Hi everyone! It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Math-U-See! And thanks to their awesome staff, they’ve offered a great giveaway for my readers today.
One thing I love about Math-U-See is that they teach to mastery, and that means your student might not learn a certain skill right off the bat. They build on concepts so that the math skills actually make sense for your student.
Students also use the MUS visual manipulatives to help further understand whatever skill they are working at the time. However to my surprise the students do not become depending on the manipulatives to solve problems. They’re simply hands on training tools to use until a concept is mastered.
This is what the Math-U-See looks like in our workboxes. I pull out their worksheet each day and keep the video DVD and our little plastic storage container.
I also have a couple fun organization ideas for all of those blocks for you! For our large set of blocks I purchased the Small Craft Organizer from The Container Store. This worked great until we had to start sharing blocks.
Once we had more than one kiddo needing blocks we decided to divvy them up so they could do math at the same time. I found these moveable divider storage at either Michael’s, JoAnn’s, or Walmart in the bead area. (I don’t remember exactly which one, but they all have them.) It’s a bead organizer with adjustable dividers which make it easy to fit all of the various sized blocks.
Here’s the same thing, just a little different. I’ve purchased three of these now, so they’re each a little different, but all work the same.
Since I know those blocks can be pricey, today thanks to the super cool team at Math-U-See I’m giving away one Math-U-See grab bag full of goodies. The bag will contain:
- Manipulative Block Set
- Wooden Block Box
- Math-U-See T-Shirt
Yes, you read that right, I’m giving away a set of Math-U-See blocks and their cool wooden organizer! (That’s over $65 value for you, FREE!)
Click the rafflecopter below to enter!
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We switched our son over to MUS when he was in first grade. I struggled with this decision since he did so well with his previous math curriculum. I knew we made the right choice when he asked me if there was a spelling program like MUS. He learned his math fact much quicker with MUS and was computing things in his head in no time. We are very satisfied converts!
I love the hands-on approach and this would liven up our math which is dragging, due to no fault of the student ;-). Thanks for the opportunity!
I have 3 little boys who would love to learn math this way!
I like how M.U.S. teaches with manipulatives. I have boy who learns best by doing and I think this would help us teach him math.
I love the videos teaching lessons. My kids are both great at math and I know it is from using Math U See.
I love that my daughter likes learning from Steve. She also loves using the blocks. She is loving math since we started homeschooling and that was never the case before. 🙂
I love how we can use one program throughout Hs and I never feel like I didn’t do enough or I don’t k ow how to teach that..I love the videos that go along with each set and how he really does a great job teaching!!
I love mus because our daughter begs to do math each day…ummm what child begs to do math..well ours does and so we know that mus works!!!
I love how it teaches to mastery. We are new to homeschool this year after years of public school. My 7 year old is using Math U See Alpha. She watches the instruction DVD and then does one or two sheets in her workbook. She then makes the decision if she wants to try the next lesson if she feels she needs more time then she has it. Unlike how things were for her previously when she attended public school.
I honestly don’t know what I love bout MUS because we JUST started homeschooling our 6 year old two weeks ago & everyone keeps saying how great this program is so I’d like to check it out!