Understanding Algebra I

By The Critical Thinking Company
Price $39.99
Age Grades 7-9

This book does such a fine job of laying out the fundamentals of algebra in a way young students can understand that parents may find their children not only willing, but eager, to pore over its pages. Concepts are conveyed clearly and simply. Kids learn best by doing, and the playfulness and variety of the abundant practice problems make learning fun while paving a step by step path to a confident understanding of the material. The book starts with an excellent review of our number system - sets, operations, and properties - and quickly moves to evaluating expressions and solving problems. The book covers a significant amount of territory concisely and effectively and is a one year Algebra I course for upper middle school and high school. The author, Terri Husted, has been teaching math to middle school and high school students for over 30 years. That experience shows, in both her knack for engaging students and her ability to convey to them the knowledge they need for continued academic success.