Algebra With Base 10 Blocks
(The Algebra Course)

30 hours of algebra with base ten blocks. 

Great for students and teachers alike. The students featured in this course are teen-agers 15 and 16 years of age. My older son participates in many of the classes. 

Prerequisites: The ability to count to nine. Identify if something is same or different or not. Be able to identify a rectangle or square.

Course covers:

Pre Algebra:
Integers
Number line

Algebra:
Factoring polynomials. 
Completing the square.
Square numbers. 
Radicals. 
Graphing y = mx+b
Graphing polynomials.
Vertex Form.
Basic Trig Functions.
Problem solving.
System of equations.
Derivation Of The Quadratic Equation. 
+ more. 

Lessons last about 1 hour to 90 minutes (max) each.  These are recordings of actual tutoring sessions that cost the parent $250.00 per 5 lessons or over $1500.00 (not all the lessons got recorded and put here). You can watch them for $25 per lesson (half off) or get the whole course for a one time payment of $600.00 Here is more than 30 hours of instruction you won't get anywhere else.

i use base ten blocks to teach algebra, so you can SEE what you are doing.  And i have discovered there isn't anybody else online teaching it this way. Or if there is they were taught by me as far as i know. 

Basic operations pieces with a ten thousand (x⁴) square are FUN for little seven and eight year olds because everybody knows bigger is funner.  But sometimes you don't have space so drawing them AFTER they have played with the math manipulatives saves space and time.  

If you don't have these, they are actually pretty easy to make with poster board or card board and make a great home school math project. 

You need a steady hand and a straight edge unless you are ridiculously proficient with scissors. Cutting long straight lines is better done with a yard stick and exacto knife. And you will find even if you make your units ad hundreds small, the 10,000 square is going to be huge.  Which makes it even more fun.   

Algebra Course
You pay only $600.00!!
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Edit: the price will be $600.00 when the $500.00 sale ends. i removed the PayPal button so there can be no confusion, limited time sale then the price is $600.00 and the Passport (Lifetime Pass) will be $999.00, and if you already have a Lifetime Pass, the Algebra Course is just $250.00. Plus i throw in some additional goodies like the crash course and a few hours more training. There was a time when people legitimately complained that they had blocks but didn't know how to use them. That time has passed. If you are a homeschool mom this Algebra Course can be used as more training by putting the theory you get in module two into action with the focus on algebra. 30 hours of EXAMPLE. 

For those who need help with algebra this course will make it easy and fun. Once a promise to pay is received via pay pal i will send you a password which you put in on the next page.  

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The algebra course is recommended for ages 12 and up but depending on the student you could easily start them at 10. Suitable for high school and college students entering any typical high school algebra course or any college student taking basic entry level algebra.

For best results you should have a set of base ten blocks and play along building and drawing as indicated.  Take good notes. Work the problems and more like them. Build your own.  Do more than just the problems in he course. Practice. 

Math is not a spectator sport. Play along.

ANY base ten blocks will do. The student in these vids isn't using Mortensen Math blocks and as you can see he is doing just fine.  If you haven't got base ten blocks you should really pause the videos and DRAW the problems.  You should draw a few (the more the better) of the problems no matter what. 

Math is not a spectator sport. I will make neither guarantee nor warranty when it comes to grades after watching these videos but I will say these lessons have earned students perfect scores over the years because

"Once you understand the concepts all they can do is change the numbers." ~Crewton Ramone

Most bang for the buck, a note from one satisfied customer to another:

Success Guaranteed!

If your son or daughter is struggling with Pre Algebra, Algebra 1, Core Algebra, Introductory Algebra, or 100 level algebra courses in college: i guarantee success with my private tutoring. 100%

The success rate will be high if you just get the online course but i don't guarantee "A"s because you may not do the work. However, i have heard of a certain little girl who just watched the vids and got a "C", so she could pass Algebra and then not have to take anymore math. Previously she got an "F". "I could have totally gotten an 'A' but i'm lazy". She did enough to pass and then quit. Sophomore. She will have two years without math. Imagine if she had to take again, and again.  This where the math trauma and damaged self esteem happens. Explaining it it over and over again the same way they didn't understand in the first place leads to frustration not understanding. 

With the masterful use of base ten blocks, i am able to make abstract concepts tangible. Thus, i have success with all learners because in addition to making math concepts "visually obvious" as the Montessorians like to say, i engage whole brain teaching techniques.  Using your whole brain whether you know it or not, feels good, understanding, basic concepts and getting correct answers easily also feels good due to the endorphins that are naturally released when you learn and understand something new. Particularly if you had trouble understanding it before, whatever "it" is. Fractions, division, algebra...whatever.  God has made it so that learning is naturally enjoyable. 

i have success because i have excellent tools and techniques. i can teach you to use these tools with the proper techniques, too. i am a master trainer, and these videos should help you see theory in action, and the use of techniques such as removing "no" from the lesson and letting them correct their own mistakes. 

Plenty of people have told me i should charge even more than $600.00, because you can't get this anywhere else that i know of, all the "algebra online" teaches algebra the same way. Some explanations are better than others but they have one thing in common:

 They leave out the pictures.   

The videos do not drag and the time goes by quickly. Mooey D. Mucau also makes special appearances. Before you know it, you are doing high school algebra with ease.  You might even have fun doing it, if you let it. 

If you participate and actually do the work with a set of base ten blocks, there is no way you won't pass pre algebra and/or algebra. Even if you don't have base ten blocks, and you take the time to draw some problems and follow along, hitting pause and working the problems out, you will have many ah-ha moments...

If you don't have manipulatives, don't let that stop you.

Being able to see the math makes it much more understandable. This course will still help students understand algebra concepts even if they don't have Mortensen Math blocks. If students get their hands on the blocks the success rate increases dramatically.  But if they can't get their hands on the blocks watching others put their hands on the blocks is the next best thing. (Take a look at the vids below, free samples.) And then drawing the problems: simple boxes, lines and dots makes all the difference. They will be using both hemispheres of their brains which in and of itself makes math more enjoyable.

Watch these videos and i think you'll see what i mean. 

Pro tip: increase the playback speed up to 2x. You will actually learn better and spend less time doing it. The mind likes to work quickly and efficiently. 

Enjoy two hours for FREE: 

As you can plainly see, i put the pictures back in the explanations.  If you are a visual learner this may be enough, but again success improves for everybody if you get your hands on the blocks, if you don't have blocks make simple sketches. 

We start off easy but before long we will cover many important concepts that will make algebra easy and fun. Most students who take these lessons receive A's in public schools often times with perfect test scores.

i use these same lessons. What i have been able to do is deconstruct the algebra taught in most high schools into concept based lessons that are easy, fun, and understandable.  We play with square numbers.  We learn to square numbers that end in 5 and so much more...so that when it comes time to graph a polynomial the students already have the skills required to do so mastered. Check out the testimonials page. 

More and more people are homeschooling. Mathematics is always the sticking point for most homeschools. How do you teach the algebra that you never understood? For a few dollars i'll do it for you, with a method that is 100% effective. Many parents end up being "blown away" because they understand it too when they watch the videos. PLUS you are exposed to resources i use to teach math like DESMOS and WOLFRAM ALPHA plus various youtube channels that i find useful to supplement these lessons. All of this and more is contained in this Homeschool Algebra Course. 

Use the paypal button, you will be given a unique password that you can use to enter the course above or below. Click the drop down Menu for member price or to buy one lesson at a time. 

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Algebra Course $600.00 USD Member Price $250.00 USD One Lesson $25.00 USD

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Here are a few FREE PDFs you:

Some old articles about Mortensen Math.

Scope and Sequence of the Books.

Judy Townsend on "why" Mortensen Math

Progress Charts For Mortensen Math Books

Skip Count Underlays

Practice Polynomials For Addends and Multiplication

Five Basic Concepts.

Principles

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The human mind as never invented a labor saving machine equal to algebra." ~J. Willard Gibbs.

"Mathematics is the queen of the sciences, And number theory is the queen of mathematics." ~Carl Friedrich Gauss

I also added a link to my blog where you get many posts covering so called "advanced algebra".  But notice the ages of the students doing the "advanced algebra". At Crewton Ramone's house of math, even advanced algebra is child's play.

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