Classic Curriculum Arithmetic Series Series 1 Workbook 1

This is our first official year of homeschooling I purchased two copies of Classic Curriculum Arithmetic Series 1 Workbook 1 One for each of our twin boys who are in Kindergarten this year and were just over 55 years old when we started the school year the middle of August Before the start of the school year I purchased the whole set of Ray's Arithmetic books and intended to use them with my boys for Kindergarten Upon receiving Ray's I realized that Ray's Primary Arithmetic is really meant to be started in 1st grade and my boys did not yet have the basic skills required to use Ray's Primary Arithmetic So after researching a bit I decided to give Classic Curriculum Arithmetic Series 1 a try as it can be used as a primer to Ray's Primary Arithmetic At the start of Kindergarten my boys knew how to count objects but they did not know how to write any numbers at all (well besides numbers 0 and 1) So Classic Curriculum Arithmetic Series 1 Workbook 1 was a perfect fit for them because this book started out with learning to write numbers Before I knew it they could write numbers 1-10 all on their own! Then the lessons progressed on to counting a group of objects and writing the number on the line next to the group of objects After that they learned how to combine sets of objects (very basic addition) I love the way that these basic addition problems are presented For example "1 and 1 are 2" I like that it's using words that my kids are familiar with and there is no need to use the word "plus" or to even mention that they are adding Next they learn "more than" or "less than" sometimes they are writing the word "more" or "less" on a line and other times they are circling "is more than" or "is less than" So they have learned to write these words and to recognize/read them as well Next they learn to write 11-15 and then 15-20 After learning to write 11-20 there are more counting and "more than" and "less than" exercisesClassic Curriculum Arithmetic Series 1 Book 1 is so easy to use There is no planning that I need to do ahead of the fact I simply open the book explain to my boys what needs to be done they do their work and I answer any questions they may have and go over their answers when they are done I don't believe there is a teacher's guide for this workbook nor do I think there needs to be one One of the things I love about this workbook is that it is printed in black and white My boys are easily distracted and I feel that colorful pages would ony make it harder for them to focus I am completely satisfied with my purchase and would highly reommend this workbook to anyone who is looking for a simple and very affordable way to teach their young child basic kindergarten math My boys have about a week left before they have completed this workbook Each workbook in Series 1 is intended to provide 9 weeks of instruction We started out slowly in the beginning so they'll have Book 1 completed in 11 weeks I am confident that they will be ready to move on to Book 2 upon completion of Book 1 I purchased Book 2 last week and received it yesterday I have looked through Book and am happy with what I have seen so far I intend to have them complete all 4 books in Series 1 this school year I believe doing so will have them prepared to start with Ray's Arithmetic for 1st Grade I am even considering ordering Classic Curriculum Arithmetic Series 2 workbooks next school year to use with Ray's Arithmetic Thank you Rainbow Resource for stocking such a wonderful workbook!!!!