Let's Play Math: How Homeschooling Families Can Learn Math Together, and Enjoy It
Book Details
Author(s)Denise Gaskins
PublisherTabletop Academy Press
ISBN / ASINB0095POAX4
ISBN-13978B0095POAX8
Sales Rank286,471
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
How to Home School Math Without Tears
Written by a veteran homeschooling mom, "Let's Play Math" offers a wealth of practical, hands-on ideas for teaching home school math from preschool to high school. Whether you want to balance and enrich a traditional curriculum or launch a mathematical adventure of your own, this book helps you:
• Explore living books and activities that will awaken your children's minds to the beauty and fun of mathematics.
• Introduce your children to the "Aha!" factor, the thrill of conquering a challenge.
• Build thinking skills with toys, games, and library books.
• Find out how to choose math manipulatives or to make your own.
• And learn how to tackle story problems with confidence.
True mathematical thinking involves the same creative reasoning that children use to solve puzzles. Your children will build a stronger foundation of understanding when you teach math as a game, playing with ideas.
Table of ContentsÂ
Introduction: Can You Identify the Math Myths?
Chapter 1: The “Aha!†FactorÂ
The Problem with School Math ~ Playing with Numbers ~ Math the Mathematician’s Way ~ How Can I Teach Math If I Don’t Understand It?
Chapter 2: Cultivating the “Aha!†FactorÂ
Math That Is Social ~ Math That Is Beautiful ~ Math That Is FunÂ
Chapter 3: Hands-On Math
What Makes a Manipulative? ~ Homespun Math Manipulatives ~ Number Line ~ Hundred Chart ~ More Hands-On Fun
Chapter 4: How to Solve a Problem
Story Problem Challenge ~ The Trouble with Word Problems ~ Ask Yourself These Questions ~ Your Child’s Most Important Manipulative
Chapter 5: Hooray for Math History
The Key to Understanding ~ A “Living Books†Approach ~ The Trouble with History
Chapter 6: 4,000 Years of Stumpers
Puzzles from Math History ~ Egypt and Babylonia ~ China ~ Greece ~ India ~ Arab Empires ~ European Recovery ~ Modern Mathematical Explosion
Chapter 7: Getting It All Together
Hit the Books ~ Buddy Math to the Rescue ~ The Importance of Mental Math ~ Mastering the Math Facts ~ One Week of Real Mathematics
Chapter 8: Transition to “Higher†Math
The Meat of Higher-Level Math ~ How to Judge a High School Math Program ~ Non-Textbook Adventures
Conclusion: How to Teach Math
Appendixes
Good Books ~ Resources on the Internet ~ Answers to Sample Problems ~ Notes and References
Written by a veteran homeschooling mom, "Let's Play Math" offers a wealth of practical, hands-on ideas for teaching home school math from preschool to high school. Whether you want to balance and enrich a traditional curriculum or launch a mathematical adventure of your own, this book helps you:
• Explore living books and activities that will awaken your children's minds to the beauty and fun of mathematics.
• Introduce your children to the "Aha!" factor, the thrill of conquering a challenge.
• Build thinking skills with toys, games, and library books.
• Find out how to choose math manipulatives or to make your own.
• And learn how to tackle story problems with confidence.
True mathematical thinking involves the same creative reasoning that children use to solve puzzles. Your children will build a stronger foundation of understanding when you teach math as a game, playing with ideas.
Table of ContentsÂ
Introduction: Can You Identify the Math Myths?
Chapter 1: The “Aha!†FactorÂ
The Problem with School Math ~ Playing with Numbers ~ Math the Mathematician’s Way ~ How Can I Teach Math If I Don’t Understand It?
Chapter 2: Cultivating the “Aha!†FactorÂ
Math That Is Social ~ Math That Is Beautiful ~ Math That Is FunÂ
Chapter 3: Hands-On Math
What Makes a Manipulative? ~ Homespun Math Manipulatives ~ Number Line ~ Hundred Chart ~ More Hands-On Fun
Chapter 4: How to Solve a Problem
Story Problem Challenge ~ The Trouble with Word Problems ~ Ask Yourself These Questions ~ Your Child’s Most Important Manipulative
Chapter 5: Hooray for Math History
The Key to Understanding ~ A “Living Books†Approach ~ The Trouble with History
Chapter 6: 4,000 Years of Stumpers
Puzzles from Math History ~ Egypt and Babylonia ~ China ~ Greece ~ India ~ Arab Empires ~ European Recovery ~ Modern Mathematical Explosion
Chapter 7: Getting It All Together
Hit the Books ~ Buddy Math to the Rescue ~ The Importance of Mental Math ~ Mastering the Math Facts ~ One Week of Real Mathematics
Chapter 8: Transition to “Higher†Math
The Meat of Higher-Level Math ~ How to Judge a High School Math Program ~ Non-Textbook Adventures
Conclusion: How to Teach Math
Appendixes
Good Books ~ Resources on the Internet ~ Answers to Sample Problems ~ Notes and References
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