Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late - by Laura Overdeck (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Inside this book, families will find fun, mischief-making math problems to tackleNmath that isn't just kid-friendly, but actually kid-appealing. With more than 100 math riddles on topics from jalapenos to flamingos, this book bursts with math that looks nothing like school. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b> <i>Bedtime Math</i> wants to change the way we introduce math to children: to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives. </b> <p/>We all know it's wonderful to read bedtime stories to kids, but what about doing math? Many generations of Americans are uncomfortable with math and numbers, and too often we hear the phrase, I'm just not good at math! For decades, this attitude has trickled down from parents to their kids, and we now have a culture that finds math dry, intimidating, and just not cool. <p/><i>Bedtime Math</i> wants to change all that. Inside this book, families will find fun, mischief-making math problems to tackle--math that isn't just kid-friendly, but actually kid-appealing. With over 100 math riddles on topics from jalapeños and submarines to roller coasters and flamingos, this book bursts with math that looks nothing like school. And with three different levels of challenge (wee ones, little kids, and big kids), there's something for everyone. We can make numbers fun, and change the world, one <i>Bedtime Math </i>puzzle at a time.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Overdeck debuts with a just-irreverent-enough book . . . . She shows that she knows her audience and loves her subject. Paillot (the My Weird School series) is a great choice for collaborator . . . he does it all with a good-hearted, goofy energy that should propel readers through the pages." --<i>Publishers Weekly, starred review</i> <p/>"[This program] may have the potential to make bedtime math problems as loved as the bedtime story. . . . Hats off to Laura Overdeck. This project is a winner. A simple idea that may have as much of an impact on improving the science, technology, engineering and math interest in our children as many other well-funded programs." --<i>Wired/GeekDad</i> <p/>"We all know we should read to our kids. But even if bedtime stories are routine in your house, when's the last time you gave your kids a bedtime math problem? Probably never. And that's one reason American students might struggle in a future that requires mathematical literacy... Maybe if more children grew up doing bedtime math problems, those numbers would be different." --<i>USA Today</i> <p/>"Besides stopping the bad-mouthing of our own math skills and making sure that we're distributing our numbers-related conversations equally among our sons and daughters, what can a parent do to increase math awareness in our everyday lives? How about a bedtime math problem? . . . [in Bedtime Math]They're meant to be solved in their heads, and to promote both giggles and mathematical thought." --<i>New York Times Motherlode Blog</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Laura Overdeck</b> has a BA in astrophysics from Princeton University and knows numbers. Since she enjoys them so much, she (along with her husband John) decided to give their three children math problems instead of bedtime stories, and BEDTIME MATH was born. Visit her on the Web at bedtimemath.org.</p>
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