Addition the Fun Way!: A Picture Method of Learning the Addition Facts

Product Description

The Addition the Fun Way Book for Kids uses cartoons and stories to help kids memorize the basic addition facts. Each of the numbers become a character, ie. the five drives, the four is a door, etc. Children learn to associate the story with the number characters which lead to the answer. Memorization is fun and easy and has been proven effective, especially for children with learning differences and who have difficulty retaining the answers to the math facts. The book follows the same format as the widely popular Times Tables The Fun Way Book for Kids, published since 1992 by City Creek Press. To see more products, like subtraction cards visit City Creek Dot Com.

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• Used Book in Good Condition

Top Reviews

Ok.
by Blanka V. (3 out of 5 stars)
February 23, 2016

I'm torn -- this introduces addition facts via story, which makes it easier for kids to memorize. My son loves it, though I'm not sure it helps him remember things. The main issue I see -- for the type of learner he is -- is that most of the stories have no purpose...which doesn't make them any easier for him to remember. I fully understand that this may work for other kids, but this didn't quite work for the type of learner he is (except for the couple stories that do seem to have logical purpose => he remembered those and loved those).
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Great for Visual Leaners
by C. Hill (5 out of 5 stars)
April 29, 2016

My daughter was really struggling with learning math facts (1st grade) but after only having this book for about a week now she has really started remembering the facts!...wow I wish I knew about this book sooner! My son had already been using Times Tables the Fun Way but I didn't know about this one! Great for visual learners!
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It worked for us.
by M. Lehman (5 out of 5 stars)
March 20, 2013

My daughter just turned 6 and we've had this for a couple of months now. We started with 0 then 1 then 2 like the book says. She could do them relatively easily. But the best part was that after doing this much, she was begging for more. She would tell me, "ask me another one," and I would ask her something like, "what's 8+2?" or what's 2+32?" and because she could count well past 100, she could do all of them. She loved making a face like, "duh, mom" when I would give her something easy like "1 million +1." We did the 3s and kept practicing the 0, 1, and 2s, and she was so excited about the book that she took it for show and tell at school. The writing is in a really large font and she could read the stories herself, and did while I was driving. I have to admit, I misplaced the book for about 3 weeks, so we didn't do any more until I found it, and did the 4s and the 5s and she was still excited about the stories. But best of all,she had retained all the facts from before. Now, my child has attention problems, but she is a very creative thinker, so this is right up her alley and it holds her attention very well. I will be purchasing the workbook for her to practice. Her confidence in math has really improved. Oh, and I am an elementary school teacher in a public school (not math this year), but I have recommended it to teachers in my school, and I will definitely use it when I teach math again (especially kindergarten through grade 2). Not for everyone, if it helps just one...
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awesome curriculum for ADHD
by Kevin M. Jones (5 out of 5 stars)
March 21, 2015

My daughter has ADHD and we have tried every curriculum on the market and this is the only one that has allowed her to easily memorize her addition facts.
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I absolutely love this book
by M. Benfer (5 out of 5 stars)
November 1, 2017

I absolutely love this book! It's exactly what I was looking for since my son was struggling to learn addition facts. He is picture smart and these pictures make the numbers come to life, thus making it so much easier to memorize!
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Eh.
by julie o (2 out of 5 stars)
December 18, 2014

Got this for my 7 year old who isn't moving along in her math facts as quickly as we hoped. I thought this might be a good way to help her see it in a different way. It seems like a lot of work reading and learning the stories to get a math fact. It didn't hold her attention and when I read it I was overwhelmed with learning all the story lines and number connections. Based on other reviews it much work for some.
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It's awesome!!!!! And my son loves it!
by Mindi Hwang (5 out of 5 stars)
September 4, 2019

I can't say enough good things about this. We've only had this a few days and already my son is remembering his addition facts so much better than he has. We've been working on addition math facts for a couple years now and he has always struggled to recall the answer quickly. With this he is remembering them so much quicker. And he's so excited to do it.
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Helpful for some kids
by lovemyboys (3 out of 5 stars)
November 2, 2011

I am the mother of a child with autism and I bought this book to help him memorize his facts. We had some success with this book. My son is very good at remembering stories, but he really was not as interested in this book as I was hoping. This is not the book's fault obviously, my son has a short attention span and it takes a while for us to get through things like this. I thought that the content was fun to look at and I appreciated how it tried to help parents with their children's math struggles. We may try again soon and see if we have more success in the future.
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Not for visual-spatials
by Kuhlmom (3 out of 5 stars)
March 26, 2010

I bought this book based on reviews hoping that it would help my 8 year old son recall his math facts more quickly. He knows them, it's just not "instant recall". The book consists of stories that reason why one number plus another makes the sum. It is very, very, very wordy - so it's not a fast recall tool. Also, the associated pictures have a whole lot goin' on in them in dated "Schoolhouse Rock" cartoon style- very distracting. Since the facts have page long stories to go along with them, it is better suited for audio-sequential learners, not for visual-spatials who need to see it and have a picture stick in their minds. Note that that the stories are written out in about a 36pt font on glossy cardstock. It is really visually annoying and distracting - (Mommy is a visual-spatial also.) I would recommend this book for the basic introduction of math facts to an age range of about 3 or 4 years old.
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Fun way to remember math facts
by AStevenson (5 out of 5 stars)
July 4, 2019

My daughter loved the stories .

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