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LucyP
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My daughter would really really like to start some maths lessons, and wants to be doing "school cuwicilim" so I was considering getting her the Primer and letting her potter through it at her own pace. I wondered if anyone who had experience with it thought it would be accessible if I just bought the student book rather than the teachers book as well, as I assumed it would all be very basic and gentle. She will be 3.5 come the autumn - she is bright and eager but not advanced per se. I felt that one book we could work through would be better for me than doing ad hoc things, but I have never seen the primer book and don't really know if it would be suitable. Any thoughts, ladies?
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I wouldn't do it. The Primer can be difficult at times especially at the place value part. There are so many fun games you could play with her or free things on the web that you could use.
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I agree with KC.
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I've been through Alpha, Beta, etc. with my older two, but this year was the first I used the Primer with my third, who was in kindergarten. She really enjoyed it, and I think it will make a difference starting Alpha next year for her.
I am very comfortable in math, and I couldn't have done the Primer without the teacher's guide. I rarely, if ever, watched the DVD, but I used the written manual frequently. There were many lessons that just don't make sense with regards to how to use the MUS method of teaching without having some explanation. Some pages with just squares here and there would leave you completely guessing with what to do. And there are quite a few lessons where the majority of the lesson is really the work you do before the written practice work (ie what you do with manipulatives or counting games that they suggest etc).
Good luck.
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I realize that I may have misinterpreted your question. I thought you wanted to know if you could do the book without purchasing the teacher's guide/dvd supplement, which makes the set much pricier, but after rereading I see that you are trying to see if the Primer is suitable for your 3.5 yo. Sorry!
I would hold off. My Lucy was 5y 3m when she started and it was a good pace for her. Some parts were definitely very easy, but there is some very challenging aspects of place value that I know she still doesn't get, which is okay. MUS stresses that, as opposed to its other levels, the Primer is about exposure, not mastery. She would have never been able to do this book at 3.5.
I personally like some of the School Zone workbooks for that age. They sell them at Target, grocery stores, and book stores. The youngest target age group is 3-5, I think. I know they have math ones, too.
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I am working with my Kindergartner (he is 5) this summer with the MUS Primer and he loves it. However, I've done just math trays and just counting/sorting/number activities with him the past couple years.
The book begins with being able to figure out how many things are on a page, but quickly moves to be able to write how many are on the page, place value, addition, etc.
So for MY 3 year old, it would have been too much.
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