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Math, history, art, and world cultures come together in this delightful book for kids, even for those who find traditional math lessons boring. More than 70 games, puzzles, and projects encourage kids to hone their math skills as they calculate, measure, and solve problems. The games span the globe, and many have been played for thousands of years, such as three-in-a-row games like Achi from Ghana or the forbidden game of Jirig from Mongolia. Also included are imaginative board games like Lambs and Tigers from India and the Little Goat Game from Sudan, or bead and string puzzles from China, and Möbius strip puzzles from Germany. Through compelling math play, children will gain confidence and have fun as they learn about the different ways people around the world measure, count, and use patterns and symmetry in their everyday lives. ... Read more

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math night
used this to create activities for a math night for the community with my college students. Really helped them figure out what to do. ... Read more

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NHM Year 3 Activity Book: * Has built-in assessment. * Provides a structured development of each separate topic. * Uses language at an appropriate reading level. * Places maths in a variety of contexts. * Provides a range of problem-solving activities. * Reinforces and extends your pupil's fluency in number facts and mental calculation strategies. ... Read more

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Math, history, geography, art, and world cultures come together in this delightful book for kids who think math is boring. Includes more than 70 math games, puzzles, and projects from all over the world. ... Read more

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Enjoying Math
One of the goals of teaching math is for students to apply and synthesis what they are shown.These problem solving and critical thinking games are so much fun for the students that they want to create their own version of some of these games. A great resource for every classroom.

More than seventy 'kid friendly' math games
Featuring more than seventy 'kid friendly' math games, puzzles, and projects from all over the world, "Math Games & Activities From Around The World" by Claudia Zaslavsky is 160 pages of fun, math skill developing exercises that will have enormous appeal for children ages 9 and older. Children will engage in the use of geometry to design game boards, probability to analyze games of chance, logical thinking to devise gaming strategies, and more. From Tic-tac-toe (first played in ancient Egypt), to Nine Men's Morris (once played in England with living pieces), and Mankala - the oldest and most popular game in the world. From building a model pyramid to working maze-like African network puzzles, "Math Games & Activities From Around The World" is a unique and welcome supplemental addition to school math and logic skill development curriculums. Also very highly recommended for classroom and homeschool curriculums is Claudia Zaslavsky's companion book, "More Math Games & Activities From Around The World" featuring seventy more games, puzzlers and projects ranging from Mongolian 'Jirig', to Sudan's 'Little Goat Game', to the game of 'Achi' from Ghana.

A little math treasure to keep...
This is a very detailed book for ages 9 and up.It consists of games that correlate with some of today's districts standards.We have Native American patterning, Symmetry from Japan, Geometry from Kenya, Probability games from Mexico and Hawaii, and board games anywhere from China, Korea, and New Zealand.

This is a recomended book for those teacher or parents that want to make math a little more exicitng for children.Mathematics is not only about learning it from a textbook, but also from hands on experiences through games and visual aids.This books touched upon the idea that it's okay to make math fun for you and a child.

One or two games in this collection dates back about 3,300 years ago in Egyptian times.Symmetry is learned from making masks and faces from the U.S. and Native Americans.Islamic "POLYGONS" are also found in this book.You can learn to make "Hopi Flat Baskets" that dates back about 1,500 years ago when baskets were found in the ruins of Anasazi homes.These baskets show children about symmetry and design.Repeated patterns from Alaska show children that we don't only have patterns in designs but, we also have patterns in every day items all around us.

This is an excellent book that lets children view math from the fun and creative perspective.Teachers can have fun while teaching district standards and make sure that our youth isn't bored with the "textbook" syndrome as Harry Wong puts it.We need to show children that mathematics deals with every day life and that it doesn't only appear on the pages of a text every five days.Mathematics is the necessary means for survival in our complex and equative society.This books let's us step outside of the "textbook syndrome" and let children explore the "real-world" experiences. ... Read more

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Based on natural learning theories, this book for elementary teachers aims to integrate math into the broader curriculum. ... Read more

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Combines two previously published works, resulting in ninety-three brain-teasing puzzles, riddles, and questions with an emphasis on humor. ... Read more

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good fine fun
9-12 years old is just right for this book.Some of the puzzles seem overly simple, but for the most part they were just challenging enough.Throughout the book there are puzzles that have a surprising twist or are satisfyingly tricky, making this book worth a look.

fun, thought-provokimg
My grandkids love this book and spend alot of time in it.
A great summertime activity when it's too hot to go outside.

Great for a precocious 7 year old
Great for my seven-year old grandson who loves puzzles, jokes and riddles. While much in this book is above him at the moment, he will grow into it. And what he can do now, is challenging and completely engaging. He especially liked a puzzle that asked him to find the differences between two drawings. Unlike the usual challenge in this type of exercise, the two drawings were mirror images where he had to distinguish between things on the left reflected as things on the right. He loved it!

very poor
DID ANYONE CHECK THIS BOOK OUT BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED?THE FIRST HALF OF THE BOOK DOES NOT MATCH THE ANSWERS.WHAT A WASTE OF$7.95. I WILL BE VERY CAREFUL THE NEXT TIME I BUY BOOKS.THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GIFT AND I JUST HAPPEN TO LOOK INSIDE.VERY POOR PRINTING.

Super
Martin Gardner is the best and most entertaining puzzler around.You will enjoy this book. ... Read more

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Anno's Math Games II
This is a beautifully designed book, very inviting to the eye.The book translates mathematical concepts into pictures and little stories which are, not incidentally, visually fascinating.The concrete and specific examples illustrated give children a pathway to the abstractions behind them, teaching them to think and use their native curiosity to develop knowledge.But didactic function of the book, as well thought out as it is, is almost secondary to the pleasure of taking in the beautiful designs and drawings.I think this is a book that a child will remember into adulthood. ... Read more

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Math Detectives for ALL Ages
I am a 6th grade teacher, as well as, an adjunct teacher at the university level in the area of mathematics.I was looking for a book to use in my classroom, as well as recommend to my future teachers.Math Detectives is a perfect fit for any classroom.The projects and activities in this book can be adapted for any grade levelK-6 and teach children number sense that is effective in all areas of mathematics.My 6th graders especially liked "Double the Folds", "Quick Reactions" and "The Biggest Fist".Each of these activities lend themselves to graphing and interactive extension activities.Great resource! ... Read more

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This is no textbook!Cool Math is the ultimate exploration of numbers for kids.Packed with codes, games, quizzes, hands-on activities, and awesome, mind-bending facts, Cool Math proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that math is anything but boring!In six fun-packed chapters, Cool Math delves into everything that is fun about math:card tricks, crazy number combos, spy secrets, true tales of math discovery, decoding tricks, Fibonacci spirals, googols, binary numbers, and the Kongisberg bridges.Plus, there are special Cool Calculations sections, Awesome Math Activities sidebars, mind games, and much, much more.So if you want to know which day of the week will Christmas be in the year 2025, or what carnival games you are most likely to win, check out Cool Math--the fun and educational book that addsup to a surefire bestseller! ... Read more

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errata
The author is clearly struggling with the material
leading to significant mistakes throughout (e.g.
whole numbers are confused with rationals, the four
color "solution" is muddled, history is garbled--
not to mention B.C.E. and A.D. being juxtaposed on
the time line).It's a shame because a diligent
editor could have caught these in time for revision.

I think it's a great book that can help a lot with math.
I like that it tells the history of math and numbers.It tells a lot of cool math tricks that can really help people.It tells a lot about Pi like how to remember the first 8 decimal places.It also tells quick facts about math, like the boy in Japan who took Pi to 40,000 decimal places.Ittook him 15 hours.I really like the book, and I suggest that other kidsread it. ... Read more

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Great ideas and well organized
I bought this book for fun ideas to hone my two kids' math skills.This book is wonderfully organized by math topic, and then gives you separate exercises within those topics for different grade levels (K-2 and 3-5).It's very easy to locate exactly what you're looking for without being overwhelmed.I've used it all summer and will continue to use it through the school year because the content is so relevant.This is by far the best book I've read on doing math at home.

Excellent
I just started homeschooling a 5yo, and was looking for a way to teach math in an informal way. This book is exactly what I have been looking for. I can use real objects(cars, trains, blocks) for lessons instead of using 20 different types of manipulatives that other books recommend.

My rating of the book, Bringing Math Home
As a grandfather of small children, I consider this book the most valuable production I have seen.The helps offered to parents for use in creating an understanding of mathematics are valid eucationally and well presented. ... Read more

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Red Riding Hood is going to Grandma's house, and she's taking a basket of cookies -- but along the way, she meets many deserving (and some not-so-deserving) nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters, all wanting a cookie or two. Children will learn simple math and problem solving while enjoying this interactive story. By turning wheels found throughout the book, they ll help Red decide how many cookies to give away. When she reaches Grandma's, will there be any cookies left? Join Red and help her decide what to do! Full-color illustrations. ... Read more

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My Son Loves This Book!
My son loves this book. We first checked it out of the library but after 3 times checking it out and he still wanted it, I bought it. He never seems to tire of it and it is a lot of practice in counting backwards or subtraction. You have gotta love that!

OK for younger kids
This book would be OK for kids who are just learning about subtraction (say, in kindergarten or early in first grade). The math is too easy (take away 1 or 2 cookies on each page and count how many are left) for anyone older than that. Sure, it's kind of fun the first time to see how the words that Riding Hood and the different characters say change when you offer them one versus two cookies, but for kids who are used to playing educational computer games that offer many more choices, it quickly becomes boring. ... Read more

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Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of abstract thinking, circuitry, geometry, and topology. ... Read more

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Good intentions, poorly done
About me:I helped edit Arthur Engel's Exploring Mathematics With Your Computer and other math books.

I looked forward to seeing a book presenting to the very young simple math ideas which are outside the school curriculum.I leave it to librarians and teachers to say how children react to this book; what I wish to point out are two instances where the mathematical knowledge conveyed by the author, not to mention of the editors and translators, is below par.

On p. 16-17 we see perspective views of two walls of a house which have on them pictures whose true shapes are squares.One needs no expertise to see that something about these views is wrong. The laws of perspective enable one to say what it is.If you hold a camera straight and take a picture of a vertical square on a wall, the images of the horizontal sides can not be longer than the longer vertical side image. In the book they are much longer!

A written discussion of pespective is in fact too difficult for early elementary grades. The proper way to discuss images with young children is by producing images of objects with a camera obscura, a box with a pinhole or lens in the middle of one side and frosted glass on the other. The LCD screen of a digital camera could also be used, except that it is too small and delicate.

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A later section of the book is devoted to the following kind of puzzle.Can we walk in one stretch along every block of every street of a village exactly once?Leonhard Euler pointed out, first, that this is impossible if there are more than 2 junctions where an odd number of streets come together, and second, that it is otherwise possible.

The first statement can be derived in a way which even a third grader can understand. Every time we pass through a junction, two more of the blocks which meet at the junction become traversed. Thus, at a junction other than where we start or end our walk, we can finish off all the blocks only if the number meeting at the junction is even.

The author devotes a number of pages to this puzzle but misses the opportunity to present Euler's simple but ingenious argument. Worse than that, he misquotes Euler by saying the walk is impossible if there are more than 3 odd junctions.This is true but does not imply that the walk is impossible on Euler's original example, the figure on the left of p. 66, which has 3 odd junctions. ... Read more

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Presents a variety of math games and puzzles. ... Read more

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This book is jam-packed with 139 classroom-tested, entertaining math activities that allow kids in grades 3-8 to build their capacity for critical thinking, problem-solving, and accurate estimation. An equally valuable resource for teachers and parents, this expanded second edition features 25 new activities. Chapters include activities ranging from number problems and geometric puzzles to logical prediction and calculator exercises. Each activity comes with step-by-step directions, a materials list, an indication of level of difficulty, and an explanation of the solution. None of the activities requires more than a few minutes of advance preparation. ... Read more

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Whodunit Math Puzzles
This is an excellent, non-threatening way to introduce math in the real world to children.Cal's adventures are short, and require problem solving skills that everyone needs to practice.This book is not just for the mathematically inclined. It is for children of all ages looking for a riddle to solve.

Excellent math puzzles for the middle school child
My son likes math puzzles, so when he saw that this book was available, he purchased it through the scholastic books program at his school. He enjoyed it and so did I. It consists of 22 problems presented in the form of math puzzles. Each puzzle is roughly four pages in length and solutions to all are in the back of the book. The writing is well done and the problems posed are at the middle school level.
Most of the problems involve crimes and what is nice about the stories is that the problems blend so well with the situations. One of the main and valid criticisms of textbook problems is that they are so artificial. There is none of that here. The problems are fresh, interesting and present mathematics in a realistic light. If your children have an interest in math, then you should buy them this book. ... Read more

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SHM Activity Books: * Provide written records of pupils' work to aid AiFL * Reinforce fluency of number facts and mental calculation strategies through structured development of each topic. * Provide topic assessments. ... Read more

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NHM Year 2 Activity Books: * Have built-in assessment. * Provide a structured development of each separate topic. * Use language at an appropriate reading level. * Place maths in a variety of contexts. * Lead more able children through a range of problem-solving activities. ... Read more

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NHM Year 2 Activity Books: * Have built-in assessment. * Provide a structured development of each separate topic. * Use language at an appropriate reading level. * Place maths in a variety of contexts. * Lead more able children through a range of problem-solving activities. ... Read more

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A perfect introduction to funny games for young children (of 4 years+).

It is an ideal book to prepare them for school and complements their work at kindergarten. Children learn to count from 1 to 10, and read and write while playing.

There are wonderful colored pictures on every page; children are invited to spot the differences, put together, circle around, count, add, subtract, observe, color after breaking the color code, write following a pattern, etc. ... Read more

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Wonderful, Useful Book
This is a wonderful and useful introduction to math and mathematical reasoning for pre-schoolers. Most importantly, my three-year-old son had fun with it, and found the colorful pictures throughout the book very engaging. Counting, matching, writing numbers one through ten, learning the use of "long" and "short", simple calculations, and other concepts are covered. At the top of each page is a small tag for parents telling them what the page is trying to teach. This is also a great book for helping children learn to follow instructions. Highly recommended for parents of pre-schoolers!

A wealth of clever and varied games, puzzles, and challenges
A superbly organized and presented activity book for preschoolers, Learn Math And Have Fun provides a wealth of clever and varied games, puzzles, and challenges that will keep young children happily occupied for hours with the additional benefit of learning and practicing math concepts while having fun. Enhanced with colored pictures on every page, children four and up are invited to spot the differences, put things together, count, add, subtract, observe, color after breaking the color code, write following a pattern, learn to count to ten, and more. A perfect classroom curriculum supplement, Learn Math And Have Fun would also be appropriate for homebound rainy day fun as well long road trip distractions while traveling. Also very highly recommended from Teora USA is Amazing Games: Activities For Smart Kids Ages 6-10 (1594960070 $7.95).

Typical activities book, teaches while entertaining
This is not just a math book, but contains a lot of activities like matching, and mazes.With lots of colorful counting, adding, numerical sequence, and other math functions done in a fun and playful way this is a great book for home school or to supplement a traditional school program.Learn Math and Have Fun Activity Book for Preschoolers is recommended for parents and teachers. ... Read more