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To teach Mortensen Math you need #1 the method, #2 manipulatives, #3 exercise books & manual

If budget is a challenge, the essential is to learn the method by, for example, the Teacher's Handbook. You can make base ten tiles out of a cereal box and do examples from a school textbook or out of your head, but you must have the method. Buy the book, attend a workshop, study videos to glean the principles, but you can't teach Mortensen Math without knowing the method. For more, see Comparing Methods
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Exercise Books & Manuals

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The Complete Method


- in a printable .pdf file - 46 pages, 11"x8.5"
- fully illustrated in color
- all you need to know to teach math with manipulatives
- K-12 including fractions, decimals, algebra, solving equations, problem solving, etc.
- complete academic foundation supported by research citations.
- quick delivery by e-mail (M-F)
- Only $25, via Paypal to:
geoff @ geoffwhite.ws

NB. "The Complete Method" is Section one of:

Teacher's Handbook for Teaching Math with Manipulatives using the Mortensen Method

A must have for homeschoolers and teachers alike. Table of Contents

250 pages, 11x8.5, (200 additional pages of lessons - all topics)
$65 in .pdf, - no postage cost, no shipping delays!

So, you can buy The Complete Method, maybe that's all you need, say, if you are an experienced home schooler or a school teacher. If not, you can buy the Complete Method, then upgrade to the whole Handbook later - 210 additional pages of illustrated lessons for only $40

Kits: Combo, Fractions, etc.

March 21st, 2024
NB. All prices are in US dollars.
FREE SHIPPING TO CONTINENTAL USA!
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ADDITION SUBTRACTION KIT reg now $42

COMBO KIT singles reg now $170

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COMBO KIT QVP - case of 4 minimum - now $$ -inquire

COMBO KIT "COMBO" $$ - $170 USD ***Special - discount $20 = $150 until May 31st 2023
- Combo Kit & Multiple Tens Kit

Curriculum Starter Kit ORIGINAL STYLE $ - inquire
Curriculum Starter Kit

- DELUXE CREWTON RAMONE STYLE $$ - inquire

FRACTIONS KIT reg $125
- QVP: case of 10 @ $1102.50each

M-10 MULTIPLE TENS KIT reg $44

N STUFF KIT - 2 triangle kits
& pattern book: animals 'n stuff $42

NEWTON KIT reg $65

NEWTON KIT DELUXE reg $100

NUMBER PICTURE FUN KIT 5 puzzles reg now $71


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NUMERAL IDENTIFICATION KIT $23

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SKIP COUNT KIT reg $50 
- 8 skip count coloring bks 
& Audio CD ($15.75 separately)
Skip Count Songs w/Jerry Mortensen
TEN THOUSAND SQUARE reg now $44 
TRIANGLE TRAY KIT w bars 1-10 
- reg now decreased to $10 
VERY BASIC BASIC OPERATIONS reg  $72
VERY BASIC BASIC OP ADD-ON KIT:
-   kvbbopad $55 ea
WANT TO BE A TEN KIT reg decreased to $65

nb.QVP means Quantity Volume Pricing based on case minimums

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Exercise Books

The Mortensen "more than Math" Program consists of 200 exercise books defined in Five strands:
Algebra, Arithmetic, Calculus, Measurement and Problem-Solving.
They are arranged in Five levels approximating in difficulty as follows:

Level

1

2

3

4

5

School Grade

K - 3

4 - 6

7 - 8

9 - 10

11-12

Contains (10 books in each):

Alg, Arith, Calc, Meas, P.S.

Alg, Arith, Calc, Meas, P.S.

Alg, Arith, Calc, Meas, P.S.

Alg, Calc, Meas, P.S.

Alg, Calc,

Scope & Sequence of Exercise Books: detail

This can only be approximate as curricula vary from district to district and many do not include some topics at particular grades. The table above is shown only as a guide to purchasing materials. All arithmetic is covered before grade 9 for example, and yes we teach "Kindergarten Calculus!"

The books are numbered but, nothing in Book One Level One Algebra indicates the Student's intended age, thus it may be used with teenagers or adults as readily as with elementary aged pupils depending on their ability.

The exercise books increase in difficulty incrementally as the numbers grow higher. Once a student has done all 200 exercise books she will have covered the entire school curriculum in mathematics as prescribed by most school districts. Some variations are inevitable as the program is used throughout North America from Florida to Alaska in Australia and in Europe, by independent schools and in Public Schools with adult learners and in Montessori Pre-schools.

Scope & Sequence of Ex. Books

Manuals

There are Teacher's Manuals with each of the first Three Levels only. The manuals closely parallel the exercise books. Each page, every example in the exercise books has an explanatory page in the manual. The manual includes illustrations of the manipulatives to be used and even an "idealized dialogue" between teacher and pupil, demonstrating the use of key phrases.

Where the Mortensen Manuals parallel the exercise books my Teacher's Handbook covers a topic, say, Multiplication vertically across all modes: whole numbers, fractions, decimals, algebra, at once showing the teaching method and emphasizing the transference of skills.

The Teacher (or Parent) having once acquired facility with the method may apply it to any example taken from any source. The Mortensen Manuals enable the teacher to pick out coaching techniques for an example giving difficulty to a student, spontaneously on request - a great help when you have many students working independently at their own pace.

***

Now, in PDF only:

Now in .pdf for only $25!

The Complete Method


- in a printable .pdf file - 46 pages, 11"x8.5"
- fully illustrated in color
- all you need to know to teach math with manipulatives
- K-12 including fractions, decimals, algebra, solving equations, problem solving, etc.
- complete academic foundation supported by research citations.
- quick delivery by e-mail (M-F)
- Only $25, via Paypal to:
geffo747 @ gmail.com (nb. no spaces)

NB. "The Complete Method" is Section one of:

Teacher's Handbook for Teaching Math with Manipulatives using the Mortensen Method

A must have for homeschoolers and teachers alike. Table of Contents

250 pages, 11x8.5, (200 additional pages of lessons - all topics)
$65 in .pdf, - no postage cost, no shipping delays!

So, you can buy The Complete Method, maybe that's all you need, say, if you are an experienced home schooler or a school teacher. If not, you can buy the Complete Method, then upgrade to the whole Handbook later - 210 additional pages of illustrated lessons for only $40

Manipulatives

These come in three kinds from Mortensen: Base Ten blocks - � inch scale plastic blocks, hollow, (open on one side - to be used as negatives,) and with gradations on one side for counting.
Ranging from units to tens, and hundred squares, 5"x5", smooth on one side for use as X-squares, gridded on the other for use in arithmetic.

The Combo Kit - $170 This is the primary toolbox. Pretty much all examples can be done with
combo blocks (1/2" scale) Seen at right below.


- even fractions and large numbers.

Combo kit includes: 10x100 squares, 40x10 bars,
9 each of 2 through 9, 24x1, plus assorted extras.

This set of manipulatives is used from Kindergarten examples to University level problem solving and it is urged that teachers employ manipulatives at all levels of competence and difficulty.

Basic Operations Tiles - smaller scale pieces in units, tens, hundreds, thousands, and a ten thousand square - for operations with four and five figure numbers and decimals. Also useful for trigonometry.

Fractions Overlays - plastic tiles, transparent and opaque on a 5"x5" standard unit with coloured strips to show halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths, eighths, and ninths.

Worldwide, there are 2 official suppliers of the above materials: myself and, and recently Anna Tarnowski of Canada.
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