Everyone Can Learn Math

How do you approach a math problem that challenges you? Do you keep trying until you reach a solution? Or are you like Amy, who gets frustrated easily and gives up?Amy is usually a happy and enthusiastic student in grade five who loves to dance, but she is struggling with a tough math assignment. She doesn't think she is good at math because her classmates always get the answers faster than she does and sometimes she uses her fingers to help her count. Even though her mom tries to help her, Amy is convinced she just cannot do math. She decides not to do the assignment at all since she thinks she wouldn't do well anyway.As Amy goes about her day, her experiences at ballet class, the playground, and gym class have her thinking back to how she gave up on her math assignment. She starts to notice that hard-work, practice, and dedication lead to success, thanks to her friends and teachers. She soon comes to understand that learning math is no different than learning any other skill in life. With some extra encouragement from her math teacher, a little help from her mom, and a new attitude, Amy realizes that she can do math!...

Children's Books

Aspinall, Alice

Literature & Fiction

FriesenPress

How do you approach a math problem that challenges you? Do you keep trying until you reach a solution? Or are you like Amy, who gets frustrated easily and gives up? Amy is usually a happy and enthusiastic student in grade five who loves to dance, but she is struggling with a tough math assignment. She doesn't think she is good at math because her classmates always get the answers faster than she does and sometimes she uses her fingers to help her count. Even though her mom tries to help her, Amy is convinced she just cannot do math. She decides not to do the assignment at all since she thinks she wouldn't do well anyway. As Amy goes about her day, her experiences at ballet class, the playground, and gym class have her thinking back to how she gave up on her math assignment. She starts to notice that hard-work, practice, and dedication lead to success, thanks to her friends and teachers. She soon comes to understand that learning math is no different than learning any other skill in life. With some extra encouragement from her math teacher, a little help from her mom, and a new attitude, Amy realizes that she can do math!...

Product Description Look for the Math Around You: Geometry is a collection of real-life photos with question prompts to help start math conversations with children. Shapes, lines, and angles are everywhere around us; together, they make up the beauty of our world. When children can see geometry concepts all around them, they begin to make connections to what they learn about in the classroom. Perfect for reading at home or in the classroom, this book will help children see math in their daily lives. Use the optional prompts or go off-script and have fun looking for the math around you! Review Not only does this book guide you with geometry questions but also has wonderful vocabulary to discuss! From three-dimensional to parallel lines to perpendicular lines to reflection to point of intersection and the list goes on and on! This book will definitely get the geometry conversation going while expanding your little one's vocabulary! - Amazon Customer About the Author Alice Aspinall, B.Math(Hon), B.Ed, is a Portuguese-Canadian secondary mathematics educator in Ontario, Canada. She loves spending time with her husband and two children reading books, playing math games, and exploring the outdoors.Alice is a strong advocate of the growth mindset. She is continually looking for ways to build young people's confidence in math and to make math fun, challenging, and satisfying. Her innovative lessons and her dedication in the classroom have made a positive impact on her students' attitudes toward math. Her YouTube channel, "MrsALovesMath," exemplifies her commitment to her students' learning.Alice is also a champion for females in STEM by encouraging girls to pursue science and mathematics both in high school and in post-secondary education.Alice believes everyone can learn math and she is on a mission to prove it.

Look for the Math Around You: Geometry

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Code Breaker Inc.

Product Description Look for the Math Around You: Arrays is a collection of real-life photos with question prompts to help start math conversations with children. Arrays are an excellent way to arrange objects for visual effect and for easy counting. When children understand the rows and columns in an array, they make connections to addition, multiplication, and division concepts. Perfect for reading at home or in the classroom, this book will help children see math in their daily lives. Use the optional prompts or go off-script and have fun looking for the math around you! Review My son and I devoured this book. He loved seeing the arrays and talking about what he notices. The prompts on the side are nice for parents to think about different questions to ask. In school, he can answer the questions quickly but has trouble explaining his thinking. This book is great to get him talking about how he came to that answer. The pictures are from everyday life, which reminds us to look for the math in our everyday lives.I like how some questions are not limited to one answer, and we can talk about the different ways we came up with our answers. We are excited to try the other books in the series too. -Parent, EducatorWhat a wonderful way to start talking about arrays - addition, multiplication or both! The open ended questions in this book can be used at multiple levels. The amazing pictures really show how arrays can be found anywhere and how you can be on the lookout to find them with your students/children! -Amazon Customer About the Author Alice Aspinall, B.Math(Hon), B.Ed, is a Portuguese-Canadian secondary mathematics educator in Ontario, Canada. She loves spending time with her husband and two children reading books, playing math games, and exploring the outdoors.Alice is a strong advocate of the growth mindset. She is continually looking for ways to build young people's confidence in math and to make math fun, challenging, and satisfying. Her innovative lessons and her dedication in the classroom have made a positive impact on her students' attitudes toward math. Her YouTube channel, "MrsALovesMath," exemplifies her commitment to her students' learning.Alice is also a champion for females in STEM by encouraging girls to pursue science and mathematics both in high school and in post-secondary education.Alice believes everyone can learn math and she is on a mission to prove it.

Look for the Math Around You: Arrays

Product Description Look for the Math Around You: Estimation is a collection of real-life photos with question prompts to help start math conversations with children. Estimating is a skill we use every day. When children learn to hone their estimating skills, they begin to estimate everything around them – correct answers to math problems, materials needed for an art project, and even how long it will take them to fold their laundry! Perfect for reading at home or in the classroom, this book will help children see math in their daily lives. Use the optional prompts or go off-script and have fun looking for the math around you! Review This book about estimation is wonderful! Not only does it encourage the conversation about estimation but also the reasoning behind the estimation given. It prompts you with questions that make you think of the pictures in different ways. Love all the real world examples used! -Amazon Customer About the Author Alice Aspinall, B.Math(Hon), B.Ed, is a Portuguese-Canadian secondary mathematics educator in Ontario, Canada. She loves spending time with her husband and two children reading books, playing math games, and exploring the outdoors.Alice is a strong advocate of the growth mindset. She is continually looking for ways to build young people's confidence in math and to make math fun, challenging, and satisfying. Her innovative lessons and her dedication in the classroom have made a positive impact on her students' attitudes toward math. Her YouTube channel, "MrsALovesMath," exemplifies her commitment to her students' learning.Alice is also a champion for females in STEM by encouraging girls to pursue science and mathematics both in high school and in post-secondary education.Alice believes everyone can learn math and she is on a mission to prove it.

Look for the Math Around You: Estimation

Look for the Math Around You: Fractions is a collection of real-life photos with question prompts to help start math conversations with children. Fractions appear in many ways in our lives – not just in the classroom. Explore the countless places we can find fractions in our world. Perfect for reading at home or in the classroom, this book will help children see math in their daily lives. Use the optional prompts or go off-script and have fun looking for the math around you!

Look for the Math Around You: Fractions

Look for the Math Around You: Math Chats

Product Description Look for the Math Around You: Patterns is a collection of real-life photos with question prompts to help start math conversations with children. Patterns are everywhere – in nature, our homes, in the classroom, and even on clothes! When children notice patterns in the world around them, they begin to make connections to patterning and algebra concepts in mathematics. Perfect for reading at home or in the classroom, this book will help children see math in their daily lives. Use the prompts or go off-script and have fun looking for the math around you! Review Such a variety of patterns conversations in this book! It really shows how patterns can be found anywhere and everywhere. These conversations can truly be started at any age! Great pictures! -Amazon Customer About the Author Alice Aspinall, B.Math(Hon), B.Ed, is a Portuguese-Canadian secondary mathematics educator in Ontario, Canada. She loves spending time with her husband and two children reading books, playing math games, and exploring the outdoors.Alice is a strong advocate of the growth mindset. She is continually looking for ways to build young people's confidence in math and to make math fun, challenging, and satisfying. Her innovative lessons and her dedication in the classroom have made a positive impact on her students' attitudes toward math. Her YouTube channel, "MrsALovesMath," exemplifies her commitment to her students' learning.Alice is also a champion for females in STEM by encouraging girls to pursue science and mathematics both in high school and in post-secondary education.Alice believes everyone can learn math and she is on a mission to prove it.

Look for the Math Around You: Patterns

¿Cómo abordas un problema de matemáticas que te desafía? ¿Sigues intentando hasta llegar a una solución? ¿O eres como Amy, que se frustra fácilmente y se rinde? Amy suele ser una alumna feliz y entusiasta de quinto grado a la que le encanta bailar, pero está luchando con una tarea difícil de matemáticas. No cree que sea buena en matemáticas porque sus compañeros de clase siempre obtienen las respuestas más rápido que ella y, a veces, usa sus dedos para ayudarla a contar. A pesar de que su madre intenta ayudarla, Amy está convencida de que no puede hacer matemáticas. Decide no hacer la tarea en absoluto, ya que cree que no le iría bien de todos modos. A medida que Amy continúa con su día, sus experiencias en la clase de ballet, el patio de recreo y la clase de gimnasia la hacen pensar en cómo abandonó su tarea de matemáticas. Ella comienza a notar que el trabajo duro, la práctica, y la dedicación conducen al éxito, gracias a sus amigos y maestros. Pronto llega a comprender que aprender matemáticas no es diferente a aprender cualquier otra habilidad en la vida. Con un estímulo adicional de su maestra de matemáticas, un poco de ayuda de su madre, y una nueva actitud, Amy se da cuenta de que puede hacer matemáticas.

Todos Pueden Aprender Matematicas (Spanish Edition)

Education & Reference

EduMatch

Review\nAlice Aspinall's Everyone Can Learn Math is a beautifully crafted children's book! What I loved about this story were the real and raw emotions of learning mathematics and sharing them with people who care - friends, teacher, and parent. Wonderful job!! -Sunil Singh, Author of Math Recess: Playful Learning in an Age of Disruption, Pi of Life: The Hidden Happiness of Mathematics, New York Times Writer, Math Learning Specialist\nMy youngest son and I read your book. He's had a tough time in school and I've been homeschooling him now for just over a year. As he was reading your book he was surprised how accurately you understood his math struggle. For the longest time he felt like the only kid who didn't get math, but your book has helped! Thanks so much for writing it. -Parent\nAfter reading "Everyone Can Learn Math" to my four-year-old daughter for the first time, I asked her what she thought. She replied, "I love it. Can we read it again?" I can think of no better endorsement for Alice Aspinall's book. Nonetheless, here is mine: 
This book, inspired by Jo Boaler's work on creating a growth mindset, sends an imperative message to young children: math is a language everyone can learn. Young Amy, the math-frustrated protagonist, soon realizes she does possess the skills to succeed in math, and they are determination and perseverance. The skills to do math are not some elusive math gene that she simply wasn't born with; they are skills that she has already developed in other areas of her life. After seeing friends achieve goals with hard work and recognizing her own hard work in completing an arabesque, Amy realizes her "brain is a muscle, you know," and she just needs to "make it grow." With a fresh perspective, Amy succeeds. 
"Everyone Can Learn Math" is an accessible book with an important message for young and old alike. Bring this book into your homes and read it to your young children. Let this essential children's book, sweetly illustrated in gentle watercolour by Alexandria Masse, show the beauty and joy in recognizing the value of a positive attitude toward math. -Julie Homenuik, Parent, Secondary English Educator\nAmy is usually a happy and enthusiastic student in grade five who loves to dance, but she is struggling with a tough math assignment. She doesn’t think she is good at math because her classmates always get the answers faster than she does and sometimes she uses her fingers to help her count. Even though her mom tries to help her, Amy is convinced she just cannot do math. She decides not to do the assignment at all since she thinks she wouldn’t do well anyway.As Amy goes about her day, her experiences at ballet class, the playground, and gym class have her thinking back to how she gave up on her math assignment. She starts to notice that hard-work, practice, and dedication lead to success, thanks to her friends and teachers. She soon comes to understand that learning math is no different than learning any other skill in life. With some extra encouragement from her math teacher, a little help from her mom, and a new attitude, Amy realizes that she can do math!

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Everyone Can Learn Math

Everyone Can Learn Math

Look for the Math Around You: Geometry

Look for the Math Around You: Arrays

Look for the Math Around You: Estimation

Look for the Math Around You: Fractions

Look for the Math Around You: Math Chats

Look for the Math Around You: Patterns

Todos Pueden Aprender Matematicas (Spanish Edition)

Everyone Can Learn Math