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Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game 141 reviews
Windows, Mac OS X | Viva Media, 2005
very stimulating
+ Awesome! My neice loved this product!
+ Challenging and fun
+ Fun game -- for Kids & Parents Together
+ Crazy Machines
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Seven Blind Mice (Reading Railroad) 23 reviews
Ed Young
Putnam Juvenile, 2002
Stunning Illustrations
+ Wonderful Ed Young
+ Good re-telling of the blind men and the elephant
+ Another great lesson for kids
+ 7 Blind Mice
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Grandfather Tang's Story (Dragonfly Books)14 reviews
Ann Tompert
Dragonfly Books, 1997
great book for inquisitive young minds
+ A Great Learning Tool
+ perfect condition
+ Tangrams
+ Grandfather Tang's Story
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The Mary Frances Sewing Book: Adventures Among the Thimble People13 reviews
Jane E. Fryer
Lacis, 1997
Priceless
+ A lovely book with good information, children will need help
+ Southworth
The Mary Frances Sewing Book was originally published in 1913 and recently reprinted in the late 1990's. An Edwardian girl staying with grandma for a few months during the summer meets the "Thimble People" (needles, scissors, pincushion, etc.) who engage her in weekly sewing lessons. The reader can ...
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Ten Sly Piranhas 4 reviews
William Wise
Puffin, 2004
Preschoolers LOVE IT
+ MORE THAN PLEASED !!!
+ Frolicsome and Frisky
+ Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse
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Magnetic Poetry Add & Subtract Magnets
Magnetic Poetry
Magnetic Poetry
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Algebra Survival Guide: a Conversational Guide for the Thoroughly Befuddled44 reviews
Josh Rappaport
Singing Turtle Press, 1999
Practical, Accessible Resource
+ Excellent Book for learning Pre-Algebra
+ Excellent for math tutors
+ Math? Fun? Who knew?
+ You are not bad at math, you just never had a teacher like this!
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Arithmetricks: 50 Easy Ways to Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Without a Calculator10 reviews
Edward H. Julius
Jossey-Bass, 1995
So cool...
+ Get an edge on math
+ Decent ideas for the price
+ Well worth every penny!
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Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail135 reviews
Danica McKellar
Plume, 2008
Math Doesn't Suck
+ I can't wait to use this in my class
+ Math Doesn't Suck
+ Great help for Middle Schoolers and Math
+ Math Doesn't Suck
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Right in Your Own Backyard: Nature Math (I Love Math)1 review
Time-Life Books
Time Life Medical, 1992
A Nice break from standard math books.
The "I Love Math Series" by Time life is a great break from the standard math textbook. Each book contains games for adding, subtracting, estimating, multiplying and program solving. We particularly liked the Nature Math. It shows your child how to find pattern in nature. Some exercises allowed ...
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Multiplication Wrap Ups7 reviews
Learning Wrap Ups
Learning Wrap Ups
A great quick & easy way to review math facts
+ Awesome -- MUCH MORE FUN than flashcards
+ Math help for son
+ Best Educational Multiplication Tool Around
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Measuring Penny7 reviews
Loreen Leedy
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2000
Perfect for teaching measuring!
+ Great for teachers -- especially for 2nd and 3rd grade
+ Measuring Penny
+ Don't eat the dog biscuits. They are for measuring.
+ U of A South Elem. Education Student
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Buckles & Bobbins: A Beginning Sewing Book for Boys2 reviews
JoAnn Gagnon
Color Press, 2003
At last, a book for boys!
+ Perfect for boys
Boys also like sewing, and this book is just for boys, which makes it great! Boys do like sewing, what they do not like is that sewing books are mainly designed for female public. This books (WITH ACTUAL PATTERNS IN MANY SIZES!) teach them basics about the sewing machine and stiches. It also has a ...
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Hannah's Collections1 review
Marthe Jocelyn
Tundra Books, 2004
Inspiring Young Children
My 4 year old daughter loved this book. It really inspired her to start her own collections. It does spark creativity and looking at what could be mundane items as something interesting unto themselves. The book is done in an unusual montage illustration style, combining cut paper illustrations and ...
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Card Game Roundup: Rompin' Fun Math Games for Little Buckaroos
Trudy Bortz, Josh Rappaport
Singing Turtle Press, 2002
In "Card Game Roundup", Singing Turtle Press rustles up a passel of fun card games that parents and their little cowboys and cowgirls can play together - all the while learning valuable and interesting math skills. The book is for parents with children in grades kindergarten through second grade, but it is also aimed at homeschoolers, tutors and teachers. The games, created by veteran teachers ...
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Millions to Measure3 reviews
David M. Schwartz
HarperCollins, 2006
Measuring Made Easy and Fun.....
+ GREAT Illustrations and GREAT learning tool!
+ An excellent childrens book on measurement
"There are millions of things-and many ways-to measure. Let's fly back in time and see how people measured many years ago..." Marvelosissimo the Magician's takes the reader from prehistoric times to the present on an entertaining and informative tour of measurement. Author, David Schwartz's ...
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The Button Box (English)7 reviews
Margarette S. Reid
Puffin, 1995
Real-World Pleasure
+ My daughter's favorite!
+ Great book for a math center
+ The Button Box (English)
+ Excellent picture book to teach writing
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The Librarian Who Measured the Earth13 reviews
Kathryn Lasky
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1994
Have genius, will measure!
+ Fascinating piece of science in history with one man and one book
+ Good Biography and Scienctific Discussion
+ One of the most treasured books in my library!
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Follow the Line8 reviews
Viking Juvenile, 2006
Very cool
+ Cute, but hard to follow the line
+ Once You Follow, You Can't Stop
+ My students love it!
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Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians8 reviews
Luetta Reimer, Wilbert Reimer
Dale Seymour Publications, 1990
Great for a read-aloud
+ Get them interested...
+ Bought for School
+ Good for many ages and topics in math and science
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