Big Math For Little Kids

Story books relate to units: unit 1 (number concepts): what are numbers? - unit 2 (2-D and 3-D shapes): the shape of things - unit 3 (patterns and logic): patterns plus - unit 4 (measurement): measure up! - unit 5 (number operations): working with numbers - unit 6 (spatial relations): getting around.

Big Math for Little Kids is a comprehensive and enjoyable mathematics program that builds upon what young children already know and are capable of doing mathematically. It is based on research and field-testing in early childhood classrooms so the materials and concepts are developmentally appropriate for pre-school and kindergarten-age youngsters. Big Math for Little Kids will prepare children for math success in the first grade and beyond. It also features step-by-step guidance for teachers.

In the American Mathematical Society's first-ever book for kids (and kids at heart), mathematician and author Richard Evan Schwartz leads math lovers of all ages on an innovative and strikingly illustrated journey through the infinite number system. By means of engaging, imaginative visuals and endearing narration, Schwartz manages the monumental task of presenting the complex concept of Big Numbers in fresh and relatable ways. The book begins with small, easily observable numbers before building up to truly gigantic ones, like a nonillion, a tredecillion, a googol, and even ones too huge for names! Any person, regardless of age, can benefit from reading this book. Readers will find themselves returning to its pages for a very long time, perpetually learning from and growing with the narrative as their knowledge deepens. Really Big Numbers is a wonderful enrichment for any math education program and is enthusiastically recommended to every teacher, parent and grandparent, student, child, or other individual interested in exploring the vast universe of numbers.

Big Math for Little Kids is a comprehensive and enjoyable mathematics program that builds upon what young children already know and are capable of doing mathematically. It is based on research and field-testing in early childhood classrooms so the materials and concepts are developmentally appropriate for pre-school and kindergarten-age youngsters. Big Math for Little Kids will prepare children for math success in the first grade and beyond. It also features step-by-step guidance for teachers.

The "BIG MATH for Little Kids" set of workbooks adds enrichment to a young student's math learning. There are two versions of each workbook - the Solution Manual and the Workbook. The Workbook is the same as the Solution Manual, except most of the answers have been removed. This workbook (Introduction to Numbers ...) is suitable for young children in Pre-K through 2nd grade. The focus is on doing fun activities that help children to understand that numbers represent quantities of things. The worksheets in this book are very plain and simple - they do not have any extraneous pictures or distractions. The following math skills are introduced: Verbally quantifying simple numbers. Verbally adding simple numbers. Writing numbers to represent a quantity. Adding two simple numbers.

Story books relate to units: unit 1 (number concepts): what are numbers? - unit 2 (2-D and 3-D shapes): the shape of things - unit 3 (patterns and logic): patterns plus - unit 4 (measurement): measure up! - unit 5 (number operations): working with numbers - unit 6 (spatial relations): getting around.

First and foremost, this is a beautiful story about a girl who learns to count. However, most of us have forgotten how we became skilled counters. This book illustrates and thoroughly explains a number of key scenarios on the way towards counting, with suggested exercises suitable at different ages.