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Books

Younger children

Family Math for Young Children: Comparing, by Grace Coates, Jean Kerr Stenmark, and Brian Gothberg

There are some good activities to be done together; the child and the parent(s).

1st Grade - 3rd Grade

Scholastic 100 Math Activities kids need to do by 3rd Grade, by Jackie Glasthal

This book is for 3rd grade students, although some of the activities can be done by 1st and 2nd graders strong in math. There are several drill type problems, however, there also some topics for “deep” thinking: for example, see prime numbers and math magic. This series has books for other grades as well, but I have not read them.

3rd Grade and higher

   Math Olympiad Contest Problems for Elementary and Middle Schools, by George Lenchner
    A great collection of problems!

    The Everything Kids’ Math Puzzles Book: Brain Teasers, Games, and Activities for Hours of Fun, by Meg Clemens, Sean Glenn, Glenn Clemens, and Sean Clemens
    My favorite book in this class. It has games, facts from history, several concepts from higher mathematics. A smart, well-written, book. Keep a copy in your car for your family car trips. You may be surprised at what your child starts talking about after a half-hour drive!

Popular Reading - Novels

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure, by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Resources

Math Kangaroo: www.mathkangaroo.org
An international competition for grades 2-12. Sample problems can be downloaded from their web site. The problems are creative; a breath of fresh air after reading hundreds variations of “Mary had five apples. She gave two of them to Henry...”-type problems.

Illuminations from NCTM: http://illuminations.nctm.org/
There are many lessons that can be used by teachers or parents. There are a few lessons that I liked and used in my own classes. There also web links to other math resources.

Department of Mathematics, Kansas State University: www.math.ksu.edu/main/events/hscomp/index_html
Information on competitions, summer camps, and other resources.

Word Problems for Kids, from Stfx University, Canada: www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/
Creative problems encouraging abstract thinking. Similar to the Math Kangaroo problems.

Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page: www.hoagiesgifted.org/
This could very well be the most comprehensive resource for gifted education. There are also resources & links to math.

Resources for teachers from PBS: www.pbs.org/teachers/math/

Cyberchase: http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
An excellent TV show funded by NSF. The web site has games, and links to math. Your child will learn math watching this cartoon!

Talent Search, Summer Programs, Online Courses, Contests
Several universities are involved in this type of work. For example:
Duke University: http://www.tip.duke.edu/
Johns Hopkins University: http://cty.jhu.edu/ts/
UC Berkeley: http://www-atdp.berkeley.edu/
Purdue University: http://www.geri.soe.purdue.edu/main/default.html
Stanford University: Education Program for Gifted Youth - summer programs for middle and high school students.

Techbridge Girls’ STEM events
https://www.techbridgegirls.org/what-we-do/stem-events/

Math Chicago: www.mathchicago.org
On line and traditional (Chicago area) math workshop for kids. Participants work on good math problems from olympiads and Math Kangaroo.

The Mathematical Association of America, American Mathematics Competitions: www.unl.edu/amc/
This is for grades 6 and higher. There are several competitions for different age groups, leading to the International Math Olympiad.

Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle School Students.

Free STEM Resources Provided By Public Libraries.
Thanks to Leslie and Ms. Emily for pointing this resource out!