine has a son that LOVES math and related stuff. He brought
some cut out things to the park the other day and helped the little kids
make 3-D versions of something called dodecahedrons (looked like a soccer
ball to me). A book I heard his mom talking about was "A Gebra named Al".
Don't know anything about it other than that.

Julie S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "sweetbo3boys" <sweetbo3boys@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:45 AM
Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Help? My son wants to learn Algebra!


> Hi! I am fairly new to the site. My son wants to know about Algebra,
> and I never did Algebra. I tried searching the web, but none of the
> sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
> frustrated with it all, and said forget it. Does anyone know of a
> good site for an 11 year old boy who is just curious about what
> Algebra is, and is simple enough for a more kinestetic learner to
> enjoy? Thank you so much! - Angie
>
>
>
>
> "List Posting Policies" are provided in the files area of this group.
>
> Visit the Unschooling website and message boards:
http://www.unschooling.com
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Tara

I haven't used it personally, but there is a board game that is
suppose to show young children how to do algebra equations, if that
is what he is wanting. It is called Hands-on Equations and if you do
a search, it should bring it up. I have heard of others using it,
and liking it. I thought that if my son wanted to learn algebra, I
would see if he liked it, he also figures things out through
movement. Peace - Tara



--- In [email protected], "sweetbo3boys"
<sweetbo3boys@y...> wrote:
> Hi! I am fairly new to the site. My son wants to know about
Algebra,
> and I never did Algebra. I tried searching the web, but none of
the
> sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
> frustrated with it all, and said forget it. Does anyone know of a
> good site for an 11 year old boy who is just curious about what
> Algebra is, and is simple enough for a more kinestetic learner to
> enjoy? Thank you so much! - Angie

Holly Furgason

I HATE A Gebra Named Al. It's *very* poorly written and the concepts
aren't clearly explained. With editing it might have been a decent
but alas...

My favorite algebra book is The Realm of Algebra by Isaac Asimov.
It's out of print now but you may find it in a large city library or
a university library. I actually copied the whole thing because I
could find only one copy in Houston. There's also a cool toy called
Math Muggins (I think) that a great algebra teaching tool.

I always hated math and took algebra three times and never understood
it. It's only through unschooling myself that I was able to discover
how beautiful it is. Much of my time is spent doing silly math
things such as the dodecahedrons. I even took a bunch of interested
kids over to the tennis court where we drew out the Koenisburg bridge
problem in chalk and tried to solve it by walking it. When they
couldn't, I drew out the proof.

Holly
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--- In [email protected], "J. Stauffer"
<jnjstau@g...> wrote:
> A friend of mine has a son that LOVES math and related stuff. He
brought
> some cut out things to the park the other day and helped the little
kids
> make 3-D versions of something called dodecahedrons (looked like a
soccer
> ball to me). A book I heard his mom talking about was "A Gebra
named Al".
> Don't know anything about it other than that.
>
> Julie S.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sweetbo3boys" <sweetbo3boys@y...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:45 AM
> Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Help? My son wants to learn
Algebra!
>
>
> > Hi! I am fairly new to the site. My son wants to know about
Algebra,
> > and I never did Algebra. I tried searching the web, but none of
the
> > sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
> > frustrated with it all, and said forget it. Does anyone know of a
> > good site for an 11 year old boy who is just curious about what
> > Algebra is, and is simple enough for a more kinestetic learner to
> > enjoy? Thank you so much! - Angie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "List Posting Policies" are provided in the files area of this
group.
> >
> > Visit the Unschooling website and message boards:
> http://www.unschooling.com
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

Holly Furgason

Love both of those books!

--- In [email protected], "the_clevengers"
<tri_mom@c...> wrote:

> I don't know about websites, but there's an awesome book
called "The
> Number Devil" that my son really enjoyed reading. It's about a boy
> who is visited in his dreams by a number devil, who shows him all
> sorts of fun ways that numbers interact. It's not purely about
> algebra (since that's a fairly artificial construct separating some
> types of working with numbers from others) but it does include
> sections on stuff like exponents, prime numbers, factorials, the
> Fibonnaci sequence, and other stuff. The number devil has funny
names
> for things (like prime numbers are prima donna numbers) and in
> general it's a fun story that explains concepts in graphic ways.
> Another story book that involves math that he enjoyed is "The man
who
> counted."
>
> Blue Skies,
> -Robin-

pam sorooshian

On Apr 29, 2004, at 8:45 AM, sweetbo3boys wrote:

> Hi! I am fairly new to the site. My son wants to know about Algebra,
> and I never did Algebra. I tried searching the web, but none of the
> sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
> frustrated with it all, and said forget it. Does anyone know of a
> good site for an 11 year old boy who is just curious about what
> Algebra is, and is simple enough for a more kinestetic learner to
> enjoy? Thank you so much! - Angie

Astro Algebra -- a computer "Edutainment" cd - from Edmark (Harcourt
Brace Co.) and part of the Mighty Math series. You'll have to dig
around, it isn't new, but I'm pretty sure it is still available and it
is great!

-pam


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pam sorooshian

I remembered something else <G> -- Algebra Unplugged - a book "about"
algebra, not an algebra instruction book. Readable.

I second Isaac Asimov's "Realm of Algebra." I have a copy I found in a
thrift store (it is old and fragile and much beloved). <G>.

-pam


On Apr 29, 2004, at 11:47 PM, pam sorooshian wrote:

>
> On Apr 29, 2004, at 8:45 AM, sweetbo3boys wrote:
>
>> Hi! I am fairly new to the site. My son wants to know about Algebra,
>> and I never did Algebra. I tried searching the web, but none of the
>> sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
>> frustrated with it all, and said forget it. Does anyone know of a
>> good site for an 11 year old boy who is just curious about what
>> Algebra is, and is simple enough for a more kinestetic learner to
>> enjoy? Thank you so much! - Angie
>
> Astro Algebra -- a computer "Edutainment" cd - from Edmark (Harcourt
> Brace Co.) and part of the Mighty Math series. You'll have to dig
> around, it isn't new, but I'm pretty sure it is still available and it
> is great!
>
> -pam
>
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Mark and Rheta Wallingford

Have you tried http://www.gnarlymath.com/news/gnews1_1.html It's a
website that supposed to introduce math and algebra in a fun way.

Rheta

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:45:15 -0000
From: "sweetbo3boys" <sweetbo3boys@...>
Subject: Help? My son wants to learn Algebra!

Hi! I am fairly new to the site. My son wants to know about Algebra,
and I never did Algebra. I tried searching the web, but none of the
sites I pulled up interested him, and he just ended up getting
frustrated with it all, and said forget it. Does anyone know of a
good site for an 11 year old boy who is just curious about what
Algebra is, and is simple enough for a more kinestetic learner to
enjoy? Thank you so much! - Angie<<




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