Math at Home: Reading
Mathy picture book recommendations. Both old and new, these are some of my favorites.
Math at Home: Reading
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Is It or Not? Excursions in Mathematical Definitions
Is It or Not? Excursions in Mathematical Definitions
Have a ton of fun (seriously!) arguing about vehicles with this new book project. Free download!
Book Launch Party Tuesday!
Book Launch Party Tuesday!
A new version of How Many? is coming out on Tuesday, from Charlesbridge. It has an all new design, some new words, and mostly the same images, but is published for the home market. (Whereas Stenhouse publishes primarily for the teacher professional development...
Things that give me hope
Things that give me hope
Some great recommendations for mathy fun in person and online, and a lovely book by A.O. Fradkin and A.B. Bishop.
Tessalation: A great new book
Tessalation: A great new book
This beautiful book helps us see the world through a child's joyful, creative, mathy eyes.
Talking Math with Your Kids update
Talking Math with Your Kids update
As spring approaches, it's time to update readers on what's going on behind the scenes at Talking Math with Your Kids. The blog The pace of posting has slowed way down in recent months. Rest assured that we're still talking math around the house, and that...
A book recommendation
A book recommendation
Sue VanHattum is a fellow community college teacher and a friend of the project. She cares deeply about math, about parents and kids, and about bringing those three things together for fun and for learning. She has compiled and edited a book, titled Playing...
The Read-Aloud Handbook of math
The Read-Aloud Handbook of math
Jim Trelease's The Read-Aloud Handbook is lovely and very helpful for parents wanting to immerse their children in the world of written and spoken language, stories and books. I aspire to creating the math version of this; the Read-Aloud Handbook of...