Presents a five-week unit of instruction for helping children construct their own understanding of our number system by learning about place value through grouping, counting, measuring, and graphing.

Shows how to use games, experiments, and investigations to help students predict outcomes, test predictions, and formulate probability theories.

Offers practical, classroom-tested ideas for helping students learn mathematics through problem solving.

Shows teachers how to help children construct their own understanding of the properties of shapes, how shapes relate to one another, and what happens when shapes are combined or divided.

Humorously Uncovers the Reasons Behind Math's Dreadful Reputation and Shows us How we Can Help Prevent Our Own Children From Adopting Similar Phobic Attitudes