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Math Play! 80 Ways to Count & Learn

About.com Rating five out of Five

By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

Math Play!Williamson Publishing Company

The Bottom Line

Math Play! provides 80 early learning math games and activities for ages 2 to 6 and their families. It is an excellent hands-on math resource for homeschooling families - a very impressive book.
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Pros

  • Over 80 noncompetitive games
  • Activities are brief, easy and fun
  • Very user friendly

Cons

  • Pages black and white, no color

Description

  • Chapters and sample activities:
  • Let's Start Counting: Kitchen Fun, Smile Awhile, Three Party
  • Let's Count Higher: Pretty Paper Orchard, Love You Lots, Muffin Cup Count
  • Let's Count Our Favorite Things: Balancing Hats, Piggies, Cold Splash
  • Let's Hunt for Numbers: Refrigerator Hunt, Frosting Cookies, Pretty Puppet Party
  • Great Big Huge or Itsy Bitsy: Drinking My Milk, Going to the Store, Sand Castle
  • Let's Make Great Shapes: Lunch Time Shapes, Shape Match, Going on a Shape Hunt
  • What Comes Next?: Let's Plant a Garden, Sporks, Bedtime Memories

Guide Review - Math Play! 80 Ways to Count & Learn

Hours of "giggling good fun" are in store for kids as they explore math skills - with plenty of fun mixed in! "Math Play!" is the perfect tool to begin a life-long love for math. It provides many playful activities that make learning fun. It introduces important premath skills of counting, recognizing numerals, measurement, shapes, and pattern recognition. Age-appropriate activities build number confidence, social interaction skills, eye-hand coordination, verbal abilities, and gross and fine motor skills. All activities are nonthreatening and noncompetitive so that every child can experience early success. There's no boring book work or tedious worksheets here! For kids ages 2 to 6 - and their families!
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