 | Everyday Math for Everyday Life: A Handbook for When It Just Doesn't Add Up by Mark Ryan
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $3.83 Great book for real life math application...I like to look up different ways to introduce a new concept.
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 | Arithmetricks: 50 Easy Ways to Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Without a Calculator by Edward H. Julius
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $4.43 Without a calculator, oh my! This is a fun book...my kids enjoy knowing little tricks, and I've learned some things too!
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 | Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $3.40 Funny and cute...counting backwards from 10...you can adapt this to other concepts as well.
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 | One Hungry Cat (Hello Math Reader. Level 3) by Joanne Rocklin
Buy used from: $0.01 The illustrations in this book make me laugh. Great for introducing fractions, dividing and multiplication
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 | Grapes Of Math (bkshelf) (Scholastic Bookshelf) by Greg Tang
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.79 Great book to sit and cozy-up on the couch with, laugh a bit and do some math...really!
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 | Math-terpieces by Greg Tang
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $8.36 math and art at the same time!
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 | Family Math (Equals Series) by Jean Kerr Stenmark
Buy new: $19.55 / Used from: $2.44 my highest recommendation...many ideas to implement here!
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 | Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $4.17 Wonderful book...girl measures her dog in all kinds of ways
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 | Millions to Measure by David M. Schwartz
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.86 Fun...great book on measuring and history of measuring
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 | Grandfather Tang's Story (Dragonfly Books) by Ann Tompert
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.06 Nice book with tangrams included.
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 | Hannah's Collections by Marthe Jocelyn
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $4.92 This came in a kit from our library (see mother goose kit or what's the big idea)...in this story Hannah collects all kinds of things and organizes them in many ways (patterns, same vs different, big, small etc...).
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 | The Button Box (English) by Margarette S. Reid
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.98 Really love this book....great for how things can be organized, how are they the same or different. Start your own button collection and start "classifying", discuss venn diagrams. Also can then discuss taxonomy. Right after we read this my son found a jar of buttons at a thrift shop. Now he is hooked!
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 | Mrs. Fields Best Cookie Book Ever!: 130 Delicious Cookie and Dessert Recipes from the Kitchen of Mrs. Fields by Debbi Fields
Buy used from: $3.50 A huge benefit of homeschooling is that we are able to teach in a relaxed, loving atmosphere, real life skills that also promote family closeness. Make cookies with your kids (or just cook with them). Practical, useful, needed math that will serve them a lifetime!
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 | Melissa and Doug Pirate's Bounty 100 pc Floor
Buy new: $11.95 / Used from: $4.34 Yes, my 6 yo son is "into" pirates....puzzles are fun, interactive (when you do them together) and spatial. Talk about shapes, patterns, etc...
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 | Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game Win/Mac
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $10.20 I'm not a big fan of electronics, but this software is excellent. Fun for the kids, problem solving and logic.
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 | Let's Try It Out with Towers and Bridges : Hands-On Early-Learning Activities by Seymour Simon
Buy used from: $9.99 This was another Big Idea kit from the library. Build with blocks and other supplies, explore strategies used in civil engineering...What shapes increase the strength of structures? Kids learn and can then implement in their everyday play.
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 | Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? A Fast, Clear, and Fun Explanation of the Economics You Need For Success in Your Career, Business, and Investments (An Uncle Eric Book) by Richard J. Maybury
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $12.44 Title looks daunting...but this is a very practical life-skills type of book that will serve your children well.
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 | Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians, Vol. 1 by Luetta Reimer
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $13.75 Math history! Interesting and inspiring. My husband also loved to listen as I read along.
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 | The Mary Frances Sewing Book: Adventures Among the Thimble People by Jane E. Fryer
Buy used from: $11.81 Any sewing books could be added here...the point is that sewing is a life-skill that requires math.
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 | Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects by Salley Mavor
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $13.60 Oh, such lovely little projects that do require math and a lot more...reading and following directions, attention to detail, art, patience and fun!!
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 | Buckles & Bobbins: A Beginning Sewing Book for Boys by JoAnn Gagnon
Buy new: $24.95 And another sewing book for boys...include this with button collecting and sorting
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 | The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $5.03 Wonderful picture book...math history. After reading this look up Erastosthenes project on the web and do an experiment!
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 | King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking: Delicious Recipes Using Nutritious Whole Grains by King Arthur Flour
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $18.10 And yet another cook book. I want my children, as grown-ups to be able to take care of themselves. Again, bake together...teach them measuring skills, baking skills and just what is yeast and why does it work (math, science, life skills, nutrition)
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 | Woodworking with Your Kids: Over 30 Projects for All Ages by Richard Starr
Buy used from: $9.92 As with sewing and cooking, building things together with your kids will teach them valuable life skills and math that sticks! Look for project books that suit your needs...I particularly like bird feeders and houses....kids learn math while building, then learn about birds and develop a love that lasts a lifetime!
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 | Follow the Line
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $1.55 This is a cool book we borrowed from the library...reminds me of etch-a-sketch drawings...follow the line and on each page there are things to count.
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 | Seven Blind Mice (Reading Railroad)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.52 This book, in it's simplicity, can be used in so many ways...introduce days of the week, colors, numbers,parts vs whole, sets, ordinal numbers for math. I've also used it as a starting point to discuss history...how seeing things from one side gives an incomplete picture.
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 | Anno's Magic Seeds (Picture Books) by Mitsumasa Anno
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.19 Really love this book...it is deep in the math concepts it teaches and will grow with your child. Ordinal numbers, adding, subtracting, multiplying...within a story that speaks to taking care of yourself and others, love of family...even mentions God. Wonderful!
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| Right in Your Own Backyard: Nature Math (I Love Math) by Time-Life Books
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 | Magnetic Poetry Add & Subtract Magnets
Buy new: $14.99 My 6 yo son enjoys these...magnets and math facts.
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 | Multiplication Wrap Ups
Buy new: $7.99 My daughter used these when she was memorizing her multiplication facts.
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