I'm Trying to Love Math

This was a gift to my math-hater daughter. She loved it and change her view for math a little. Made us all smile

A funny book that really does a good job of describing math in the everyday world.

I teach 2nd grade and when I was in elementary school I hated math, therefore I try really hard to make math fun and engaging. This book is so fun! I love it, there are so many awesome and interesting connections between math and 'real' life. I will say 2nd grade is a little young, it's probably better for 4th-6th grade because some of the connections are little more advanced.

This book illustrates what is wrong with math education. It uses badly executed pictures (that look like drawn by a 7 years old) silly texts (that look like composed by a 9 years old) to try to - supposedly - describe what math is about. I purchased it to use with my middle school students (ages 11-13) - but it insults their intelligence. I was then thinking to use it with my 7 years old granddaughter - but it is too silly even for her. Thanks Heavens, Amazon has a pretty flexible return policy and the Purolator drop off box is close by. PS: To make my day even more disappointing, when I tried to find an envelope where I could fit this book to return it, I found out the format of the book to be quite tricky to be fitted inside normal large size envelopes.

This was a cute book. I read it to my 12 year old who hates math. It’s kinda cheesy but it got her thinking about all of the different ways we use math. I really like the quiz question on the inside cover.