The secret to successful math education is to make it so much fun that children don't even realise they are learning something that will help them later in life.
Arthur Benjamin
If you have seen Arthur Benjamin perform his "mathemagic" tricks, you know how much fun he and his audience have. On stage and in Teach Your Child Math, Benjamin creates games with numbers that will entertain you and your child and radically change your attitude about the dreaded "M" word. This book will teach your child how to solve problems, a skill that will help him or her get ahead in all situation. Of ocurse, it's a little tough to get children to understand the importance of problem swolving, but don't they love to play? Teach Your Child Math is full of games and shows you how to present math as a fun thing for your child to do.
Newly updated with an entertaining and practical chapter on word problems, Teach Your Child Math will introduce your preschooler to concepts using visuals. As the book progresses, so do the concepts learned, allowing your fourth of fifth grader to enjoy the games in later chapters.
Benjamin and Shermer believe that teaching can be as much fun as learning. They boost your child's math aptitude gently and thoroughly with only a few minutes of games each day.
Arthur Benjamin, Ph.D., is a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California where he has taught since earning his doctorate in Mathematical Sciences from John Hopkins University in 1989. Dr. Benjamin has been featured in Scientific American and Discover as well as numerous other magazines. He is also a "lightning calculator" and entertains regularly on television and such live venues as the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Michael Shermer, Ph.D., teaches critical thinking and the history of science at Occidental College, is founder and director of The Skeptics Society and publisher of Skeptic magazine. Dr. Shermer is the author of several books, including Teach Your Child Science. He coauthored Mathemagics with Arthur Benjamin.