Math Puzzles & Games: A Workbook for Ages 6-8 (Gifted & Talented)

You can teach your child to add and subtract, multiply and divide without workbooks. But the schools now insist on what they call "thinking" problems. These types of problems ususally are just confusing to kids because they are hard to understand. But the problems in this book really do stimulate thinking and they also offer the "confusion" factor that comes in trying to figure out what they want. Hey, we are stuck with these types of problems in the schools, whether you like them or not. This book has excellant problems and they have the answers in the back of the book. My daughter is 8 years old and she has found this a challenge. You still need to drill your child in the basic math facts, and this book does not do that, but you don't need a book for that. You do need a workbook of "thinking" problems. I think the teachers' colleges have lost their minds. This whole approach is flawed, but this workbook will help you teach your child how to cope with this goofy stuff. I highly recommend this book. And, wow, it's cheap!