Games for Math: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn Math from Kindergarten to Third Grade

I bought this in the middle of my son's 1st grade year, when he was having trouble with some pretty basic math concepts, like 10s and 1s. Within a week of receiving it, seriously, one week, he understood the things he'd been having trouble doing. Practicing math facts had been torture and only lasted a few minutes, but once we were playing these games, he could concentrate and LEARN for 45 minutes. He went from really struggling to - in a matter of weeks - saying that math was his favorite subject, and getting high marks for his math skills at school. I liked it so much, I ordered all her other books, and have had similar success.

I love this book for my six year old daughter that I homeschool. We have a math workbook and she is very good with it. The math games really help comprehension of the concepts, and helps step her understanding to the next level. Thanks so much to the author!

We're unschoolers and this book has come in handy on days that we want to do activities together - we'll play these games with the kids and know they're absorbing some math at the same time they're having some fun!

I appreciate the fact that Peggy Kaye talks about her application of these games. The games are simple and inexpensive to make. What I did not expect was the amount of time neccessary to learn the game myself before teaching it. This book is written clearly and is helpful for both remedial work and introduction to mathematical concepts.

1st -3rd grad, this has the quickie games you can play while waiting for doctor or waitress. So much better than a worksheet or flash cards!! with a game, there is internal motivation.

I used this with my own children and with children in classrooms when I worked in public schools. Now I've given it to my son to use with his children. Great ideas for fun activities to combat summer brain fungus!

Many ideas for learning math concepts. The ones I like the best involve card games in order to learn addition facts with my first grader....

We got this book to practice math over the summer and keep it fun. The book has really good suggestions for games to play with your child. Our daughter loved playing the games.

This has been a great resource to practice and learn math concepts. A number of these games we play over and over.

Bought other books to help with maths but this one is fun and I can remember the games when out and about. Gives lots of ideas and I highly recommend for helping your kids to enjoy maths with you. Nice and simple for a parent who believes their maths is weak!

Este libro es buenísimo. No se trata de un método para enseñar matemáticas sino juegos para que comprendan y entiendan para qué sirven las matemáticas. Son juegos entretenidos y útiles que también pueden utilizarse para que superen dificultades en áreas específicas. Tengo un ejemplar y acabo de comprar un segundo ejemplar para mi hermana, que es profesora, porque quiere hacer más prácticas para que sus alumnos entiendan de qué van los temas y para qué sirven de forma práctica las matemáticas antes de tener que ver la teoría del libro y hacer ejercicios. También tengo el libro, de la misma autora "Games for Learning" que tiene otros apartados, además del de matemáticas y que es muy bueno.Los capítulos de éste libro son:- Chapter 1: Counting Counts- Chapter 2: Thoughts to Grow On- Chapter 3: Size and Shape- Chapter 4: Fancy Counting- Chapter 5: Adding and Substracting- Chapter 6: Size and Shape II- Chapter 7: Multiplication and Division- Chapter 8: The Number System- Chapter 9: The Bigger the Better- Chapter 10: Strategy Games- Chapter 11: It's a Puzzle

I bought these to supplement my daughter's homeschool math curriculum. They are great fun games, very little prep.

I love this book, very easy to read and great ideas to make maths fun for your childshe gives great advice, I keep talking to my friends about the grasshopper game!