Number Stories Is Back, Very Limited Time Only

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

If you missed Number Stories of Long Ago last time, it is available as a free downloadable pdf file at the Homeschool Freebie of the Day Labor Day Weekend/End of Summer Bash.

This offer should work for those who live outside the U.S. and were unable to read the Google Books file.

But act quickly!

The offer is only good “until Monday night” — and I don’t know which time zone they’re in.

howtosolveproblemsWant to help your kids learn math? Claim your free 24-page problem-solving booklet, and sign up to hear about new books, revisions, and sales or other promotions.

Online Game: Math Caching

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

In the treasure-hunting game of Geocaching (pronounced “geo-cashing”), players use GPS systems to locate boxes hidden at different geographical locations across the country.

Now, the creative people at Mathbits.com have come up with an online treasure-hunting activity for junior high and high school students, called MathCaching. Students solve mathematical problems to find hidden “boxes” on the Internet. Each box reveals clues to the location of the next one.

The MathCaching game covers pre-algebra through trigonometry topics, with calculus levels under development. For more information, visit the MathCaching site, or read the post on my Frugal Homeschooling blog.

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The Olympics: Math Puzzles and a Game

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[Photo by striatic.]

Maybe it’s because school is out for the summer, but there don’t seem to be all that many Olympics-related math resources on the Web. I did find one cool game, however, and a nice stack of word problems. I hope you enjoy them!

Update: Be sure to see my blog post Olympic Logic for more links and puzzles!

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Free Math History: Number Stories of Long Ago

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

If you teach elementary children, check out this read-aloud math history resource from Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

Number Stories of Long Ago
by David Eugene Smith

[This download is available for one day only. If you missed it, see the end of this post for other ways to get the book.]

From the Preface

“These are the stories that were really told in the crisp autumn evenings, the Story Teller sitting by the fire that burned in the great fireplace in the cottage by the sea. These are the stories as he told them to the Tease and the rest of the circle of friends known as the Crowd. Sitting by the fire and listening to the stories, in the lights and shadows of the dancing flames they could see the forms of Ching and Lugal and all the rest with their curious dress of long ago…”

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