Gifting Your Child: Math and Literacy from Infancy
Publisher: Kerman Bharucha
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Webster, USA
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780996047425
Table of contents: title: Gifting Your Child:; title: Math and Literacy from Infancy; title: Table of Contents; title: Introduction; title: A synopsis of what Grandson was taught by the age of 5; title: My hope in writing this book is to inspire prospective parents, young parents...; title: Level 1; title: Starting off with music and number-words (age of 1 week); title: The alphabet and numbers (age around 3 months); title: Teaching the alphabet (and numbers) to an infant; title: The Alphabet (and numbers) continued: Spatial visualization; title: Time to start with "writing" (age around 7 months); title: Level 2; title: Pushing new material into Grandson (age around 10 months); title: 1 Progression to small words and the numbers 10-99; title: 1-A-Progression to small words; title: -The "AT" series; title: -Other word series; title: -Progression to 4-letter uppercase words; title: 1-B-Progression to numbers 10 - 99; title: 2 Progression to lower-case letters; title: 3 Reading simple children's books to Grandson, with finger-tracing; title: ( ..... Grandson learns to talk ..... ); title: 4 Increase in Grandson's words-vocabulary; title: 5 Increase in Grandson's numbers-vocabulary; title: Level 3; title: 6 Skip-counting; title: 7 Reverse counting; title: 8 The limiting factor of "60" in clocks; title: 9 Reading an analog timepiece; title: 10 Counting a clock down in reverse; title: 11 Understanding a directional compass; title: Level 4; title: 12 Numbers 100 to 999; title: 13 Units, tens, hundreds, and the place value of a digit; title: 14 Verbalizing hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, trillions.....; title: 15 Writing out hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, trillions.....; title: Level 5; title: 16 Defining "point", "line", "straight-line"; title: 17 The all-important "number-axis"; the true meaning of Numbers; title: 18 The concept of "positive" and "negative" numbers; title: 19 The concept of "smaller" and "larger" numbers; title: 20 Some logical thinking with numbers; title: Level 6; title: 21 Addition; title: 22 Addition involving negative numbers; title: 23 Addition for the real world; title: 24 Basic "addition" word-problems; title: 25 Subtraction; title: 26 Subtraction involving negative numbers; title: 27 Subtraction for the real world; title: 28 Subtraction leading to a negative answer; title: 29 Direct subtraction leading to a negative answer; title: 30 Basic "subtraction" word-problems; title: Level 7; title: 31 The connection between (a-b) and (b-a); title: 32 The concept of "Absolute Value"; title: 33 Multiplication; title: 34 Multiplication for the real world; title: 34-A-Multiplication by 10; title: 35 Fast multiplication involving "half" (1/2); title: 36 Multiplication involving negative numbers; title: 37 Basic "multiplication" word-problems; title: Level 8; title: 38 Multiples and factors; title: 39 The concept of a "matrix"; title: 40 Squares, cubes, etc., and roots; title: 41 Division; title: 42 Division for the real world; title: 43 Division involving negative numbers; title: 44 Divisibility rules; title: 45 Basic "division" word-problems; title: Level 9; title: 46 Distributing items based on a ratio; title: 47 Even, odd, prime; title: 48 Fractions - proper; title: 49 Fractions - improper; title: 50 Fractions - negative; title: 51 Fractions - reducing; title: 52 Fractions - adding; title: 53 Fractions - subtracting; title: 54 Fractions - comparing; title: 55 Fractions - multiplying; title: 56 Fractions - dividing; title: 57 Fractions - verbalizing; title: 58 Fractions - improper, and mixed numbers; title: 59 Fractions - and ratios; title: Level 10; title: 60 Ratio and proportion, and the equivalency of ratios; title: 61 Mathematical expressions; title: 62 Reducing expressions; title: Level 11; title: 63 Decimals; title: 63-A-Other number systems; title: 63-B-The decimal point; title: 64 Math operations on decimal numbers; title: 64-A-Addition; title: 64-B-Subtraction; title: 64-C-Multiplication; title: 64-D-Division; title: 65 Dividing decimal numbers by 10, 100, 1000, etc.164; title: 66 Writing out hundreds, thousands, ....., etc., for decimal numbers; title: Level 12; title: 67 Decimals to fractions; title: 68 Fractions to decimals; title: 69 Percentage; title: 70 Fast percentage calculations; title: 71 Percentage to fraction; title: 72 Percentage to decimal; title: 73 Fractions to percentage; title: 74 Decimals to percentage; title: 75 Summary - fractions, decimals, percentages; title: 76 Increase, increase-fraction, increase-percentage; title: 77 Decrease, decrease-fraction, decrease-percentage; title: 78 The classification of numbers; title: Level 13; title: 79 Rounding; title: 80 Scientific notation; title: 81 Permutations and combinations; title: 81-A-Permutations; title: 81-B-Combinations; title: Level 14; title: 82 The "BALANCE" concept in Math - crucial!; title: 82-A-The basics of the "Balance" concept; title: 82-B-"Balances" as fractions - very useful !; title: 83 Word problems - every student's nemesis; title: (but not yours - you know the "Balance" concept in math); title: Level 15; title: 84 Unit and dimension analysis and conversion; title: 85 Areas and Volumes; title: 85-A-Areas; title: 85-B-Converting areas from one unit to another; title: 85-C-Volumes; title: 85-D-Converting volumes from one unit to another; title: Level 16; title: 86 Some interesting mental math; title: 86-A-Squares and products of larger numbers; title: 86-B-Fast multiplication with 11; title: Level 17; title: 87 Basic Algebra; title: 87-A-Rules for writing numbers and symbols in Algebra; title: 87-B-Some basic practice problems in Algebra; title: 87-C-Equations; title: 87-D-Cross-multiplication review; title: 87-E-Expanded view of cross-multiplication; title: 87-F-Some more practice problems in Algebra; title: Level 18; title: 88 Basic Geometry; title: 88-A-Basic definitions; title: 88-B-5 different types of angles can form when 2 lines meet; title: 88-C-Angles all around a point; title: 88-D-2 straight lines crossing each other; title: 88-E-Parallel lines crossing 2 or more other parallel lines; title: 88-F-How to mark figures and angles; title: 88-G-Polygon (types of); title: 88-H-Theorem 1; title: 88-I-Theorem 2; title: 88-J-Theorem 3; title: 88-K-Theorem 4; title: 88-L-Theorem 5; title: 88-M-Theorem 6; title: 88-N-Some practice problems in "congruence of triangles"; title: 88-O-The Circle; title: 88-P-Pi ("pie"), the universal constant; title: 88-Q-Formulas for a circle; title: 88-R-Some circle practice problems; title: 88-S-Summary of some interesting circle facts; title: Level 19; title: 89 Basic coordinate Geometry; title: 89-A-Convention for navigating the coordinate axes; title: 89-B-Practice naming the quadrants; title: 89-C-Generic signs of the coordinates in the quadrants; title: 89-D-Reading the coordinates of points; title: 89-E-Points that lie on the X- and Y-axes; title: 89-F-Coordinate Geometry, and Algebra; title: -line from an equation / equation of a line; title: 89-G -Independent and dependent variables; title: 89-H-Equations and graphs are connected; title: 89-I-Plotting some specific equations as graphs; title: 89-J-Negative slope; title: 89-K-Intercept of a line on the Y-axis; title: 89-L-Slope of a curve; title: 89-M-Generic equation of a straight line; title: 89-N-Finding the slope and intercept of a straight line; title: 89-O-Equations and slopes of the X- and Y-axes; title: 89-P-Parallel lines and their slopes; title: 89-Q-Perpendicular lines and their slopes; title: Level 20; title: 90 Basic important concepts in general science; title: 90-A-Law of conservation of mass and energy; title: 90-B-Einstein's Equation; title: 90-C-Difference between "mass" and "weight"; title: 90-D-Difference between "heat" and "temperature"; title: 90-E-Electromagnetic induction; title: 90-F-Composition and resolution of forces; title: -the single resultant of 2 or more forces on a body; title: -the "parallelogram of forces"; title: 90-G-Composition and resolution of velocities; title: 90-H-What is color?; title: -What is "Light" ?; title: -Why do objects appear colored ?; title: 90-I-What is a flame?; title: 90-J-Density; title: 90-K-Anomalous expansion of Water; title: Appendices; title: Appendix A:Random ready-recall addition; title: Appendix B:Random ready-recall subtraction; title: Appendix C:Multiplication tables through 20 x 20