At a time when the poor math performance of American school children has labeled us a "nation of underachievers, " what can parents--often themselves daunted by the mysteries of mathematics--do to help their children? In "Games for Math, " Peggy Kaye--teacher extraordinaire and author of the highly praised "Games for Reading" --gives parents more than fifty marvelous and effective ways to help their children learn math by doing just what kids love best: playing games.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments - ix
Introduction - xi
PART ONE - 1
Chapter One: Counting Counts - 2
HOP, SKIP, TOUCH YOUR NOSE - 4
PENNY TOSS - 5
NUMBER COLLAGE - 7
THE HOW-MANY GAME - 10
THREE KINDS OF FANCY NUMBERS - 12
Chapter Two: Thoughts to Grow On - 16
THE ER GAME - 20
KITCHEN CALCULUS - 21
OODLES OF NOODLES - 22
CLAP CLAP BEEP BEEP - 24
WHAT'S NEXT - 26
Chapter Three: Size and Shape - 28
STRING TIME - 30
RIBBON ME - 32
HOW MUCH DOES IT HOLD? - 34
SHAPE LOTTO - 36
SHAPE COLLAGE - 39
PART TWO - 43
Chapter Four: Fancy Counting - 44
FILL THE SPOON - 46
GRASSHOPPER - 47
COUNTING AND ESTIMATING - 49
CLEANING COUNTS - 51
FIND A PENNY - 52
SECRET NUMBER - 55
Chapter Five: Adding and Subtracting - 57
MAKE TEN - 59
WHAT DID I DO? - 62
TARGET GAME - 65
NUMBER STORIES - 67
NUMBER LADDER - 71
FAST TRACK - 72
DOUBLE IT - 77
MATH CHECKERS - 79
PYRAMID - 82
FIVE CARDS MAKE TEN - 85
Chapter Six: Size and Shape II - 89
IS IT? - 90
TWO SEWING PROJECTS - 92
MATH IN THE KITCHEN - 96
TANGRAMS - 99
ORIGAMI - 106
Chapter Seven: Multiplication and Division - 111
STAR COUNT - 113
VICTOR VAMPIRE'S BIRTHDAY - 117
LOTS OF BOXES - 123
CALCULATING MATH - 127
Chapter Eight: The Number System - 132
A BUNCH OF BEANS - 134
FIFTY WINS - 138
BAG OF CHIPS - 144
THROW A NUMBER - 147
THREE POTS - 152
GROUP TEN - 155
Chapter Nine: The Bigger the Better - 163
BIGGEST AND SMALLEST - 165
NUMBER TRAILS - 169
NUMBER ESP - 170
PART THREE - 175
Chapter Ten: Strategy Games - 176
TAPATAN - 178
YUT - 181
NINE MEN'S MORRIS - 185
KHALA - 191
Chapter Eleven: It's a Puzzle - 198
NUMBER BUBBLES - 199
WHAT'S IT WORTH? - 209
COLORED BOXES - 214
Appendices - 221
WHAT ABOUT COMPUTERS: - 222
MATH BOOKS TO READ ALOUD - 227
EXPLAINING NUMBER ESP - 229
A NOTE TO TEACHERS - 232
PEGGY KAYE has a master's degree in early childhood education from Columbia University's Teacher's College, and has taught in both public and private elementary schools in New York City.
Pantheon Books
Pub Date: January 12, 1988
0.53" H x 8.24" L x 7.44" W
256 pages
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