A series of elementary math ebooks from HomeschoolMath.net is helping parents of both homeschooled and publicly schooled children to teach mathematical concepts with ease. In electronic
format, the books are very affordable, quickly accessible, and can be printed several times. Parents praise the way concepts are explained and practiced in the lessons.
The author Maria Miller, from HomeschoolMath.net has written the ebooks especially for parents who don't understand math very well themselves. "I was tutoring some homeschooled children,
and helping their parents, and saw what struggle many of them had with math,", says Mrs. Miller. "This gave me the idea of putting all of my teaching into a book format, so many more
parents could get the help they need."
But it hasn't been just homeschooling parents buying these ebooks. Parents of ordinary school children use Maria Miller's ebooks to supplement school work, for summer review, or to help a
child who has fallen behind in math. One of them says, "I am having them do all of them, from the ground up to uncover anything they have missed or never really understood."
The electronic format has many advantages over traditional paper format. The price is low (the individual ebooks range from $1.25 to $4), the ebook files can be quickly downloaded after
purchase, and are printable over and over again. A homeschooling parent says, "I like being able to print and go over the work more than once."
The ebooks have been praised for the way concepts are presented and explained with the help of pictures. One parent says about the Place Value ebook, "It wasn't until he actually saw
the
pictures of units in these math books that he really caught on." Says the author, "The student has to actually draw those same kind pictures in the exercises, and that ensures they
understand."
Besides parents, the ebooks from HomeschoolMath.net suit well teachers who need supplemental lesson materials.
Maria Miller, M.Sc, is a mathematics teacher since her graduation in 1992, author of the HomeschoolMath.net ebooks series, and author of the website HomeschoolMath.net.