I’m apparently slacking off. I read Kiss My Math two weeks ago, and still haven’t blogged about it. Meanwhile, my raving about it has driven at least three of my fellow teachers to run out and read both Kiss My Math and Math Doesn’t Suck.
This time, McKellar tackles integers (or “mint-egers”, as she calls them), variables, and exponents (at the request of visitors to Math Doesn’t Suck’s forum) with the same clarity and charm that filled Math Doesn’t Suck. Again, the book is filled with stories of her own struggles and successes, as well as stories from women who use math as a fundamental part of the work duties.
My fellow teachers and I are already putting one of her ideas to work because we’ve found her take on the dietary habits of pandas really does help kids handle the order of operations more successfully.
If you haven’t read either book, I highly recommend both of them!
