Number Sense and Nonsense: Building Math Creativity and Confidence Through Number Play

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four cents on the third day eight cents on the fourth day and double the amount every day until the end of the month Guess how much money you would receive In the final section are lists of books for children and adults Reading some of these books will help your number sense grow Happy reading thinking and talking about math A Note to Parents and Teacher This book introduces groups of children having a wonderful time discussing reflecting on and arguing about mathematical ideas These children discover that some ideas make good number sense while other ideas do not make sense they are just plain nonsense Math is for everyone Research has shown that every child can learn math When experienced through challenging activities math can be a source of great joy and satisfaction to children and to adults No longer can parents excuse their children by say ing I was poor in math so I am not surprised that Jennifer has trouble learning the subject No longer can teachers justify their students failure with the excuse Those kids can't learn We now know a great deal about how children learn The British neuropsychologist Brian Butter worth believes that the brain has specialized circuits that he calls the Number Module In his fascinating and comprehensive book What Counts How Every