Let's Play Math Sampler: Playful Math Singles
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Do you want your children to enjoy learning math?
Teach them how to play!
In excerpts from author Denise Gaskins's most popular books, the Let's Play Math Sampler features ten kid-tested games covering math concepts from counting to prealgebra.
Math games meet children each at their own level. The child who sits at the head of the class can solidify skills. The child who lags behind grade level can build fluency and gain confidence. And both will learn something even more important — that hard mental effort can be fun.
So pick up a copy of the Let's Play Math Sampler today and make math a playful family adventure.
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Let's Play Math Sampler - Denise Gaskins
A Playful Math Single
Let’s Play Math Sampler
10 Family-Favorite Games for Learning Math Through Play
Denise Gaskins
© 2019 Denise Gaskins
All rights reserved.
Ebook Version 1.0
The Playful Math Singles from Tabletop Academy Press are short, topical books featuring clear explanations and ready-to-play activities.
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Readers Love Denise’s Playful Math Books
Reading one of Gaskins’ books is like going to a really great teacher workshop — part philosophy, part practical ideas, and all excellent. She just oozes expertise and enthusiasm.
—Amy at Hope Is the Word blog
It revolutionized our homeschool this year.
—Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley, My-Little-Poppies.com
It’s a crime, really, that school makes math so boring, when there are so many ways to do the opposite, for anyone who wants to. Denise Gaskins’ book is full of ideas.
—Sasha Alyson, online reader review
With this approach I can teach my kids to think like mathematicians without worrying about leaving gaps … I can’t wait to take my children by the hand and head off to explore the wonderful world of maths.
—Lucinda Leo, NavigatingByJoy.com
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Contents
Title Page
The Value of Math Games
Sample Games From: Let’s Play Math
Social Math Games
The What Number Am I?
Game
Sample Games from Counting & Number Bonds
Nine Cards
Snugglenumber
Sample Games from Addition & Subtraction
Tiguous
Chance
Sample Games from Multiplication & Fractions
Times-Tac-Toe
Fraction Train
Sample Games from Prealgebra & Geometry (Preview)
Hit Me!
The Function Machine
Conclusion, and What’s Next?
Answers to Sample Problems
About the Author
Copyright and Credits
"Mathematics is the world's best game.
"It is more absorbing than chess,
more of a gamble than poker,
and lasts longer than Monopoly.
"It's free.
"It can be played anywhere —
Archimedes did it in a bathtub.
"It is dramatic,
challenging,
endless,
and full of surprises."
—Richard J. Trudeau
The Value of Math Games
Children already know how to learn: you play around and have fun and struggle and figure it out for yourself. Grownups don’t need to hold infants up and move their legs for them to teach them to walk; kids walk when there is something interesting in the room that they want to get to. So a good teacher is someone who
puts interesting things in the room, so to speak.
—Paul Lockhart
Numbers, shapes, patterns, and puzzles — mathematics abounds with interesting things.
Children enjoy counting, and they love to think about big numbers and infinity. They delight in shapes and symmetry, and also in the sometimes-surprising balance of asymmetry.
Patterns fill our world. Geometric, repeating patterns like a fence row or tile floor. Natural, growing patterns like the branching of a tree.
As children notice and interact with the numbers, shapes, and patterns in their lives, they ask questions. Wondering is the natural mode of