Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late - Laura Overdeck

Overdeck is on a mission to make the nightly math riddle as common as the bedtime story. Parents will have fun, interesting math problems to work on with their children in a comforting and nonjudgmental bedtime setting. With 120 problems, each spread includes a brief story and three math questions at three different levels. Full color. n nOur mission: to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives. n nWe 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. n nBedtime Math 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 jalape os 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 Bedtime Math puzzle at a time.n