Patricia Baggett

Break away from dull drill, worksheets, and practice. Connect mathematics to children's interests and real life skills. Build confidence levels, create more adept problem-solvers, and conquer word problem fear. Make math challenging, interesting, and rewarding. Contains 45 lessons, each written as the teacher might present it to the class, with orientation to the practical value of the problem-solving skill involved.

Are you tired of your students complaining about repeating times tables and cringing at the mention of word problems? Ease their fears and revitalize the class by implementing these 60 exciting lessons developed for K-8 students. The three different formats (brief lesson plans, longer narratives that describe how to teach the lessons, and mathematical topic discussions) allow teachers to develop and encourage their students' confidence and interest in mathematics.

Presents a variety of experiments covering such topics as structural stability, friction, motion, simple machines, and heat.

How many of your students really love math? If the answer is, 'not everyone,' this textbook is for you. It's a book filled with fun and practical ways to get young students interested in algebra and geometry. You can use the lessons as early as kindergarten and first grade. The book introduces basic concepts and actively involves children in the learning process. The challenging games, puzzles, and word problems use algebra, teaching kids to use variables for two- and three-dimensional geometry as well as arithmetic.