Dr. Wright's Kitchen Table Math: Book 1

I bought this book a while ago, and it was sitting on the shelf. I finally got around to doing a lesson with my 6 year old son who loves math. We sat down and did 170 pages of lessons in one night. It may sound like I am pushing him, but he loves math so much that that lesson did not even phase him and we could have easily done the entire book, but it was his bedtime. That night when I put him the bed, I turned off the light, then I came back in the room because I needed something. As soon as I turned on the light again, he grabbed this book and started reading it again. I had to take it off him. Although I went over much of the book with him, he was reading it by himself as well. I plan not to sell this book on ebay, but just to leave it around for him to review or to use as reference for himself. Now that being said, the book was easily digested and very well organized. It covered every topic really well, and surely the author knows what she is talking about. Not only about math and teaching, but how to explain concepts very well. Even if you are someone who thinks you know all the tricks about math, you will still get some ideas from this book I assure you. I told my son to memorize the rhyme in the book about which months have 31 days, and he did. This is one example of the helpfulness and usefulness of this book. Don't get me wrong, even though this was easy for him, it really taught him the concepts well. They covered patterns as well. In my opinion there is NO better book for children to get started in math besides this book. It also covered fraction, shapes and even measurement. The illustrations are spot on as well, helping to understand the concepts. I plan to finish what's left of the book with my son and purchase Volume 2 (and then 3).

I am a home schooling mother of two. My first is in 8th grade and has just finished Algebra 1, my second is 4 months old. Oh how I wish we'd picked up this book when my first DS was little. There was so much I didn't understand when we started. My sons distaste for math has been my choice of curriculum and how I approached the subject. This book will make you think mathematically so you can help your children do the same. Dr. Wright helps you understand the concepts your child needs to master before s/he can master the material. He gives great ideas for making math fun and incorporating it into your daily life. I was so excited to get this book as I am determined not to repeat the same mistakes. I first found this book through the AoPS website. I emailed the author with questions and he was gracious enough to quickly respond with ideas and explanations. If you want to help your children with math so that they can compete with the rest of the world - you should get this book and stop over at AoPS. We switched curriculum to AoPS, now I have to restrict the amount of time my son spends on math. However, we are having to repeat Algebra 1 (though we are moving through it rather swiftly) because my son never learned to think mathematically so he couldn't apply what he was learning. Save yourself the grief. It has been rumored that AoPS is going to publish workbooks to go with the Kitchen Table Math series. I hope that happens before my youngest enters kindergarten.

The book arrived pretty quick considering it is international shipping after i placed an order on 16 June 2021. The Prime Amazon packaging was wrapped in bubble wrap so my new paper back book came in pristine condition. The printing is clear and I'm really happy with the contents to teach my little bub who is now 15 months old. A lot of useful tools and tips and suggestions are shared to readers who may have no idea where to start. I have 2 other boys who are older and wish I had read this book earlier to give them a proper math headstart.

We homeschool our six year old and have older children as well. Always thought that the schools made math seem impractical and they struggled with those classes. I have tried to follow the book and feel that if all children were made to see math was relevent and part of the every day world, it would seem effortless and fun. Great resource!

I struggle with how to teach math to little kids. The teaching guide provided by the author is simply superb.

Fast shipping and everything looks great

Don't like it, returned it as found no use whats so ever. We homeschool and to compare to other text books, this one isn't helpful.

Math education in the US is far behind that of other countries. Unfortunately, that means that often parents (me!) and teachers didn't have the strongest math background themselves, making it hard to teach children the concepts that can help them become strong math students. Understanding math is not the same as memorizing it, as many straight A students have found when they go to take the SAT (I was one of these students). I was determined my children would thrive with math and love it. Through the techniques taught in this book, my high-school-age children are both very strong in math and have both had perfect math scores on standardized testing since grade school. My oldest has also taken classes in number theory and discrete mathematics for the sheer fun of it. I'm using these books now to teach my youngest child, who is five. He also asks to do math practice - again proving that math can be fun. This book combines serious math with fun and without pressure. I found it an amazing resource to keep my youngest engaged with math and prevent boredom until he was truly ready to move onto a new concept or to try to keep up with oldest, who raced through all of it at record speed. It works for every child at their own pace. This is not a book to use alone. I have combined it with my children's schoolwork, workbooks I bought online, Khan Academy, as well as used some of the resources suggested in the book. The toy that teaches binary and base numbers was a resource I would never have even thought to look for and helped me understand them as well :) I think this could work for homeschool easily though for us it was always used as a supplement to a public school education, explained concepts deeply and thoroughly, and prevented boredom time and time again.

Written by the founders of Beast Academy. That in itself is a testament to the quality of the content. Great to instill love for maths and introduce early concepts to young children. Can’t recommend enough.