pehp Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I would love some recommendations for living math books and math games for the kindergarten -Ish to first grade-ish level. My son adores LOF (we are doing Apples) & I am wanting to do some more 'fun math ' stuff. We play with c-rods a little bit as well. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrayshire Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 We started using RightStart Games .....We LOVE it! We just started using it with my 1st, 4th, and 7th graders. I bought my set on the classifieds section of the forum.....It was discounted and everything in it was unused and still in wrappers.....So check out the classifieds b/c you may luck out! Here is a link to some living math books on amazon that my neighbor uses.......There is a lot more in the series if you just search for "I Love Math" books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 My son really likes the book The Greedy Triangle. Sequence Dice is a fun mathy game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 do you know the website livingmath.net? but basically i just went to the math section in the kids section of library and browsed. of course, that works better in larger libraries. we didnt start using living math books until my son was at 2nd grade level or 3rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas_mom Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I second livingmath.net. That's where I found some awesome books. This recently---"Fractions and Decimals Made Easy". What a find! But there are lots and lots at the link for each subject of math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Mine all liked the Sir Cumference series of books--some were a little over their heads, but the stories held up on their own and the info was there in their heads when we got there. They enjoy the game Sum Swamp, and there are a number of fun math games in the book Family Math that we enjoyed as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Have you been to http://www.educationunboxed.com/ ? Lots of great ideas there! We started Miquon Math for K and took it slowly. I started the year with just games then slowly added in some of the wb pages. We also love the RS math games set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I also second the LivingMath,net books. As for specifics, all the Anno books are great and we really like the I Love Math books too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyniffrec Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Along the lines of the Sir Cumference books, any of the books that say "A Math Adventure" under the title are good. I'm not sure if they are a series or not, but they do seem to all be related. We have "The Miltiplying Menace" books, "What's Your Angle, Pythagorous?", "Cut Down to Size at High Noon" (my kids love that one), "A Place for Zero", and "Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream" in the Math Adventure series. We also have a ton of Mathstart books by Stuart J. Murphy. These are quite good as well. And Anno's Math Games books are very good. The "Greedy Triangle" is also a favorite here. Also, have a look at Crewton Ramone's House of Math (a website). Otherwise I think everyone else's suggestions are excellent. If you go with what has been mentioned on this thread you will have a very good start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie in MS Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I have made a blog post about the Ultimate List of Math Literature Book List. It includes living math teacher books I've used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grantmom Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I was just looking on the AoPS site and they have a set of three books called Kitchen Table math. Also, I love the book, Family Math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I have links to a lot of living math books, etc. on my blog. Some of my favorites for that age range: Spaghetti & Meatballs for All The Case of the Missing Zebra Stripes See You Later, Escalator! (games, riddles, etc.) How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie? Math for All Seasons Domino Addition One Hundred Hungry Ants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pehp Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Thank you SO much!!! I love Rosie's videos. In fact we watched a couple today and played around w/ the c-rods together. They are so useful. THank you for all the book and website recs! My son finished LOF apples in a really short time so onward we go to Butterflies (I just ordered it today!), but I want more interesting math books that he will like. He loves math and I want to keep it engaging for him. We will be starting Miquon Orange at some point this year--I haven't decided when yet. I need to start a list of resources!! Thanks again..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Mummy Math One Hundred Hungry Ants The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat Muggins Math games Sum Swamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUBuckeye Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 All the previous suggestions are great. Wanted to add Peggy Kay's "Games for Math." These are great ten-minute games/challenges, and I swear my first grade teacher must have owned this book because we played a lot of them in her class. (I still remember that Antarctica is worth $1.00 in letters.) The games are all designed to develop children's thinking skills while having fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.