Life of Fred

For a little while I'd been hearing the odd mentioning of a maths series called Life of Fred in homeschooling circles.  This of course sparked curiosity in my old curriculum junkie mind and got the better of me, so I went off to find out a little more about it.

The fact that it is completely and TOTALLY different from every other maths program out there heightened its appeal.

I really liked what I found.

I liked the idea of Maths done in a real life context { written in story form } with a bit of funny thrown in for good measure.

I can't wait for our next lesson installment.  I LOVE the fact that there isn't a million gazillion maths sums to practice.  That means we've been able to really just enjoy the reading and the learning.  

Here's the first book - Apples; we are several chapters in to date.  I dunno about the children, but for the first time in my life algebra is actually making real sense to me.  If only I had been taught maths like this when I was a child.

Just click on the Apples book to go and have a peek at what is in this volume.  Don't forget to check out their samples too.

So as you can see I thoroughly thought about my purchase { where I bought them from had enough information to convince me } and decided that this would definitely be something to keep in my library.

No doubt you all shall be hearing more about our little Life of Fred journey in places as we progress.  :o)

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