Peggy Kaye

Acknowledgments • ix
Introduction • xi

PART ONE • 1
Chapter One: Counting Counts • 2
HOP, SKIP, TOUCH YOUR NOSE • 4
PENNY TOSS • 5
NUMBER COLLAGE • 7
THE HOW-MANY GAME • 10
THREE KINDS OF FANCY NUMBERS • 12

Chapter Two: Thoughts to Grow On • 16
THE ER GAME • 20
KITCHEN CALCULUS • 21
OODLES OF NOODLES • 22
CLAP CLAP BEEP BEEP • 24
WHAT'S NEXT • 26

Chapter Three: Size and Shape • 28
STRING TIME • 30
RIBBON ME • 32
HOW MUCH DOES IT HOLD? • 34
SHAPE LOTTO • 36
SHAPE COLLAGE • 39

PART TWO • 43
Chapter Four: Fancy Counting • 44
FILL THE SPOON • 46
GRASSHOPPER • 47
COUNTING AND ESTIMATING • 49
CLEANING COUNTS • 51
FIND A PENNY • 52
SECRET NUMBER • 55

Chapter Five: Adding and Subtracting • 57
MAKE TEN • 59
WHAT DID I DO? • 62
TARGET GAME • 65
NUMBER STORIES • 67
NUMBER LADDER • 71
FAST TRACK • 72
DOUBLE IT • 77
MATH CHECKERS • 79
PYRAMID • 82
FIVE CARDS MAKE TEN • 85

Chapter Six: Size and Shape II • 89
IS IT? • 90
TWO SEWING PROJECTS • 92
MATH IN THE KITCHEN • 96
TANGRAMS • 99
ORIGAMI • 106

Chapter Seven: Multiplication and Division • 111
STAR COUNT • 113
VICTOR VAMPIRE'S BIRTHDAY • 117
LOTS OF BOXES • 123
CALCULATING MATH • 127

Chapter Eight: The Number System • 132
A BUNCH OF BEANS • 134
FIFTY WINS • 138
BAG OF CHIPS • 144
THROW A NUMBER • 147
THREE POTS • 152
GROUP TEN • 155

Chapter Nine: The Bigger the Better • 163
BIGGEST AND SMALLEST • 165
NUMBER TRAILS • 169
NUMBER ESP • 170

PART THREE • 175
Chapter Ten: Strategy Games • 176
TAPATAN • 178
YUT • 181
NINE MEN'S MORRIS • 185
KHALA • 191

Chapter Eleven: It's a Puzzle • 198
NUMBER BUBBLES • 199
WHAT'S IT WORTH? • 209
COLORED BOXES • 214

Appendices • 221
WHAT ABOUT COMPUTERS: • 222
MATH BOOKS TO READ ALOUD • 227
EXPLAINING NUMBER ESP • 229
A NOTE TO TEACHERS • 232