Bøker av Amanda Ho

I wrote this workbook with a vision that is I wanted to create a workbook which, I think, will be good and useful for children. This workbook was created based on my personal, educational background and teaching experience and my own chess coaching experience with my son. All these experiences and observations tell me that a student who has a higher IQ and has a higher than average math score does not necessarily mean that this student will do well in math contests. Everybody can learn math, but the results could be very different. Other than having a smart brain and the ability to learn math faster than the other children, a child needs other "qualities' to do well consistently in math contests. These special qualities include perseverance, patience, and willingness to take the time to think. The ability to be able to conclude; make comparisons; expand and instil learned knowledge onto other problems; can follow and write procedures or steps neatly and logically; organize and list data; visualize spatial relations. The student could be trained vigorously, but without real interest and willingness to work on problems, then the enthusiasm of training on math contests will last long, so we know to use one straight math contest workbook alone is difficult to achieve the effect of "all-around" training. This is my vision of creating this integrated 3-in-1, unique workbook.Why is this workbook so huge? (What unique is about this workbook?)How to train a child to be more patient? How to train a student to observe and compare? One way of achieving these is to use puzzles, which is the main reason that puzzles are included in this book.Further, puzzles can increase a child's IQ. How to train a child to think "out of the box" and be creative? The integrated chess, Sudoku, and computational math puzzles can help. When considering all the above purposes, the result is that this workbook has become a vast workbook.

We appreciate receiving your feedback. Please email your comments or suggestions to the author Frank Ho at fho1928@gmail.com.This workbook is aimed at math contests preparation for grades 1 and 2 Watch the video presentation of page 252 at https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsHbgq5Tkr4.There are not many math contests for grades 1 and 2. The main reason, I think, is the limited math computation ability of lower grades students. Many North American students will not learn multiplication until grade 3. Still, many Asian countries and areas learn times tables in grade 2, so there is one year of the difference of learning ahead in China. This workbook has brought its standard to meet the highest possible math curriculum in the world, so four operations of computation appear in this workbook. The earlier the students could master the skills of four basic operations, the more the students could explore many possibilities of word problem computation problems. With this in mind, how does the very popular Math Kangaroo Contest test the grade 1 and grade 2 students? How is it different from other math contests?Math Kangaroo contestThe Math Kangaroo grades 1 and 2 Contest almost does not include the direct math computation problems, which are very different from the math contests in China where direct computation problems could include skilful computation problems. I analyzed the most recent years of Canadian Math Kangaroo Contest grade 1 and 2 problems, and they start to emerge some characteristics and categories, so I include here to help students prepare for it. The lower grade math contest tends to skew to the more visual operation type of problems. The problems could be classified as follows. Many of the following problems are not typical problems that appeared in the books where you can buy from a bookstore because the problems in the math contests are much more complicated and involve many creativities.-Number relationships - mixed computation-Placing numbers in empty spaces-Logic problems-Geometry - Missing part of a figure or dividing a figure, Symmetry-Rotation-Counting figures and angles-Arrangement and combination-Pattern-Substitution method-Number puzzles including filling numbers into empty spacesIn 2015, I started to pay attention to Chinese after-school learning centre's teaching materials. I started to compare their teaching materials with our North American materials. At the same time, I researched the materials from Singapore, Taiwan, and puzzles from Japan and Britain. These analytical researches have led me to have an idea to combine all my published workbooks into one large workbook which includes math contest problems, IQ fitness, word problems, and chess and math integrated worksheets.This workbook is unique and one-of-a-kind. It also represents my idea of showcasing why math is fun to children and my ideas of using inquiry and conceptual teaching (探索及覌念教学法), then reinforced by procedural practices (步骤及題庫). I have used many of these worksheets on my students in my classes and witnessed their feedback. Most children do not want to do just computation problems for 2 hours; very few students like to work on math contest problems for 2 hours continuously, so puzzles and chess problems are fun for them for a change.

Learning Chess to Improve Math AnswersFor problem solving and math enrichmentHo Math Chess(TM) created the world's Learning Chess to Improve Math workbook for the elementary students. There are many pure math puzzles or chess puzzles workbooks on the market and how this workbook sets itself apart from others is it contains one-of-a-kind mathematical chess puzzles in which math concepts and chess knowledge are integrated. This workbook is a revolutionary breakthrough in learning math using chess as a teaching tool.Magic Chess + Math Puzzles is a fun and cool way of learning math and chess together. It improves children's IQ scores and problem-solving ability; develops children's logic and critical thinking skills.This workbook uses chess pieces, chess points and chessboard etc. to instil mathematical concepts related to the pattern, logic, geometry transformation, number theory and many, many other math concepts.Learning Chess to Improve Math is created with the ideas of learning math in multi-concept, multi-sensory, multi-direction and hands-on approach. It is an innovative product of supplementing elementary mathematics and it is a natural health food for improving brainpower.Some math concepts integrated into the workbook are: -Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division-Shapes, angles, symmetry, turns, slides, and solids-Counting numbers or graphics sequence -Logic-Venn diagrams-Set -Data management-Tree structure-Probability-Factors, multiples, fractions, percents-Permutations and combinations-Coordinates and ordered pairs