Teach Your Child Math : Making Math Fun for the Both of You

✍ Scribed by Arthur Benjamin, Michael Brant Shermer

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

By transforming math "problems" into games, this easy-to-follow book gives parents a fun way to help their children learn math. With an expanded section on problem solving, fun word problems, and entertaining visual concepts, it proves that math can be interesting.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
The Magic of Math......Page 14
Part I - Getting Excited About Math......Page 20
1. Every Child as Mathematician......Page 22
2. Mathematics as a Game......Page 28
Part II - Let the Games Begin......Page 36
3. Begin at the Beginning: Games of Naming, Sorting, and Comparing......Page 38
4. How Many Are There? Games of Ordering, Measuring, and Counting......Page 47
5. Summing Up: Addition Games......Page 67
6. What's the Difference? Subtracting Games......Page 100
7. How Many Times? Multiplication Games......Page 120
8. Divide and Conquer: Division Games......Page 142
9. Problem Solving: Taking Basic Skills to the Next Level......Page 159
Appendices......Page 176
Appendix 1 - Books on Math and Sciences for Adults......Page 177
Appendix 2 - Books on Math and Sciences for Children......Page 182
Appendix 3 - Math and Science Periodicals for Parents and Children......Page 184
Appendix 4 - Math Careers for Your Child......Page 186
Appendix 5 - Math, Science, and Technology Museums by Region and State......Page 192
Appendix 6 - Scientific Companies that Publish Math and Science Catalogues and Distribute Teaching Tools......Page 202
Index......Page 206
About the Authors......Page 208