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This title in other editionsMath Wizardry for Kids: Over 200 Fun and Challenging Math Puzzles, Games, Designs, and Projects for Kids!by Margaret Kenda
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Re-styled and featuring new, fun-to-do projects and color illustrations, this brand-new edition of Barron's Math Wizardry for Kids demonstrates to young readers that numbers are fascinating to ponder, fun to calculate, and an important key to scientific understanding. Kids explore intriguing concepts, such as Fibonacci numbers, which dramatically express symmetries in the shapes and number patterns that we regularly encounter in plant life and other aspects of nature. Among the recommended activities for young readers that are presented new in this edition are experiments with time--
Additional fun projects include constructing ciphers and cracking codes, managing money, devising a stock market game, thinking like a computer, and many others. The authors' suggested tools for becoming a math wizard are simple and easily available. They include plenty of paper (including graph and construction paper), pencils, a ruler, a drawing compass, a directional compass, a protractor, a triangle, a simple calculator, a notebook for recording observations, and miscellaneous art supplies. Add them together with this fascinating book and the result equals hours of fun. Color illustrations throughout. Synopsis:"This new edition of Math Wizardry for Kids is designed to demonstrate to young readers that numbers are fascinating to ponder, fun to calculate, and the key to scientific understanding." --The Education Digest Synopsis:(back cover) This new, fun-filled edition of Barron"s Math Wizardry for Kids demonstrates to young readers that numbers are fascinating to ponder, fun to calculate, and the key to scientific understanding. Open this book and explore concepts, such as Fibonacci numbers, which dramatically express symmetries in the shapes and number patterns of plant life and other aspects of nature. You"ll also discover how to perform math-based experiments, create ciphers, use math principles to crack codes, devise a stock market game, and much more.
Math is both mind-expanding and fun'"and Math Wizardry for Kids is the book that proves it!
Hundreds of color illustrations About the AuthorMargaret Kenda is a writer specializing in creative, hands-on projects for children. Her books' subjects include science, math, geography, inventions, language, and cooking. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and holds a doctorate from the University of Iowa. She lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts.Phyllis S. Williams is the original co-author of Barron's Wizardry for Kids series of books. A graduate of Bates College and the University of Maine, she is a retired nurse and counselor. She lives in Bangor, Maine. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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