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Give your child a boost ...with our successful home school workbooks   


Our successful home school Workbooks An imaginative approach that has consistently produced

the top students in Maths and Science….worldwide.

 Pre-School 'THINKING SKILLS in MATHS' (Books 1- 4): These books aim to make learning fun and exciting. The variety of fun-filled exercises challenge a child to think and develop imagination and problem-solving skills. 44 pages each   ~ Maths help ~  Pre-School 'ENGLISH COMPREHENSION' (Books 1-4): These books consist of several exercises each to help children prepare for learning comprehension in school. They are designed to enrich the child’s vocabulary and develop deductive abilities whilst building a strong grounding in the language.  Approx 42 pages each  ~ English literacy ~  ENRICHING MATHS: This book consists of several topics and supporting exercises, with revision sections to help the pupil understand each topic in depth. Also included are more difficult exercises for the more curious student.  Suggested answers are provided. ~ Maths help ~  ENGLISH GRAMMAR: This book is designed to provide students with practice in the usage of grammar, to adequately understand language structure. Each language topic begins with examples, followed by a series of practice exercises.  ~ English Literacy ~  THINKING SKILLS in SCIENCE: This book aims to equip students with the skills required to acquire, evaluate & apply their understanding of each topic. Each exercise helps to hone the student’s thinking skills through the use of graphic organizers, tables, attractive illustrations & questions. Suggested answers are provided. ~ Science for kids ~  CHALLENGING MATHS: This book consists of a variety of challenging exercises to develop and enhance the student’s understanding of the basics of mathematics. It focuses on problem solving and thinking abilities, utilising examples and illustrations to reinforce learning. Suggested answers are provided. ~ Maths help ~  PROCESS SKILLS in SCIENCE: This book is designed to develop the student’s analytical ability. The exercises incorporate observation, comparison, classification, analysis & evaluation. With revision sections to provide an overall result-oriented learning experience, students are able to assess their knowledge and skills, and thus identify problem areas for remediation.  175 pgs ~ Science for kids ~  THEMATIC ENGLISH VOCABULARY: This book consists of 30 thematic exercises that include references, idioms, proverbs & phrasal verbs at the end of each exercise. They are structured to help the student gradually develop language sophistication.  175 pgs ~ English Literacy ~

Our Maths, Science & English workbooks help children to:

  ü gain self-esteem & confidence in their own abilities

  ü discover enjoyment & fun in learning.

TheBalancedChild offers a series of workbooks that have begun to give Australian & NZ children a similar headstart. The same approach that has gained Singapore students worldwide recognition for Maths & Science excellence.

Maths help, science for kids & English literacy - maths help & home school resources

"...there must be something about the system that Singapore has developed to teach mathematics that is better than the system we use in the United States". 

 

Click here for the full report:

What the US Can Learn From Singapore's World Class System"

 

~ US Dept of Education/American Inst for Research Study, Jan '05

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The successful Singapore approach to Maths, Science & English - imaginative,  simple to follow, focused on building a deep understanding of basic concepts. Our workbooks effectively supplement teaching techniques in Australia & NZ.

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4-Yearly Worldwide Student Rankings

4th & 8th grade students: 1995, 1999, 2003

(2007 evaluation results available in late 2008)

 

Trends in Int'l Maths & Science (TIMSS)

Singapore students came top in 1995, '99 & 2003. Comparison by International Assocn. for Evaluation of Educational Achievement. TIMSS tracks Maths & Science achievement of over 360,000 grade 4 & 8 students from 46 countries, conducted by US researchers.

MATHS 2003

 

SCIENCE 2003

          Grade: 

 4

  8

 

          Grade:

  4

  8

 Global Avg.

495

466

 

 Global Avg.

489

473

 Singapore

594

605

 

 Singapore

565

578

 Japan

565

570

 

 Japan

543

552

 Holland

540

536

 

 USA

536

527

 USA

518

504

 

 Holland

525

536

 Australia

499

505

 

 Australia

521

527

 N. Zealand

493

494

 

 N. Zealand

520

520

 Scotland

490

498

 

 Scotland

502

512

  Click here for The full TIMSS '95, '99 '03 Report

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                     Selected by CSIRO as competition prizes for its children’s magazines ‘The HELIX’ and ‘SCIENTRIFFIC’




 Click here to view our Educational Games  – an effective supplement to our Maths, Science & English workbooks, for children to also have an experiential approach to learning these basic academic disciplines.

HOWZAT: A challenging family game that helps build maths skills. ~ Maths help ~  Fun with Fractions: Match the pizza pieces with the fractions.  ~ Maths Help ~  Fun With Sums  –  Addition-Subtraction Game: Ideal for individual and group activities - at home and at school.  ~ Maths Help ~       Chemistry Chaos: Explore the natural world. A comprehensive science kit with 23 fun and interesting experiments to explore the natural world.  ~ Science for kids ~  Crystal Radio: Build a working AM radio that powers itself!  ~ Science for kids ~  Forensic Detective: Master the technique of fingerprinting and identify a mystery print.  ~ Science for kids ~     Fast Track – Premium: Think fast and move fast in 4 racing games - word definition race, spelling race, word riddle race & car pursuit. An encounter with 560 words in a unique combination of learning & fun.   ~ English literacy ~  Fun With Words: An exciting and fun exercise in word-building, the 30 sets of three piece jigsaws will help children learn common 3-letter words.   ~ English literacy ~  Speller Junior: A board game to help children learn spellings of carefully selected words which make up two thirds of English vocabulary.   ~ English literacy ~

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