Math is Everywhere!

Math. It's everywhere. It's important. And there are lots of ways to help your children understand how math works in our lives every single day. Here are a few math resources outside the "curricula" box.

Story Books that incorporate math concepts:

1. Stuart J. Murphy's MathStart books: The Grizzly Gazette (MathStart) is one great title among many.
2. Sir Cumference Adventure book series
3. Greg Tang's Math books: Math-terpieces is a good one to try.

Web sites and resources:

1. Living Math
2. Unschooling Math
3. Math Baseball
4. Math Playground
5. Math Fact Cafe
6. Cool Math for Kids

And don't forget good old-fashioned board and strategy games, such as Monopoly, Yahtzee, Othello, Mille Bornes Card Game, Battleship and Risk. And cooking! And shopping! There's all kinds of math fun going on around us. Just keep your eyes open for the opportunities.