Math Resources

I have been gathering Math resources for many years. Many of those listed here we have used successfully used in our unschooling journey. Others were recommended to me by other unschoolers and homeschoolers. I hope to be able to include personal comments about many of the resources in the future.

This is by no means a comprehensive listing. If you have personal experience with any math resources that are not listed here and would like to recommend them to me for inclusion here, please feel free to email me. Also, if you have a review or a description that you would like to add, I would welcome those too!

~ Karen

Math Literature (all ages, all types)

John Allen Paulos

• Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
• Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man
• A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
• Mathematics and Humor
• I Think, Therefore I Laugh
• Once Upon a Number; A Mathematician Bridge Stories and Statistics

Louis Sachar

• More sideways arithmetic from Wayside School

Irving Adler

• Mathematics

David M. Schwarz

• G is for googol: a math alphabet book

Edwin A. Abbot

• Flatland

Jonni Kincher, Pamela Espeland

• The First Honest Book About Lies

Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith

• Math Curse

Scott Flansburg

• Math Magic
• Math Magic for Your Kids: Hundreds of Games and Exercises from the Human Calculator to Make Math Fun and Easy

Patricia Lauber

• The Story of Numbers

Jane Muir

• Of Men and Numbers: The Story of the Great Mathematicians

John McLeish

• The Story of Numbers; How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization

Anita Ganeri

• The Story of Numbers and Counting

Paul Hoffman

• The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth

Patricia Clark Kenschaft

• Math Power - How To Help Your Child Love Math, Even If You Don't

Michael S. Schneider

• A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe, The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science, A Voyage From 1 To 10. "It is an interesting book and takes math into nature and art very well."

Robert Gardner, Edward A. Shore

• Math in science and nature: finding patterns in the world around us

Donald Cohen

• Calculus by and for Young People (Ages 7, Yes 7 and Up)

Theoni Pappas

• The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat: The Mathematical Cat
• Fractals, Googols and Other Mathematical Tales
• The Joy of Mathematics
• The Magic of Mathematics: Discovering the Spell of Mathematics
• Math for Kids: Other People Too!
• Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices
• Mathematical Scandals
• More Joy of Mathematics: Exploring Mathematics All Around You
• The Children's Mathematics Calendar 2000
• Math-A-Day: A Book of Days for Your Mathematical Year
• Mathematical Footprints: Discovering Mathematical Impressions All Around the U.S

Marilyn Burns

• Spaghetti and meatballs for all!: a mathematical story

Akihiro Nozaki

• Anno's hat tricks

Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno

• Anno's mysterious multiplying jar

Jan Gulberg, Peter Hilton

• Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers. (I love this book and hope to be able to acquire it for a reference. Anything you ever wanted to know about mathematics is in this 1120 page book. Amusing anecdotes and cartoons are mixed amongst the information in a eye-pleasing format. See if you local library has it to check out first!)

David J. Whitin, Sandra Wilde

• Read any good math lately?: children's books for mathematical learning, K-6

Peter Lafferty

• Archimedes

compiled by Charles Keller

• Take me to your liter: science and math jokes

Mark Wahl

• A mathematical mystery tour: high-thinking math tasks

Richard Scarry

• Fun with numbers: preschool
• Fun with numbers: Grade 1

Hans Magnus Enzensberger, et al

• The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure - "highly recommended particularly for bright talented mathematicians". Published 1998.

Isaac Asimov

• Realm of Numbers
• Realm of Measurement
• Realm of Algebra

Elementary Ages - Hands on Books

Cuisenaire Publications:

• Cuisenaire alphabet Book
• Picture Puzzles with Cuisenaire Rods
• One -Digit Addition and Subtraction with C. Rods
• Hidden Rods, Hidden Numbers

Patternables for pattern blocks

Linda Allison, Martha Weston

• Eenie Meenie Miney MATH: Math Play for You and Your Preschooler

Peggy Kaye

• Games for Math

Michael Schiro

• Mega-Fun Math Games: 70 Quick and Easy Games to Build Math Skills

Overholt, Publ. Center for Applied Research in Education

• Math Wise!

Common Sense Math for Kindergarteners

Sandra Pryor Clarkson

• 100 activities for the Hundred Number Board

Susie Miller

• Try It! Hundred Number Boards

Janice VanCleave

• Play and Find Out About Math: Easy Experiments for Young Children (Play and Find Out Series)

Jean Kerry Stenmark, Grace D. Coates, and Brian Gothberg

• Family Math for Young Children : Comparing (Equals Series)

Intermediate Grades - Hands on Books

Jean Kerry Stenmark, Vigiania Thompson and Ruth Cossey

• Family Math

Vigiania Thompson, Karen Mayfield-Ingram (Illustrator), and Ann Humphrey Williams

• Family Math: The Middle School Years, Algebraic Reasoning and Number Sense

Margaret Kenda & Phyllis S. Williams

• Barron's Math Wizardry for Kids

Claudia Zaslavsky

• Multicultural Math (Hands-On math Activities from Around the World)

Marilyn Burns

• Math For Smarty Pants
• I Hate Mathematics! Book
• A Collection of Math Lessons from Grades 3 Through 6
• The Book of Think: Or, How to Solve a Problem Twice Your Size (A Brown Paper School Book)

Janice VanCleave

• Geometry for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Geometry Fun (Science for Kid Series)
• Math for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Math Fun

Reader's Digest

• How Math Works (100 ways parents and kids can share the wonders of Mathematics)

Exploring witྐϢPa䘼ž鿀ť��Blocks

Problem Solving with Polyhedra Dice

Geoboard Activities for the Intermediate Grades

Micheal Serra

• Patty Paper Geometry

The Usborne Superpuzzles Logic Puzzles

David A. Adler

• Calculator Riddles

Zondra Knapp

• Super Math Tricks

Laurence B. White

• Math-A-Magic, Number tricks for Magicians

Scholastic

• NBA slam & jam math skills

Jack A. Coffland and David A. Coffland

• Basketball math: slam-dunk activities and projects for grades 4-8

Christopher Jennison

• Baseball math: grandslam activities and projects for grades 4-8

Algebra/Geometry Books

Barbara Bando Irvin

• Geometry and Fractions with Tangrams

Key Curriculum Press

• Patty Paper Geometry

Reader's Digest

• How Math Works

Creative Publications

• Tessellations: The Geometry of Patterns

Edwin A. Abbot

• Flatland

Kenn Amdah and Jim Loats, PH.D.

• Algebra Unplugged

Janice VanCleave

• Geometry for Every Kid

A Graphing Matter Activities for Easing Into Algebra

Douglas Downing

• Algebra The Easy Way
• Geometry The Easy Way
• Calculus The Easy Way
• ("They are written as a story of the kingdom of Carmorra. They are presented with some problem that they need to solve and then "learn" the math to solve it.")

Curriculum

Harold Jacobs

• Elementary Algebra
• Geometry
• Mathematics: A Human Endeavo: A Book for Those Who Think They Don't Like the Subject

Key Curriculum Press

• Key to … workbooks
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Decimals
• Fractions
• Measurements
• Metric Measurements
• Percents
• >http://www.keypress.com/

Bob Miller

• Bob Miller's Algebra for the Clueless, ISBN: 0-07-043425-5

Josh Rappaport

• Algebra Survival Kit
• Algebra Times email newsletter
• josh@mathkits.com
• http://www.mathkits.com

Hands On Equations

• Borenson's Hands-On Equations
  a visual and kinesthetic supplementary math program for introducing algebraic concepts to students in grades 3 to 8
• http://www.borenson.com/

Math Websites

Math in Daily Life
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/

Natural Math
http://www.naturalmath.com/

Fibonacci Numbers
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html

Algebra Help Desk
http://members.aol.com/aacrlpae/algebra/index.htm

Mega Mathematics
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
http://www.enc.org/

coolmath.com - an amusement park of mathematics!
http://www.coolmath.com/

Math Baseball - fun drill of math facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
http://www.funbrain.com/

Texas Instruments - Math Resources and Using Calculators in Math
http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/resource.htm

Tesselations websites:
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Mathematics/Geometry/Tessellations/index.html
http://his.com/~queenb/pc.tesselations.html
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/archamb1.html
http://www.math.byu.edu/~lfrancis/readings302/Tesselation_with_CWS.html

LEGO® ACTIVITIES!
http://www.weirdrichard.com/activity.htm

Fact Controlled MULTIPLICATION - Lego’s
http://www.kagi.com/swood/fcm.html

http://www.angelfire.com/me/marmalade/mathtips.html

http://familyeducation.com/articlepage.asp?it_no=4328

http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~dennisl/CMS/activity/MM-cards.html

http://www.mother.com/~callaway/tarika/Michele.html

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/index.html

Pat Willette’s Math books website
http://www.megalink.net/~jones/mathbooks.html

Edmark has a free downloadable Electronic Geoboard.
http://www.edmark.com/free/

Mathematics Resources and Reviews from FUN Books
http://www.fun-books.com/mathematics.htm

The Math Forum Home Page
http://mathforum.org/

Videos

PBS

• Life by the Numbers

Disney

• Donald in Mathmagic Land

Computer Games

Davidson

• Math Blaster, for ages 9-12
• Math Blaster Pre-Algebra
• Alge-Blaster

Learning Company

• Outnumbered
• Treasure MathStorm

Edmark

• Cosmic Geometry
• Astro Algebra

Broderbund

• Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
• James Discovers Math

Sierra

• Island of Dr. Brain

Disney

• Math Quest with Aladdin

Board Games and Card Games

Yatchzee
Sorry
Dominoes
Mexican train (uses dominoes)
Monopoly
Made For Trade
BlackJack
Pente
Quatro
Triominos
Chess
PayDay
Krypto
Skip-Bo

Catalogs

Activity Resources
PO Box 4875
Hayward, CA 94541
http://www.activityresources.com

Creative Publications
5623 W. 115th Street
Worth, IL 60482
http://www.creativepublications.com/

Pig Out on Math (an online Catalogue of materials for math maniacs in addition to an online resource for math teachers and parents.)
Institute for Math Mania
http://www.mathchannel.com/

Key Curriculum Press
PO Box 2304
Berkeley, CA 94702
http://www.keypress.com/

Cuisenaire (Materials for Learning Math and Science)
PO Box 5026
White Plains, NY 10602
http://www.etacuisenaire.com

Dale Seymour Publications (secondary math and science)
PO Box 5026
White Plains, NY 10602
http://www.pearsonlearning.com/

Delta Education Hands-On Math
PO Box 3000
Nashua, NH 03061
http://www.delta-education.com/

Timberdoodle Catalog - many math supplementary materials.
http://www.timberdoodle.com