Kitchen Table Math Book 1
by Chris Wright
If you are one of the many parents who are uncomfortable helping your children with math, then this book is for you! Dr. Wright's Kitchen Table Math is a step-by-step guide to how you can help your child develop strong math skills and do well in school. It also includes activities and games so that you and your child can have fun while exploring these early stages of your child's mathematical journey.
Book 1 is for parents of children ages 2-8.
About the author: Chris Wright is a mathematician, math teacher, and father of two children. He has a Ph.D. in mathematics from Stanford University, and was an assistant professor at Duke University. After a fifteen-year foray into the software world, he has returned to his first love, and for the past ten years he has been teaching and tutoring children of all ages.
This book is an excellent gift for new parents!
ISBN: 978-1-934124-03-1
282 pages.
Paperback. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 9/16 inches.
Pricing Information
Discount Information: Additional 10% discount for orders of 5-9 copies of the same text; 20% discount for 10+ copies.
Excerpts
Table of Contents -
Excerpt 1 -
Excerpt 2
Testimonials
"After a couple of weeks of playing
games from Kitchen Table Math, for two straight weeks my four year old daughter
woke up each morning asking, 'Can we play math at the breakfast table?'"
- Bob Ogle, father of two, Academic Dean at an independent
secondary school
"I really liked reading your book. You hit the nail on the head. The concepts make sense and the suggested activities are doable. It's a great book! "
- Jaime Kellogg, elementary school teacher
"For as long as I can remember, my dad has made math fun. I had no idea the games we played driving to school or sitting at the kitchen table were teaching me important math skills that put me in the top of my class from elementary through high school. It was my dad's teaching that helped me place first in the state-wide California Math league in 6th grade, get a perfect score on my AP Calculus BC test in 10th grade, and a perfect score on my math SAT in 11th grade. Now, as a freshman at Stanford University, I am grateful that he spent so much time doing math with me, because he helped me get where I am today."
- Becky Wright
"As a lifelong lover of numbers
and a teacher of math for 35 years, I find Chris Wright's Kitchen Table Math
to be extraordinarily helpful in helping young children learn numerical concepts
and enjoy math. All ideas are clearly explained and readily accessible to adults
and children. One of my favorite parts of the book is the number of fun and
engaging activities. When I was young, my family had a "game night" at dinner
one evening a week. When it was my or my father's turn to choose, we always
chose math games. How I would have loved to have had some of Chris' suggestions
to use back then or when my own children were growing up. I have bought copies
of this book for my several grandchildren, a great niece and great nephew and
for the daughter of a young friend of mine. I highly recommend Kitchen Table
Math as a way to help children love working with numbers and recognize that
math is a fun and natural part of the world. "
- Molly J. Robinson, retired elementary, junior high,
and college teacher
"Some of my finest childhood
memories are of when my mother rewarded me for good behavior by taking me to
our upstairs closet to do a math workbook together. The books had mathematical
activities, puzzles, and games, and developed an enjoyment and thirst for mathematical
challenges that has persevered to this day. Dr. Wright's Kitchen Table Math
Book 1 is probably the best book around today with such uses."
- James Choi, Director of Mathematics of Sabio Academy
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