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Carol Vorderman- 10 minute maths books

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barefootcook · 30/05/2014 09:04

Has anyone tried Carol Vorderman's 10 minute maths books- the ones with the timer? I am thinking of using one with my 5 year old. Would the 3-5 years or 5-7 years be best. I think he is slightly above average but don't want to put him off as his confidence is easily knocked.

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Jinty64 · 30/05/2014 20:00

Ds3 is 7. I bought the 6/7 and the 7/8. The 6/7 is quite easy for him but he really enjoyed doing it and I felt it was quite good to go back over the work he has done.

BlueChampagne · 30/05/2014 22:28

Preferred the Collins ones, which keep several topics ticking over, rather than covering one the moving on to the next - DS1 tended to forget all about it!

Collins mental maths.

christinarossetti · 01/06/2014 23:54

DD begged me to buy her one of these from the bookshop, so I did, somewhat sceptical that it would like her interest. It did - she really liked the layout and that you could dip in and out of them.

I would start with the easier one and see how he gets on. Some of the things in the 5-7 one are in the Y2 curriculum, so he may not have come across some of the concepts and methods yet.

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