Math Resources Majority Review: The Crawfords' Big Majority Of Math-Tivities

I was happy that Laura Candler's book, together with straight off in that place is a novel mass (just released on 11/15/13) called: The Crawfords' Big Book of Math-tivities!  The official mass site is here.  This mass is aligned amongst the Common Core together with has ways to brand math to a greater extent than fun for Kindergarten, 1st, together with s graders.


This mass incorporates a really tactile math approach.  It gives y'all ideas together with reproducibles that back upwardly what y'all are teaching inwards the classroom.  It too leaves some reproducibles blank thus y'all tin brand your own.  I did similar all of the suggestions that had children drawing together with discussing math thus they wouldn't endure thus hesitant to realize that math is all some us.  I too intend their alignment amongst the Common Core standards was really helpful.

There are half dozen chapters inwards this mass together with much of the chapters are taken upwardly amongst reproducibles.  I thought it was a fiddling fighting much for my taste, but I know many teachers don't stimulate got fourth dimension to brand their ain material.  Here is a breakdown of what the mass looks like...

• Chapter 1: Mathbooking.  I similar the open-ended aspect of this together with how the students learn to brand their books unique.  "Creative Doodling" is encouraged.  There are nine pages of instruction, description, supplies, together with considerations earlier they piece of occupation into 10 prompts for each flat floor (spanning 15 pages).
• Chapter 2: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 cool thought that I haven't seen really much earlier that seems fun.  The instructions together with suggestions for making your ain stimulate got upwardly vii pages together with thus the 30 pages are i large activeness (geared for each flat floor K, 1, & 2).
• The prissy affair almost the partitioning of the copies betwixt K, 1, & two is that each newspaper specifies on the printout which Common Core criterion is beingness reinforced.
• Chapter 3: Math & Tell has ideas for y'all to stimulate got your students brand their ain stories to equations.  They give some samples together with how to effectively produce it inwards your class.
• Chapter four is actually fun amongst games together with puzzles.  Nine pages of pedagogy together with thus 30 pages of copies.
• Chapter five is my favorite chapter amongst bringing math outside.  Six pages of instructions together with tips, thus xx or thus pages of reproducible activities for K, 1, & 2.
• I enjoyed how many senses some of the activities incorporated.
• Chapter 6 gives ideas together with some activities for teaching/reinforcing math amongst the holidays together with seasons.

Overall, I enjoyed the mass but I did roughshod that some of the reproducibles could stimulate got been condensed.  The golden parts of the mass are where the authors advise how y'all tin contain their ideas into how y'all teach.  After all, I intend that is how most teachers produce it (take proficient ideas together with learn it the best y'all tin amongst your ain spin).

Do y'all purpose a hands-on approach to math inwards your classroom?  I'd dearest to know how good it's going.