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Math Magic for Your Kids: Hundreds of Games and Exercises from the Human Calculator to Make Math Fun and Easy (Hardback)
Math Magic for Your Kids: Hundreds of Games and Exercises from the Human Calculator to Make Math Fun and Easy (Hardback)
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From the author in the Preface: "I wrote this book for children ages five to eight, but it can also be of benefit for younger children who show readiness for its number concepts and for older chldren who need to reinforce their basic math skills."The primary purpose of Math Magic for Your Kids is to provide a positive experience of math."
This book is intended as a supplement to a more formal math course and is not a textbook.
The author is Scott Flansburg, aka the Human Calculator, who wrote the highly successful book on math for adults. In this book, he targets children with math exercises that will:
- Reinforce the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Introduce strategies to make working with number easy
- Lay a foundation for basic number sense
- Reinforce other math concepts such as shapes and measuring
- Relate math concepts to skills of language, logic, social studies, art, etc.
- Demonstrate ways in which math is an integral part of everyday life
- Show how much fun and how rewarding mastery of math concepts can be
- Encourage independent thinking
- Promote self-esteem
Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction for Parents
- 2. Let's Meet the Human Calculator: Introduction for Children
- 3. Putting It All Together: Addition with the Human Calculator
- 4. Take It Away, Cal!: Subtraction with the Human Calculator
- 5. Growing by Leaps and Bounds: Multiplication with the Human Calculator
- 6. Share and Share Alike: Division with the Human Calculator
- Answer Key
Along with generous illustrations, there are icons associated with each exercise to help the reader identify recurring elements:
- Close to Home: Everyday activity the parent can use to build a child's math sense.
- Extra Credit: Additional activity to reinforce a math concept.
- Fun Fact: Information that relates a math concept to other areas of learning.
- Grouping: Way of relating math concepts a child already knows to those still being learned.
- Hint: Principle that facilitates learning.
- Journal: Writing activity that reinforces a math concept.
- Magic Act: Shortcut method or activity that reinforces a math concept; often seems like a "magic trick."
- Note to Parents: Information to assist the parent(s) in extending a child's learning.
- Toughie: Challenging activity to reinforce a math concept.
- Trick Question: Humorous riddle that often depends on word play or logic.
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PUBLISHER: William Morrow and Company;Inc.
ISBN-13: 9780688135485
ISBN-10: 068813548X