Making Math Fun! With Books
Math – the ever talked about, spreads fear in the hearts of students and homeschool parents alike, subject. While I am a firm believer in a solid math base, and I choose to use a curriculum for our math base, there are a ton of other hands on, fun ways to introduce, learn, and practice math concepts. How about Making Math Fun With Books?
I have compiled a list of books to help make math fun. They include picture books, activity books, hands on learning fun, and more! While I have put them in subsequent age ranges, you will find that many can go up or down depending on your child. Be sure to check them out and decide for yourself if they are a good fit for your child.
Making Math Fun for Preschoolers
Richard Scarry’s Best Counting Book Ever
The M & M’s Counting Book (Ages 4+)
Making Math Fun for K – 6
Measuring Penny (Ages 5-8)
Bedtime Math (Ages 4-12)
Divide and Ride (Grades K-3)
The Coin Counting Book (Grades 1-3)
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Weights & Measures (Ages 7-10)
Awesome Minecraft Math Coloring Book Volume 1
The Grapes of Math (Grades 2-5)
Life of Fred Elementary Math Series (Grades K-5)
Life of Fred Intermediate Math (Grades 3-8)
Math is Categorical Series (Grades 1+)
- The Mission of Addition
- The Action of Subtraction
- A Fraction’s Goal – Part of a Whole
- A Dollar, a Penny, How Much and How Many?
- How Long or How Wide? A Measuring Guide
- A Second, a Minute, A Week With Days in It
- On the Scale, a Weighty Tale
Sir Cumference Series (Ages 7-11)
- Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
- Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
- Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland
- Sir Cumference and All the King’s Ten
- Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter
- Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone
The Everything Kids Math Puzzles Book (Ages 7-12)
Making Math Fun for Middle & High School
Life of Fred Pre-Algebra (Grades 5-8)
Life of Fred Intro to Algebra (Grades 6-12)
Life of Fred High School Math (Grades 9-12)
Life of Fred College Prep Math Series (Grades 6-12)
Mathemagic! Number Tricks (Ages 10-14)
Math Dictionary for Kids: The Essential Guide to Math Terms, Strategies, and Tables (Grades 4-9)
40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can’t Resist (Grades 4-8)
100 Math Brain Teasers (Grades 7-10)
Guesstimation: Solving the World’s Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin (Grades 7-9)
Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem (Grade 10+)
Street Fighting Mathematics (Grade 10+)
Mother of 3
April 20, 2016 @ 4:27 pm
What a great listing of math books; I had just bought the Minecraft coloring math book for our summer fun book.
Heidi
April 20, 2016 @ 7:39 pm
Thank you! I really think math can be a tricky subject and sometimes we need to stray from the norm (textbooks) and do something a little more fun!