Count on Math: Activities for Small Hands and Lively Minds [Paperback]

Pam Schiller (Author), Lynne Peterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1997

An easy how-to book for teaching math to young children.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Parents of kids ages 3-7 will relish a book packed with math-teaching activities for kids. Teachers and parents will appreciate an organization which attends to teaching concepts sequentially, using everyday materials. Kids can progress at their own speed using this title's clear explorations. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Pam Schiller, Ph.D., is an early childhood author, consultant, and highly sought after speaker. She has written numerous articles for early childhood journals, including Child Care Information Exchange and Texas Child Care Quarterly. Pam is the author of five early childhood curriculums, eleven children's books and more than 30 teacher and parent resource books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Gryphon House (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876591888
• ISBN-13: 978-0876591888
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Reference

More About the Author

Dr. Pam Schiller has an impressive career spanning nearly every facet of the early childhood profession. She was supervisor of Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten for the Pasadena (Texas) Independent School District, and Assistant Professor at the University of Houston at Clear Lake.

Dr. Schiller has authored numerous articles for early childhood journals as well as teacher resource books including The Instant Curriculum, co-authored by Joan Rossano and published Gryphon House.

Beyond her professional life, she maintains a special - and active interest in nature and the environment. Pam is the mother of two grown daughters and is a very proud grandmother-to-be!

Customer Reviews

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for teaching math concepts to young minds!, July 30, 2002

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S> Lloyd (Coarsegold, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Count on Math: Activities for Small Hands and Lively Minds (Paperback)

I teach Child Development at the College level. I was sent this book to review. I highly recommend it for parents of children 3-8, classroom teachers, homeschoolers and preschool teachers. Most people believe you should begin teaching math by teaching numbers and counting. Math is very conceptual. Before numbers are taught, children need to understand some relationships in time and space. This book is full of activites/experiments that do just that. An excellent way to begin building conceptual skills in young children (preschool) and a super way to teach and reinforce concepts in young elementary children. Parents also gain an understanding of certain terms such as numeration, seriation, etc. An excellent resource!

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Count on Math: Activities for Small Hands and Lively Minds, March 30, 2000

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Just Me "Just me" (Va Beach VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Count on Math: Activities for Small Hands and Lively Minds (Paperback)

Awesome! This book has been easy for me, a homeschooler, to use with both my 3-year old and 5-year old. Though they each are learning at different levels they are having fun and staying entertained. Materials used are easy to find around the house. Includes methods to evaluate progress, book and song lists for each learning unit and, for classroom teachers, a page to send home to parents so they can reinforce the learning going on in the classroom. It's been so great it's time to stop borrowing and buy my own. Highly recommend.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars math is FUN!!!, August 1, 2007

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This review is from: Count on Math: Activities for Small Hands and Lively Minds (Paperback)

This curriculum book is packed with fun, concrete experience with math concepts. I find the progression of concepts, with the next chapter building upon discoveries made in the previous chapter very helpful and beneficial. All of the activities utilize the manipulation of real things (leaves, pennies, buttons, water, salt...) All the materials are easy to obtain and anything that needs to be made in advance, a ring toss game for example, is quick and easy and uses houshold items, empty 2L bottles and paper plates cut into rings. Each chapter ends with a Home Connections page which can be copied and sent home to families. It outlines the concepts covered in the chapter, highlights vocabulary words and offers ways the concepts covered in the classroom can be reinforced at home. The "Using This Book" section offers a table for what ages to cover what material and for how long, wich i found slightly odd. Let your own child/children progress at a speed and to a level that is appropriate for them.