The author suggests that by presenting a positive attitude toward math at home, we can help our children learn math at school. The booklet offers math activities that are meaningful as well as fun. The focus is less on memorized problems and more on understanding concepts and applying thinking skills to arrive at an answer. The activities are arranged at increasingly harder levels of difficulty. With playing cards, a calculator, loose coins, empty containers, a grocery list, different size screws, and many other tools, the parent and child can spend hours playing and learning math together.
History is the story of people and events, and it is the record of times past.
The parent's attitude about history can make a difference for the child. Showing an interest in history and a belief that knowing history makes a difference for the parent's life encourages the child's own interest. The activities in this booklet are geared to children aged 4-11. Each of the activities can be adapted to a child of any age and ability level. Books listed in the Resources section are for primary level and upper elementary level school children.