Someone is scaring young children away from math. Is it you? Hoodie loves math, but overhears her Mom saying she hates it. So she dreams meeting the Big Bad Wolf, who offers her a math adventure. Will her Mom approve? ISBN 978-0-9810927-7-5

• Grades:for teacher and parents
• Classroom tested: Math-for-parents sessions, preservice teachers
• Plot
  • Someone is scaring young children away from math. Is it you?
  • Hoodie loves math, but overhears her Mom saying she hates it. So she dreams meeting the Big Bad Wolf, who offers her a math adventure. Will her Mom approve?
• Math insights
  • Saying "I don't like math" or "I'm not good at math" has a negative effect on young students.
  • Mathematics is beautiful!
  • Concrete representations of consecutive odd numbers fit to form squares (for example: 1+3+5 make a 3x3 square and 1+3+5+7 make a 4x4 square).
  • This offers a "visual proof" that the sum of the first N odd numbers is NxN.
  • Teachers and parents are invited to explore what shapes even numbers make, and how this helps them find an expression for the sum of the first N even numbers.

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