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Jumpstart Your Singapore Math 2026
Registration is open! Our annual workshop, Jumpstart Your Singapore Math Practice, will be held in three cities this July: Los Angeles, Tampa, and Denver. New this year! Join us for the Elevate Your Singapore Math Practice — a intensive two-day learning experience for coaches, building and math leaders, and interventionists designed to help you envision, create, refine and support a high … [Keep Reading...]
Making Math Masters

My students love math class. In fact, many will tell you math is their favorite subject. Why? They’ll tell you it’s because Singapore math is fun. I’d say it’s because once they understand how math works, they become confident in their abilities. So what exactly is Singapore math? Wait, math from Singapore? Isn’t that … [Keep Reading...]
Comparing Singapore Texts

One of the most Frequently Asked Questions I get is, “Which "Singapore Math" curriculum should we use?”There are a lot of differences between the series' and yet, they are alike in many ways as well. To help you compare the main curriculums that have been released in the past few years, this page includes some … [Keep Reading...]
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Creative Thinking Problems
From Accelerated Learning Primary Mathematics 3 by Ching Kheng Huat published in 1999 in Singapore. Have fun! 1. For both piles to have the same weight, which item belonging to the pile on the left … [Keep Reading...]

Bar Model Solutions – by Students
After the post on Assessing Bar Model Solutions went up, Beth Curran sent a message: "We just did that problem!" She agreed to share some student work: And when the students didn't … [Keep Reading...]

Word Problems and Bar Models from Literature
I've enjoyed Denise Gaskin's Let's Play Math blog since at least 2007! I shared her site when the problems for Mr. Popper's Penguins were first published. She has a new book of word problems tied … [Keep Reading...]






