Stanley F Schmidt

The idea behind Life of Fred is that if students have an enjoyable experience and have fun doing their math, they will remember it and use it and have a good taste in their math about the whole subject. The sub-title on each of his math books is "As Serious As it Needs to Be". And that is just the point: math doesn't need to be horrid and dry. This is math-just as serious as it needs to be-and I can tell you from Louisa's smiles and chuckles, that's...

Book 7 in a series of ten books from the Life of Fred Elementary Math unit. Fred, a five year old math prodigy goes through a series of events incorporating word problems in his story. Designed as a homeschooling resource. "This is not a traditional math book. This is a child-directed course. The student reads the adventure story, does the math problems that occur as a natural part of the story, and checks their answers (the solutions are right there...

This book covers beginning mathematics including Numbers that Add to 7 Circles Ellipses Reading 6:00 on a Clock 5 + ? = 7 Days of the Week Leap Years Spelling February 15 Degrees Below Zero (-15º) Counting by Fives 3x + 4x = 7x ante meridiem (a.m.) One Million Squares The "There Are Zero . . ." Game Sets the Popularity of Zero Triangles ? (not equal) x + 4 = 7 One Thousand Counting by Hundreds Reading 3:05 on a Clock Rectangles. and much more . ....

Book 8 in a series of ten books from the Life of Fred Elementary Math unit. Fred, a five year old math prodigy goes through a series of events incorporating word problems in his story. Designed as a homeschooling resource.