Numbers can be fun!

Introduction

We can all agree that math skills are so important, yet it is not always the most fun or easiest thing to learn. Here are some new and exciting ideas for acquiring primary level math skills while having fun at the same time. This pathfinder will help you find some of the best resources that we have to offer. Have fun!

Periodicals “Under-The-Sea Serenade/Math.” The Education Center’s Teacher’s Helper. pg. 37-45; Musical and fun approach for the Kindergarten level. “The Wild West Round-up.” The Mailbox Primary. June/July 1997. Pg. 18-22. wild west round-up of end-of-the-year math activities. Fun and creative ideas for the 1st grade. George, Jack. “Poetic Math.” The New Good Apple Newspaper. Sept/Oct 1997. Pg. 53; Great way to integrate English. 2nd grade level. “Pizza-Related Math.” The Education Center’s Teacher’s Helper. Sept/Oct 1996. pg.47-55; Do a bar graph, identify fraction parts, tell time and make a miniature pizza while learning math. Excellent for the hungry 2nd grader.

Children's Books Children EasyK77 Koelling, Caryl. Cory’s Counting Game. A fun way to learn numbers with Cory, a finger puppet friend. Help Cory count, eat berries, find carrots, smell the flowers, and do other fun things. Children FOLIO 513 S399h Scwartz, David. How Much Is A Million? Through the text and pictures of this book, the author tries to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion. You’re children will be amazed at what they will find out. Children FOLIO 513.2 M167e McMillan, Bruce. Eating Fractions. At the end of reading this book, your kids might be a little hungry. The author has been kind enough to give a few recipes so the children can practice building fractional pieces and then making it disappear. Happy eating!

Reference Curr/Ref Math M397 1992 Maskell, Linn. Maths at Play. Fun Ideas for 5 to 8 year olds. Exciting for measurement, pattern numbers, spatial relations activities. Curr/Ref Math K83 1992,c.2 Kopp, Jaine. Frog Math: Predict, Ponder, Play. Impressive ideas for integrating math into English and science. Games for problem solving, estimating, and graphing, and literature and art connections to math as well. Curr/Ref Math M623 1994,v.1 Michel, Margaret. The Best of Teacher’s Helper Reproducibles And Activities for Your Classroom. Math Kindergarten. Fun with shapes, visual discrimination, size relationship, counting, patterning, addition & much more.

Software Curr/TA Computer E12 1994 CD-ROM Early Math. This game will teach early math skills like counting, adding, subtracting, shapes, patterns, measurements, and more with the guidance of a cheerful, animated on-screen teacher named Loid. Loid gives positive, constructive feedback throughout the learning process. Loid’s only goal is to help children learn and enjoy math. Fun games for ages 3-6. Curr/TA Computer T784 1994 disc Treasure MathStorm. Turn up the heat by using your math skills to reset Treasure Mountain’s clocks, balance its gold scales, and count its crystals. You’ll build math, time-telling, and money-counting skills in real-life situations as you find the treasures, unfreeze the magic crown, and restore order to Treasure Mountain in this adventure game. Curr/TA Computer M429 1993 CD-ROM Math Finder. A virtual library of lesson plans at your fingertips. By assembling curricula from thirty curriculum programs, the Math Finder is designed to be a powerful tool in the mathematics education reform process. It is made up of over 15,000 pages of database. You can basically find anything you can imagine through this program; even down to the materials needed to teach it.

Bulletin Boards		Manipulatives
Curr/Ref BltnBds C734 1984	Commins, Elaine. Bloomin’ Bulletin Boards. Pg. 57-73 are filled with easy bulletin board activities that can help to build specific math skills like counting, matching, recognition of symbols, addition, subtraction, measuring, and estimating.	Pattern blocks, connector blocks, tangrams, flashcards, beads, attribute logic blocks, number balance, measuring utensils, scale, fraction trays, play money, and much more are available.
Curr/Ref BltnBds B936 1992	Bulletin Boards for Busy Teachers

Websites
	gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/11/Lesson/Subject/Math Numerous lesson plans available for your use.
	gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/00/Lesson/NewLesson/Math/Graphs A fun way to learn graphing and classifying with shoes.