A excellent source for finding out of print books and used books. Alibris
Mathematics Literature- Children Top of Page
Anno's Magic Hat Tricks by Akihiro Nozaki and Mitsumasa Anno
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Anno's Counting House by Mitsumasa Anno
Anno's Math Games II by Mitsumasa Anno
Anno's Math Games III by Mitsumasa Anno
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Mitsumasa Anno
The Chef's Hat by Naomi Kojima
Counting on Frank by Rod Clement
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Dot and the Line by Norton Juster
Eight Hands Round by Paul Ann Whitford
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
The Half Birthday Party by Charlotte Pomerantz
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gaag
Ocean Parade by Patricia MacCarthy
The $1.00 Word Riddle Book by Marilyn Burns
One Gorilla by Atsuko Morozumi
1 Hunter by Pat Hutchins
17 Kings and 42 Elephants Margaret Mahy
Rooster's Off to See the World by Carle Eric
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
A Three Hat Day by Laura Geringer
Two Ways to Count to Ten by Dee Ruby
Books for Older Children and Adults Top of Page
Aha! Gotcha by Marvin Gardner
Aha! Insight by Marvin Gardner
The Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick & Woollcott Smith
Calculus By and For Young People (ages 7, yes 7 and up) - Don Cohen
Elementary Algebra by Harold Jacobs
Fascinating Fibonacci - Mystery and Magic in Numbers by Trudi Hammel Garland
Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Geometry by Harold Jacobs
Joy of Mathematics by Theoni Pappas
Math Equals by Teri Perl
Mathematicians are People Too by Luetta and Wilbert Reimer (Dale Seymour)
Mathematics: A Human Endeavor by Harold Jacobs
More Joy of Mathematics by Theoni Pappas
Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe,
by Philip Morrison and
Phylis Morrison
Used Numbers: Real Data in the Classroom by Technical Education Research Centers (TERC)
and the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)
Counting: Ourselves and Our Families -- Grades K-1
Sorting: Groups and Graphs -- Grades 2-3
Measuring: From Paces to Feet -- Grades 3-4
Statistics: The Shape of the Data -- Grades4-5
Statistics: Prediction and Sampling -- Grades 5-6
Statistics: Middles, Means, and in Betweens -- Grades 5-6
Teaching Guides - Mathematics Top of Page
Attribute Acrobatics by Betty J. Sternberh (Activity Resources)
Building Thinking Skills (Critical Thinking Books and Software)
Creating Line Designs by Randy L. Womack
Dots Math by Linda Harvey and Ann Roper (Creative Publications)
Fraction Tiles by Lee Jenkins and Peggy McLean (Cuisenaire, Activity Resources)
Fractions with Pattern Blocks by Matthew E. Zullie (Creative Publications)
GEMS books on probability (Lawrence Hall of Science)
Frog Math (K-2), In All Probability ( 3-5), Quadice ( 5-8 grade)
Geoblock Job Cards by Micaelia Randolf Brummett and Linda Holden Charles (Creative Publications) - see Geoblocks in Math Manipulatives
Geoblocks and Geo Jackets Lee, Jenkins, Peggy McLean, and Mary Laycock (Activity Resources)
The I Hate Mathematics! Book by Marilyn Burns
Mathematics Their Way® by Mary Baratta-Lorton (Addison-Wesley Publications , Creative Publications, Dale Seymour, and Cuisenaire catalogs; see below)
Pattern Blocks for Primary People by Linda Harvey (Creative Publications)
Math and Literature by Marilyn Burns and Stephanie Sheffield (Dale Seymour)
Math for Smarty Pants by Marilyn Burns (Dale Seymour catalog)
Pattern Block Activities - A by Marian Pasternack and Linda Silvey (Creative Publications)
Pattern Factory by Ann Roper and Lynn Harvey (Ideal School Supply)
Understanding Fractions: Patterns in Arithmetic by Suki Glenn (Pattern Press)
What Are My Chances by Creative Publications- probability games
Wollygoggles by Thomas G. O'Brien (Dale Seymour catalog)
How to Guides Top of Page
Children, the Challenge by Rudolf Dreikurs
Don't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor
In Their Own Way by Thomas Armstrong
Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner
Thinking in Pictures: My Life and Other Reports of My Life with Autism by Temple Grandon
Manipulatives for Mathematics See Sources *Must have essentials in my opinion
*Base Ten Blocks - (Activity Resources, ETA-Cuisenaire, Creative Home Teaching)
Counting Frame (Nasco Math)
Found materials for counters: *beans, blocks, pebbles, pennies, foreign coins, buttons, nuts, bolts
*Cuisenaire Rods® - (Activity Resources, ETA-Cuisenaire, Creative Home Teaching)
Geoblocks - (Activity Resources) Large set of
Graph Paper 1 cm - (ETA-Cuisenaire)
LEGO® bricks - toy stores, department stores
*Pattern Blocks - (Activity Resources, ETA-Cuisenaire, teacher supply stores)
Playing Cards - stationery stores, markets, toy stores
Polydron Frameworks (Activity Resources,Creative Home Teaching) a must for 3-D geometry
Prism Fraction Pieces (51 piece set) - (Pattern Press)
Tools: dice, compass, protractor, calculator, ruler, string, clocks, stopwatches
Unifix® Cubes (Activity Resources, ETA-Cuisenaire, Didax)
Games (commercial) Top of Page
A Book of Card Games by Klutz Press
Battleship (leaning about coordinates)
Three C's-Checkers, Chess and Concentration (make your own with deck of cards)
Candyland - beginning counting
Chutes and Ladders - beginning counting
Monopoly
Othello
Quarto
Sequence - strategy
Set
Sources Top of Page
Activity Resources (510) 782-1300 www.activityresources.com
Cuisenaire Rods
Pattern Blocks and Unifix Cubes
Creative Publications (800) 624-0822 www.creativepublications.com
Cuisenaire Rods
Pattern Blocks and Unifix Cubes
Critical Thinking Books & Software (800) 458-4849 www.criticalthinking.com
Dale Seymour Publications (800) 237-0338 www.pearsonlearning.com
ETA-Cuisenaire (800) 445-5985 www.etacuisenaire.com
Cuisenaire Rods
Pattern Blocks, Unifix Cubes, and Transparent Counters
Instructional Fair (800) 845-8149 www.TeacherSpecialty.com
Transparent Counters
Lawrence Hall of Science (510) 642-5132) www.lawrencehallofscience.org
GEMS series of books on science and math
Nasco Math (800) 558-9595 www.enasco.com
Counting Frame and Transparent Counters
Wright Group (800) 523-2371 www.wrightgroup.com
Counting Chips - 8 colors
Pattern Blocks and Unifix Cubes
Wooden Cubes - Colored
Web Sites Top of Page
Books - http://www.amazon.com
Mega-Math - Los Alamos National Laboratory - www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math
Maps --www.mapquest.com
Calculus By and For Young People (ages 7, yes 7 and up) - Don Cohen
The site has sample problems from each chapter - Worksheets" +, including looking for PATTERNS, learning to learn, the non-trivial use of calulators and computers in the study ofinfinite series and infinite sequences, algebra, graphs, area under curves (-> the integral), the slope of a curve (-> the derivative), science to math activities, transformations with matrices, and much more, all done with young people.
Science Sources Top of Page
American Science and Surplus - 3605 Howard Street, Skokie, IL, 60076 (847) 982-0870 http://www.sciplus.com - Incredible stuff, Unbelievable prices
We love to go through this catalog to find fun, interesting, and unusual toys, knickknacks, and gadgets at great prices. Great way to recycle surplus stuff.American Science and Surplus - http://www.sciplus.com - Incredible stuff, Unbelievable prices
Bill Nye the Science Guy: http://nyelabs.kcts.org/
SOL(Science on Line): http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/sol/sol_homepage.html
Views of the Solar System: http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/homepage.htm
UC Berkeley's Center for EUV Astrophysics Center for Science Education http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/HomePage.html
Discovery Channel School : http://school.discovery.com
Some of these titles come from HEM Top Ten Web Sites - Used with permission from the editors of Home Education Magazine. Lists are compiled weekly from responses to the HEM Forum on America Online, for more information email HomeEdMag@aol.com http://www.home-ed-magazine.com
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