Books and Worksheets

  • Activities for the AL Abacus - SOLD OUT $25.00
    by Dr. Joan A. Cotter A manual to use the AL Abacus teaching arithmetic to children K-4 using hands-on and visual work. Topics include place value, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and strategies for mastering facts. ...
  • Worksheets for the AL Abacus $25.00
    These worksheets provide math practice while using the AL Abacus. Drawings demonstrate the use of the abacus for each new topic. They correlate exactly with Activities for the AL Abacus and may be reproduced for a class or a family. ...
  • RightStart Math Transition Lessons $20.00
    by Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D.   The Transition Lessons are designed for the child starting with RightStart™ Mathematics Level C , RightStart™ Mathematics Level D, or RightStart™ Mathematics Level E (grades 2-4), who has not previously worked with the AL abacus. These lessons need to be done before the RightStar...
  • Math Card Games Book (RSM) - SOLD OUT $20.00
    by Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D This Fourth Edition of Math Card Games includes a new fraction game and may be used with any math program. Suitable for all grade levels, it is excellent for remedial work as well. The 300 card games in the manual provide practice in learning concepts and the facts. Chapters on: Numeration ...
  • Level A Lessons - SOLD OUT $45.00
    by Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D The beginning level math lessons are best started at age 5, or even sooner, before the child develops a reliance on counting strategies. An early start also helps the child understand quantities based around 5s and 10s. Level A for 4- and 5-year-olds includes place value to the hundreds, addition facts to 1...
  • Level B Lessons (1st Grade) - SOLD OUT $65.00
    by Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D. In Level B, the child learns the addition facts and adds numbers in the thousands. He learns the addition facts with strategies and learns to add 4-digit numbers. Subtraction is delayed until addition is thoroughly understood. Geometry, money, unit fractions, and other math related topics are also introduced. ...
  • Level B Worksheets (2nd Grade) - SOLD OUT $10.00
      Worksheets coordinate with the RightStart Math Level B Lessons. ...
  • Level C Lessons (2nd Grade) - SOLD OUT $65.00
    by Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D. The child reviews addition math strategies through making an addition table. She learns 4-digit subtraction, the subtraction facts with 10s-based strategies, skip counting, and beginning multiplication. She also works with a small drawing board, T-square, and triangles to make equilateral triangles, stars, and...
  • Level C Worksheets (2nd Grade) - SOLD OUT $18.00
    Worksheets that coordinate with RightStart Mathematics Level C Lessons. ...
  • Level D Lessons (3rd Grade) - SOLD OUT $65.00
    By Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D.   Multiplication, simple division, and fractions are the primary focus of Level D. The child works with numbers to one million. He also works with linear and square units in both the U.S. Customary and the metric systems. Using a drawing board and tools, he explores symmetry, angles, and various geo...
  • Level D Worksheets (3rd Grade) - SOLD OUT $18.00
    Worksheets that coordinate with RightStart Mathematics Level D Lessons. ...
  • Level E Lessons (4th Grade) - SOLD OUT $65.00
    By Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D. The child works with percents and decimals as well as fractions in the fourth grade. She learns short division for dividing by single digits. Some algebraic concepts are introduced, including coordinate systems. In geometry she studies classification of triangles and polygons, rotational symmetry, angle measur...
  • Level E Worksheets (4th Grade) - SOLD OUT $18.00
    Worksheets that coordinate with RightStart Mathematics Level E Lessons. ...