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Math fables : lessons that count / Greg Tang
The best of times : math strategies that multiply / Greg Tang
Math appeal : mind stretching math riddles / Greg Tang
Math for all seasons : mind stretching math riddles / Greg Tang
Fraction action / Loreen Leedy
Measuring Penny / Loreen Leedy
Working with fractions / David A. Adler
Fraction Fun / David A. Adler
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents / David A. Adler
Money Madness / David A. Adler
Perimeter, area, and volume : a monster book of dimensions / David A. Adler
Millions, Billions, & Trillions / David A. Adler
Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra / David A. Adler
Easy Math Puzzles / David A. Adler
Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes / J. Patrick Lewis
That’s a Possibility!: A Book About What Might Happen / Bruce Goldstone
A Fraction’s Goal–Parts of a Whole / Brian P. Cleary
Anno’s Magic Seeds / Anno Mitsumasa
Tally Charts / Lisa Colozza Cocca
Understanding Charts and Graphs / Christine Taylor-Butler
Sir Cumference and All the King’s Tens / Cindy Neuschwander
The Penny Pot / Stuart J. Murphy
Missing Mittens / Stuart J. Murphy
Just Enough Carrots / Stuart J. Murphy
Less Than Zero / Stuart J. Murphy
Coyotes All Around / Stuart J. Murphy
Seaweed Soup / Stuart J. Murphy
Too Many Kangaroo Things To Do! / Stuart J. Murphy
Dave’s Down-To-Earth Rock Shop / Stuart J. Murphy
Get Up and Go! / Stuart J. Murphy
Probably Pistachio / Stuart J. Murphy
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump / Stuart J. Murphy
3 Little Firefighters / Stuart J. Murphy
Monster Musical Chairs / Stuart J. Murphy
Henry The Fourth / Stuart J. Murphy
Game Time / Stuart J. Murphy
Sluggers’ Car Wash / Stuart J. Murphy
One Hundred Hungry Ants / Elinor J. Pinczes
Arctic Fives Arrive / Elinor J. Pinczes
My Full Moon is Square / Elinor J. Pinczes
The integer ladder helps children understand negative integers. The ladder is numbered top to bottom from 12 to -5. Here is a PDF file of the ladder that you can use to assemble your own. Have the child use their hand, action figure or small toy animal to “stand” on the rung of the first number of an addition or subtraction equation. For addition, they should climb as many rungs as the second number of the equation to get the answer, or for subtraction they should descend the number of rungs.
Active games give children a physical outlet as well as utilize multiple senses to help commit the subject material to memory.
For twister math, write or print the numbers 1 through 9 very largely on single sheets of paper. Tape the sheets to the floor in a 3×3 grid. The child may use feet and/or hands to indicate numbers that add or multiply to a number given by the teacher.
