Read Any Good Math Lately?: Children's Books for Mathematical Learning, K-6

by David J. Whitin

Children's books provide an authentic context for using mathematics. They celebrate mathematics as a language for describing and framing our world. And they are also a nonthreatening vehicle for investigating a variety of mathematical concepts and relationships. Read Any Good Math Lately? acquaints readers with some of the best children's literature containing a mathematical subtext, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, books of games and puzzles,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435083341
• ISBN13: 9780435083342
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 5 years and up
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 6

Customer Reviews

He knows his stuff! (And shows that kids do, too!)

I have taken a few courses with David Whitin and he has shown me that the ideas in this book really work! If you teach elementary school, you MUST get this book. It is a must-have for every teacher!

A must have for any classroom!

Mathematics instruction in today's classrooms is often looked upon as a chore, rather than something to be enjoyed. This book gives numerous examples of how to integrate mathematics in a fun way in your classroom, while at the same time following the curriculum standards established for your classroom. We need to change student's attitudes towards math, so that they see it as a necessary component of life, as well as something that more than just irrelevant computations. The suggestions in this book can be implemented easily into any classroom, as well as in the home. Definitely purchase this book, and help start to improve the negative attitudes that exist today about mathematics.