Mind Mania Math Clip

You don't need a pocket protector and a protractor to think math is fun. Mind Mania Math is the arcade-style game that'll teach kids grade-appropriate math facts. Exciting games like Math Invaders teach kids addition, subtraction, multiplication and division tables, plus decimals and fractions. And since it has a hip carabiner-style clip your math whiz can hook it to their backpack or belt and take it anywhere. We like this toy because you can take it with you and substitute it for the Gameboy when you’re waiting on line or at the doctor’s office. Ages 7+  $14.99

Stock Market Tycoon

Where will you invest? Will you try to hit it big with Amazon.com or is giant Bank of America more your speed? Developed by Market Insiders, Stock Market Tycoon offers all the thrills of a volatile Stock Market. Stock Market Tycoon is just like the real Stock Market; simple to learn but tough to master. The game requires strategy, nerves of steel, and a bit of luck. Buy, Sell, Day Trade! What should you do? Try out your most radical trading techniques and keep your real money safe.  Develop a strategy and go after it with the zeal of a big time industrialist! Kids will love the challenge in this exhilarating board game. The dice and the cards set the conditions. Your savvy determines how you do. Colorful board, playing cards, play money, stock certificates, dice and pawns. Ages 8+ $29.95

Math Minutes

These great activity books provide a quick reinforcement of basic math skills. Each book is developed to enhance a child’s overall math fluency, plus add fun approaches to key areas, ranging from counting and measurement in the first grade volume through factors and square roots in the middle-school edition, with ten problems of varying degrees of difficulty on each page.  Each page has ten math problems on it designed to be done a problem a minute. We like to use this book to squeeze in math practice since the problems are short enough without loosing quality.  Grades 1-5 and Middle School level.  $14.95

Mighty Math Calculating Crew - part of Achieve! series

This software program helps children learn math in a fun and exciting way. Multiplication, division of whole numbers and decimals, number line concepts and money transactions are included in a game format that makes math fun to master. A two player option allows kids to play with a friend. You can buy this program from the publisher here.  $24.99

Mighty Math® Calculating Crew® Join the Mighty Math® Calculating Crew® on four exciting adventures into grade school math concepts. Visit fun locations like Dr. Gee's 3D Lab, where you'll cook up printable number creations. Along the way, you'll build a host of important skills including advanced multiplication and division, number line concepts, 3D shapes, and money math.

Singapore Math - These workbooks are used most often by homeschoolers in the US and are used nationally in Singapore.  The books have been modified for the US audience and are wonderfully written.   Singapore Math is recommended by many professionals who work with gifted children.  Click here to see a description of the curriculum from the text. Click here to see a sample page.

Developing Mathematical Talent

This is a terrific book for the gifted child who excels in mathematics. Focusing on challenging and educating these gifted children in math, the book covers topics such as testing and assessment, talent searches, suggested materials and curricula and teaching mathematically talented children.   It is an excellent book packed with information that you can always go back to refer to. Topics such as advocacy, enrichment and acceleration are covered.  As we parents of gifted children know, their talents show themselves very early.  This book has a discussion regarding preschoolers.

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