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My daughter is struggling with first grade Singapore Math. I thought it was the curriculum, but after perusing this board, I realize it is most likely that we are not spending enough time drilling basic math facts. I use the supplementary materials for Sinagapore as well as the workbook, but she struggles with the answers because she doesn't remember that 14 -3 = 11, etc. and she gets frustrated.
What do people use for drilling math? I have wrap-ups for addition and subtraction, but they haven't been a big hit either. She also isn't crazy about flash cards. I think that games would be great, but where do I find them?
Thanks for your insight.
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Jenn,
We use Captain Jax Math Fax for drill.
"CapJax Summary:
CapJaxMathFax system has controls that allow small-step goal-setting so progress is evident and guaranteed."
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Friends of mine use CalcuLadder. When I was nannying them, I was very impressed with their speed and accuracy. However, when we did their regular math homework, they almost never seemed to be able to remember their times tables! I don't know if that is a common problem.
We don't drill, but instead always "build" problems using their Math U See blocks. I'm finding that my boys (1st grade too) are starting to just know the answers to simple problems like you mentioned because they have built them over and over.
Leonie turned my onto these Lynette Long books. So far we've only done Dealing with Addition, and all the kids really liked it.
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Today my kids did Marcy Cook Math. They have been begging me so we took a break from our usual curriculum. The book we used was Beginning Weight Logic, but I also have tile cards.
Here is an example from the book:
There is a picture of Scale A with a banana and the number 2 below. Scale B has an apple and a banana with the number 10. The child has to figure out how much the apple weighs. We just practice in our heads, but you can also have the child write it like
2 + x = 10 or 10-2= ?
The tile cards come in sets of 20, and each set works on one skill. On each card the child uses all the tiles 0-9. Each tile can only be used once.
I bought these for my kids to practice the exact thing you were asking about. I don't know why I forgot! I guess I don't think of it as drills. I think of it as fun. 
Marcy Cook was my math teacher in 4th and 5th grade, and she is fabulous! It was because I loved doing these cards so much that I googled her name (had to do "Cook Math" because I didn't know her first name )to see if I could get them for my kids.
She has samples on her site, but I could also scan samples to email to you if that would be helpful.
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We have played some games in Math Their Way. One was using a cup with marshmellows. Some marshmellows could be under the cup and some on top of the cup. They saw how many I had at first so they know the total and have to "guess" how many are under the cup. You go really fast like a game and if they "guess" right, they get to eat the marshmellows. I could work on whichever fact family was our challenge at the time. The dc loved it because of eating the marshmellows (we rarely have sweets around so this was a big draw) but it could be done with anything inexpensive.
Oops that was for subtraction - for addition we had some in each hand and opened one hand at a time and asked for the total. We also used a dot flip chart. Any dice playing games using two dice make them use addition a lot. Make up card games where you add up two cards and either the first person who notices that the last two cards add to a certain sum get the whole pile (for working with a specific fact family) or where the first to say the sum gets the pair. The last game increases speed naturally and as mom you can adjust how quickly you respond to gently encourage greater speed until you know they are no longer counting! The games work with the naturally competitive - but even our non-competitive enjoyed playing and seeing how fast they could go. I have used some computer games and drill sheets with a timer - the dc keep track of how fast they are getting and like to see that they do get faster and faster each time - but the drill sheets work better with older dc than younger (imo)
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We use Marcy Cook math as well. DS (10) calls them math "games" and begs to do "just one more!"
We have the mental math tiling, hundred board, place value tiling, color it, skillboard math, finding X, and geometry line up booklets.They are very easy to do, fun, and really build skills. They come in book or task card format.
Here is an example from the place value book:
Using one set of digits from 0 through 9, build this number:
The largest,odd number,less than half a million, not a multiple of 5,contains the digit naming the value of a nickle, and half the digits are even.
Once the clues are followed there is only one correct answer.
Marcy has books and task cards at all levels.
I highly recommend them.
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Brilliant idea with dice, Janet!
We have played Sequence Dice at our friends' house. I see that the amazon site doesn't have it now, but with the description and an enlarged picture you could create your own board if you wanted.
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We just began using these Maths Quizzes from Dave at Bruggie Tales. I also have a dice game I'll post tomorrow. I have to go hunt down the board 
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We use our Maths quizzes as follows:
Monday to Thursday the children do one 50 question quiz (Multiplication, Division, Subtraction and Addition). They have up to 10 minutes to complete them and we track their progress.
On Friday we have a 50 question mixed up test mixing all four operations.
This means their drill work is done within the first 15 minutes of the day and quickly over.
The best thing, it is working! The children's speed and accuracy are both improving and they are challenged to improve their scores.
I just love it when a plan comes together. 
You can use the Quiz in either Excel and Open Office formats here
Gwen, I'm glad you are able to use them. Enjoy!
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we use calculadder.
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dhbrug wrote:
I just love it when a plan comes together.
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Thanks so much Dave for sharing them!
Here's the dice game I said I'd post and forgot about 
This is from the book Number Games to Improve Your Child's Arithmetic
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First, prepare a 16 square box and insert these numbers in the boxes at random: 1, 15, 10, 6, 12, 5, 20, 16, 3, 9, 2, 7, 8, 18, 11, 25.
Next, select any number in a box--say 9-- and place a checker or button on it. This is the box to be tagged.
The first player now rolls the dice and performs on the two numbers turned up all the operations of arighmetic--addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. For example, if he rolls a 5 and a 3, he gets 8, 2, 15, and 1 2/3. Only the numbers 8 and 2 are in boxes that touch the box with the 9. To get a higher score the player will choose the 8 and place his marker there. The player now has a score of 8.
The next player must tag the box with the 8. Let's say he rolls 6 and 3 and can use oonly the 3, 9 or 18. He chooses 18 and places his marker in that box. Now the box to be tagged is 18.
If a player has to pass, he scores 0. If the number is a fraction (don't play with fractions if you don't want to bother) round up to the next ingteger.
Also, this is my own rule from another similar game; if you can catch a player in a mistake, you get his points. This way everyone has to do the math on each turn and do it more accurately. Play until someone scores a set amount of points. Variations.......make new charts with new numbers......allow children to "tag" each side of the previous number.....allow children to "tag" onto any number vertically or horizontal, like in Scrabble. To allow younger children to play against olders before they've learned their multiplication tables you could allow the younger to use a printed table but do his adding and subtracting by heart.
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