Taking the Numb Out of Numbers: Creative Ideas for Parents and Teachers to Help Children Understand and Enjoy Math(Revised Edition)

This delightful book uses newsclips and items from the media as the motivation for problems in arithmetic, geometry, data management and statistics. Don Fraser, an internationally sought-after speaker and world class teacher, shares his humor and mathematical insight in providing for children from grades 5 through 9 a series of thought-provoking items. These activities have been used as a basis for discussion in classrooms throughout the world and their presentation has been field-tested and honed by exceptional teachers.

Don Fraser, internationally sought-after speaker and twice-voted Teacher-of-the-Year, shares his humor and experience in teaching math to young students. As a teacher and later a Professor of Mathematics Education at OISE/ University of Toronto, Don has worked extensively with students at the elementary level. This experience combined with his gift for humor has made him a popular speaker, an outstanding teacher, and a highly successful writer. Among his publications are Mathemagic, Newspaper Math, Sport's Math and Yesterday's Sports, Today's Math. Whether you are seeking a highly motivational keynote speaker for a mathematics conference or merely want to chat with him about some interesting pedagogical issue, you can contact him by email at: dfraser@rogers.com