Games for Math: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn Math from Kindergarten to Third Grade Paperback – January 12, 1988

I bought this in the middle of my son's 1st grade year, when he was having trouble with some pretty basic math concepts, like 10s and 1s. Within a week of receiving it, seriously, one week, he understood the things he'd been having trouble doing. Practicing math facts had been torture and only lasted a few minutes, but once we were playing these games, he could concentrate and LEARN for 45 minutes. He went from really struggling to - in a matter of weeks - saying that math was his favorite subject, and getting high marks for his math skills at school. I liked it so much, I ordered all her other books, and have had similar success.

I love this book for my six year old daughter that I homeschool. We have a math workbook and she is very good with it. The math games really help comprehension of the concepts, and helps step her understanding to the next level. Thanks so much to the author!

I appreciate the fact that Peggy Kaye talks about her application of these games. The games are simple and inexpensive to make. What I did not expect was the amount of time neccessary to learn the game myself before teaching it. This book is written clearly and is helpful for both remedial work and introduction to mathematical concepts.

We're unschoolers and this book has come in handy on days that we want to do activities together - we'll play these games with the kids and know they're absorbing some math at the same time they're having some fun!

1st -3rd grad, this has the quickie games you can play while waiting for doctor or waitress. So much better than a worksheet or flash cards!! with a game, there is internal motivation.

I used this with my own children and with children in classrooms when I worked in public schools. Now I've given it to my son to use with his children. Great ideas for fun activities to combat summer brain fungus!

Many ideas for learning math concepts. The ones I like the best involve card games in order to learn addition facts with my first grader....

Most of the activities in this book are explained in hard to understand, narrative style. Look at this example from the beginning of the description for an activity called STAR COUNT."After one round of Star Count, my scorecard looked like this: (illustration).Elise, a first-grade math fan, had a scorecard that looked like this: (illustration).Elise let out a moan. 'You won.'"It goes on like this for another page and a half. So as the reader you need to guess how the game is played, instead of the author clearly stating it. While I am working with children, I want to be able to use the book as a quick reference guide, not a riddle. If the author really needs to put in these stories of individual children playing the game, it should be placed after a succinct explanation of how to play the game.This book has been on my shelf for two years, but I have never found it very useful. On the other hand, I highly recommend Family Math by Jean Kerr Stenmark. It is written in a very clear style, and the activities are more interesting.