Math Is Everywhere: 365 Ways You and Your Child Can Apply Math in the Real World

by Gene Pease

Overview

Math is Everywhere has 365 math activities you can do with your kids, right now! You could watch bugs, listen to music, or ride a bike. You’ll find ideas to entertain with math while waiting for a dentist appointment! You can make flubber or a real dirt cake that you can eat! You will not find any worksheets or artificial word problems, but your child probably will want to create some, so beware! You won’t need to buy a thing, unless it’s the groceries you and your child will use to make dinner. Math is Everywhere is a book for anyone who wants to answer the question, “When am I ever going to use this math?”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475830491
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/19/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	174
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr. Gene Pease is an educator and parent. She has worked with and students of all ages, and their parents, in the U.S. and internationally.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1: Money Sense Starts Early in Life
Chapter 2: Things to do in a Waiting Room
Chapter 3: Planning, Searching, Comparing, Couponing
Chapter 4: Shopping for Clothes
Chapter 5: Are we eating at home tonight?
Chapter 6: Create a family calendar or a daily T.V. schedule.
Chapter 7: Get in the car, it’s time to go!
Chapter 8: Let’s plan a get-away
Chapter 9: Home is where we can just hang out.
Chapter 10: The sun’s shining, let’s go outside.
Chapter 11: Let’s get dirty and grow something.
Chapter 12: Sports of all sorts!
Chapter 13: When is Pi day, or is it pie day?
Chapter 14: Special recipes, but they’re not just for food!
Chapter 15: Resources to help you get going with your own ideas.
Chapter 16: How do humans develop and what’s that got to do with math?
Chapter 17: How do teachers teach math?
Chapter 18: A whole new world!
References

Editorial Reviews

I love math! But my wife and three homeschooled boys, 10, 6 and 2, don't always share my enthusiasm. This book has helped me realize the seemingly limitless opportunities to help my children learn the importance of and enjoy math, and I never thought about how much math they are already doing! Math is, indeed, everywhere. In these pages I found easy to understand theory behind childhood development and also wonderfully practical and specific examples of math learning. I highly recommend this entertaining and useful guide for any adult who raises or teaches children. Whether you are a math lover or math hater, this book is for you!

Anthony Cox

Math is Everywhere is a practical and creative guide bursting with ideas to help educators and parents alike apply classroom concepts to real world activities. Whatever level of interest, this book shows how you can create opportunities to learn from any task, space, interest, or idea. Overall, this book inspires individuals to consider math in new ways that allows application of common core standards any day of the week.

Kim Crawford

Timely! Young people have lost the art of discovery and inquiry. They can simply 'ask Siri' or 'Google it'. Math is often one of the most feared courses for entering college students. In my opinion, this is for one or two reasons:
1. They have always felt that the language of numbers was confusing, especially when you start adding letters to equations
2. When they ask 'when will I ever need to use this again' the frustration for learning the language of math is greater than any suggested future usefulness

That youthful frustration can lead to college students who are Math avoidant at worst, and at minimum, lacking in financial literacy. Colleges’ nationwide have found it necessary to implement Financial Literacy content in their curriculum to fill the gap. Back in the day, Financial Literacy was a life skill!

Place your child ahead of the curve, get to work on these practical, 'this is how you will use math' activities as soon as you can. Hopefully they will learn the value of money through the activities, make millions, and you can enjoy their inheritance now since they won’t need it.

Emily Pettit