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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought Singapore Math was only recommended if the teacher is trained and if you are using the physical manipulatives. I'm not sure I would do SM at home, given what I have heard, but maybe I am misinformed...[/quote]

I’m not a teacher, but I have an engineering degree and an MD, and I used to tutor sat math in college. I taught Singapore math to my kids, and I would not recommend doing it unless you fully buy into the bar model, number flexibility, and conceptual mindset that Singapore requires. You have to do it the Singapore way, not the way that we were taught, assuming you went to a normal elementary school in the U.S, like I did.

Let me put it this way, if you cannot explain why, when you divide fractions, you flip the second fraction and then multiply, or if you cannot give a real world example of 3/8 divided by 2/3 without thinking about pies and chocolate bars, then it will require study on your own before teaching it. People without math or teaching backgrounds absolutely do teach Singapore math at home, but either they need to learn the methods, or their kids are not getting the full benefit of conceptual learning because it is not being taught correctly. It’s hard to do. My kids did math in focus at a pricy private school in ny, and I could see that some of the teachers were not teaching it well, which is why I started doing Singapore at home with them. [/quote]

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