📚 Thanksgiving Sale: ALL Print Books Discounted! 📚

Thanks in many languages

November is the traditional month of thanksgiving, at least here in the U.S. The harvest is in, and we have holidays just around the corner. It’s a great time to take stock of our blessings and practice gratitude.

I’m thankful for YOU! 😍 And for everyone who reads my books, blog, newsletter, etc., or backs my Kickstarter campaigns, supports my Patreon, or whatever way you choose to share the Playful Math adventure.

But especially, for those of you who cut out the middleman and buy direct through my store or on Kickstarter.

How It Happened

I was updating my business bookkeeping last weekend (How do I get so far behind?!), and I noticed that my direct-to-you sales this year have blown far past my sales through the normal online retailers.

Wow!

So I decided it was time for a Thank-You sale.

I can’t mark down my print books very often, because the cost of printing and shipping lurks like a monster behind the scenes, eager to take a bite out of every purchase. There’s nothing I can do about those fixed expenses, and they keep going up.

But this feels like a month for celebration, so here we go:

ALL PRINT BOOKS—paperback, hardcover, and spiral bound—are included in the “I’m Thankful for You” Sale. A 10% discount applies automatically at checkout, no discount code required.

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This would be a great time to grab a book for someone on your holiday gift list—and treat yourself to something new, too.

With my thanks!

 
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ALL Mathy Merchandise on Sale Now

Cool Cats Play Math T-shirt

April has been a crazy month here at my little one-person business, which means promotion fell through the cracks.

I try to run a sale on something every month, to give you a reason to drop by my Playful Math Store. And I’m supposed to post blogs and social media about the discount, so nobody misses saving money on something they’ve been waiting for.

This month’s sale was a hefty 20% off every bit of mathy merchandise in the store. Cool T-shirts, fun mugs, handy totebags, and more!

My plan was to offer a big discount before all the tariffs kick in and mess up my pricing, since even items that are produced in the US often use components from overseas, which makes me expect prices to rise over the coming months.

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Only Two Days Left for Math Journaling Adventures

Math Journaling Adventures series by Denise Gaskins
  • If you’re a parent trying to help your child learn math…
  • Or a teacher looking for creative ideas for your classroom…
  • Or a homeschooling parent hoping to enrich your student’s understanding…

Then you’ll love the Math Journaling Adventures series because these logbooks guide your children to explore mathematics at a deeper level, building a strong foundation to support future learning.

It’s a fun way to enrich any math curriculum, and great for unschoolers, too.

But you have to ACT FAST: The Kickstarter campaign ends in 2 days!

Order Your Copy Today ❯

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Math Journaling Adventures: It Keeps Getting Better

brother and sister journaling together

Math Journaling Adventures series by Denise GaskinsDid you know that, with our recent stretch goals, each Math Journaling Adventures logbook now features 94 amazing ways to play math with your kids?

And every pledge pushes us closer to the next bonus, which means more new activities for every backer.

Don’t miss out on the excitement. Order your copy today:

Visit the Math Journaling Kickstarter ❱

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Math Adventures Merchandise to Inspire Your Kids

Two girls studying

Math Journaling Adventures series by Denise GaskinsMy new math book series, the Math Journaling Adventures, just launched on Kickstarter.

And I’m trying several new reward options I’ve never done before. (The “rewards” on Kickstarter are all the various things you can buy with your support pledge.)

This is going to be so much fun!

Check it out:

Math Journaling Adventures

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Math Journaling Adventures Launched: Order Your Copy Today

Math Journaling Adventures: Creative Logbooks for All Ages

And so it begins: the Math Journaling Adventures is LIVE on Kickstarter!

Check It Out ❯

⭐ Don’t delay! First-day backers get the best deals. Choose one of the Earlybird rewards:

  • Earlybird 2-Logbook Sets in Digital, Paperback, Spiral-Bound, or Hardcover
  • Earlybird Everything Bundles in Digital or Paperback

To have a successful campaign, we need plenty of people to back the project early. The more supporters we get in these early days, the more likely the Kickstarter platform folks will help spread the news for us.

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Why I Love Kickstarter

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Math Journaling Adventures Kickstarter projectOver the several weeks, you’ll be hearing a lot about Kickstarter and my Math Journaling Adventures project. I’m proud of the books, and I want to spread the news as far and wide as possible.

You’ll appreciate how these books make it easy to weave playful math into your family’s schedule. Just open to any page for a puzzle, activity, game, investigation, or other creative prompt.

But I know there are many readers who don’t know much about crowdfunding. Some people even think that a campaign like this is just online begging.

So I want to share what I totally love about Kickstarter and how much it offers you, the customer:

(1) It’s the “New World” of publishing.

In the old days, traditional publishing companies paid writers in advance to write the books the publisher wanted to see. In this new world, you get to choose and support the writers creating books you want to read.

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Coming Soon: Math Journaling Adventures

Math Journaling Adventures Kickstarter

Coming Soon! On March 3, I’ll be launching the first installment in my new book series, the Math Journaling Adventures.

You’ll love these books because they make creative math investigations open-and-go for busy parents and teachers.

And the Kickstarter prelaunch page is now live. That means you can sign up to get an email from Kickstarter as soon as the campaign launches:

Visit the Prelaunch Page ❯

If you back the campaign on launch day, you can catch a great deal with the Earlybird discount pledge levels.

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Holiday Countdown Craft

photo of calendar and hourglass timer

Marking time is hard for children (and often for us adults, as well).

I don’t mean telling time, which has its own difficulties. But waiting, marking time until the Big Day or Important Event arrives.

Whether you’re counting down the days to Christmas, or the hours until New Year’s Day, or waiting for a birthday or visit to Grandma — it’s never easy to sit idly during the interim.

Holiday Countdown

Holiday Countdown craft bookHere’s a fun little craft that can make the waiting easier, or at least make it easier to keep track of how much longer until the time is right.

It’s a spinning time-piece for kids to decorate and put together (with a bit of adult help wielding a craft knife).

Holiday Countdown is a 28-page printable file includes illustrated instructions, along with countdown timers for birthday, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve celebrations, plus blank timers you can adapt to any occasion.

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Mandala Version, with Video Instructions

The ever-creative Manja designed a mandala-coloring version of the countdown timer for New Year’s Eve. Read all about it (and find the download links) on her Hattifant blog.

 
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“Holiday Countdown Craft” copyright © 2024 by Denise Gaskins. Image at the top of the post copyright © BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.