Best education workbooks according to redditors
We found 14 Reddit comments discussing the best education workbooks. We ranked the 9 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 14 Reddit comments discussing the best education workbooks. We ranked the 9 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
While it reads like a really long advertisement for Wanikani, I think it's still a useful method to learn kanji. I have a lifetime membership to Wanikani, and I like it, but I'm fairly lazy and slow to progress.
There's a not-so-well-known book that ties in with the Genki series (Kanji Look & Learn and the workbook) that tries the same technique, but with slightly different radical names and different mnemonics. It starts out fairly difficult (teaching you to write 曜 right away...), but I kind of like it.
Family Math is one of three books in a series (that also includes a younger years book and a middle school book) that is little more than games. They cover everything from simple counting and number recognition to word problems, logical thinking, measurement, geometry, spatial thinking, probability, statistics, estimation, arithmetic, and simple algebra. Used it will cost $5 shipped, and they are great at keeping kids entertained and engaged in math. I play some of the games with a 2-year-old, and some with my 5-year-old, and it's fun even when they don't really understand the games. If it's not enough, get the one for middle school grades and use that instead. These books keep it light and fun, which is really where you want to be with a child so far ahead of the curve.
>for the next three years until school can help me help him, Hopefully?
What kind of school are you looking at for him? The average public or private school is going to sit him in a class of his chronological peers and bore him to death. They can't place him in a higher grade level without him being capable across the board, and even then they will be hesitant to move him too much farther than he should be.
Your son is 3, but his ability to count to 1000, count by 1s/5s/10s, and the rest place him firmly at a post-kindergarten level of math skills. He's special, and that's awesome. There's always a chance that his ability and drive will sort of wane if he loses interest, and his level will regress down to what is normal for his age, but if not then he really needs to not be left to a classroom setting that is almost guaranteed to not be good for him.
>I don't know what skills come next to start introducing to him.
Another excellent choice at this age is Cuisenaire Rods (that's just the workbook - you would need to find rods as well). They can be used to teach number recognition, geometry, symmetry, number lines, and even algebra. They are extremely flexible as a math learning tool. And they keep kids engaged in physical manipulation of math concepts, which is great.
Fancy!
Wait.. what?
From my wishlist
Over 10K? Fancy!
https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Characters-Pinyin-Blank-Paper/dp/1978063539/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?crid=7QCFORP2SRWX&keywords=mi+zi+ge&qid=1550609531&s=gateway&sprefix=mi+zi+&sr=8-16
This one looks like it has the diagonal lines judging from the picture.
I'm assuming AQA.
New GCSE Maths AQA Practice Papers: Higher - for the Grade 9-1 Course (CGP GCSE Maths 9-1 Revision) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782946616/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_B.QKAb68KRXP2
New GCSE Maths AQA Exam Practice Workbook: Higher - for the Grade 9-1 Course (includes Answers) (CGP GCSE Maths 9-1 Revision) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782943943/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_laRKAbA0S1M2D
You can also use old spec, or online resources eg Corbett Maths etc.
Geography
New Grade 9-1 GCSE Geography AQA Exam Practice Workbook (CGP GCSE Geography 9-1 Revision) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178294611X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_LaRKAb1DSTV6W
GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA Exam Practice https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0198423489/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_DbRKAb3MVHAHC
New GCSE Geography AQA Practice Papers - for the Grade 9-1 Course (CGP GCSE Geography 9-1 Revision) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782948430/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_edRKAbN2M5X70
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cgpbooks.com
If you want to study beginner kanji for Japanese, you can use this: http://www.amazon.com/Kanji-Look-and-Learn-Workbook/dp/4789013502/
That book will only get you about 500 kanji. You don't need to buy the associated Kanji Look and Learn index book as you can find the readings elsewhere. But the two do go together so the other book will point out key readings that are tested in the workbook.
> Grammar is recommended to be done last.
Uh, no never. You're not going to make it through 2000 kanji before learning any grammar. You should start on grammar immediately after you are comfortable with kana. Think of grammar, kanji, and vocabulary as the three pillars of Japanese. Each one is equally high. You need to study and practice all three simultaneously.
> How much grammar/writing knowledge is needed to form basic sentences as I would feel better about the lack of readings in RTK if I could make some sentences out of what I'm learning.
First you're not going to be able to form sentences with only kanji. As for a basic sentence, I'm not sure. I just crossed into the "intermediate" level and I still feel some basic stuff is hard to express.
To put it into perspective, the textbook Genki I usually takes 2 semesters at community college. You can say basic stuff like "my name is teek" and "I like to play tennis" and even "I am studying Japanese because it is fun." But the common pattern here is you're severely limited in expression. The conversation would dry out pretty quickly (about 5 minutes) with a native speaker.
The following book, Genki II rounds you out so you can start talking about more complicated things and situations. But again, this book usually takes another 2 semesters. At the end of this book, you can say some pretty complicated stuff, but still have trouble making reasonably simple expressions. For example I can say "I don't know if the person you met yesterday is coming to the party tomorrow." But then ask me to write detailed cooking instructions for making curry and I wouldn't be able to do it simply because I lack vocabulary. So for general conversations with a native, you could probably keep them entertained for a good half hour. But for repeat visits and more specific conversations, you would still struggle.
WordWinks. My students love these, they kill about 2 minutes each, they encourage creative outside the box thinking, and kids say the darndest things sometimes.
This one
Be sure to get the textbooks. You WILL be using them. Especially the workbooks.
These are what you'll need:
https://www.amazon.com/GENKI-Integrated-Course-Elementary-Japanese/dp/4789014401/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501126453&sr=8-1&keywords=genki
https://www.amazon.com/Genki-Integrated-Elementary-Japanese-Workbook/dp/478901441X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=478901441X&pd_rd_r=9T6QJ16NYXTG8SS140AV&pd_rd_w=Rs3eV&pd_rd_wg=AzzaO&psc=1&refRID=9T6QJ16NYXTG8SS140AV
https://www.amazon.com/Kanji-Look-Learn-Eri-Banno/dp/4789013499/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501126506&sr=1-1&keywords=kanji+look+and+learn
https://www.amazon.com/Title-KANJI-LOOK-LEARN-WORKBOOK/dp/4789013502/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501126506&sr=1-2&keywords=kanji+look+and+learn
I also suggest getting little things like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Vocabulary-Quickstudy-Inc-BarCharts/dp/1572229195/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1572229195&pd_rd_r=9T6QJ16NYXTG8SS140AV&pd_rd_w=Rs3eV&pd_rd_wg=AzzaO&psc=1&refRID=9T6QJ16NYXTG8SS140AV
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Grammar-Quickstudy-Inc-BarCharts/dp/1572229128/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1572229128&pd_rd_r=1R88XNVSTEQ0BSSQ6J78&pd_rd_w=lbplP&pd_rd_wg=hbKyk&psc=1&refRID=1R88XNVSTEQ0BSSQ6J78
Oder um es auch für Dich verständlich auszudrücken: Sturm im Wasserglas. Eine Handvoll Verschwörungstheoretiker, die bei keinem Menschen mit mehr als einem halben Gehirn irgendeine Reaktion hervorrufen, und die mit den genauso bekloppten Kreischern auf der anderen Seite gemeinsam um die Aufmerksamkeit der Bekloppten buhlen.
Aber da Lesen ja offensichtlich nicht Deine Stärke ist (andere Kompetenzen wollen wir lieber gar nicht erst bewerten), dürfte das hier eh vergebens sein.
P.S.: Um Dir vielleicht auf Dauer doch noch zu helfen, habe ich da mal einen Lesetipp für Dich. https://www.amazon.de/Texte-lesen-verstehen-Sachtexten-trainieren/dp/3403068560/