In perhaps the most helpful children’s math book I’ve read to date, Richard Schwartz teaches your child prime numbers and factoring in the book You Can Count on Monsters. I recommend this book to all children in the Palo Alto School District as well as the other Bay Area districts. The only prior knowledge your child needs in order to follow along with this book is how to multiply whole numbers. Schwartz introduces factor trees as an easy way to factor numbers. Schwartz matches a ‘monster’ image to each number. As your child goes through each number from one to one hundred, there is a factor tree for composite numbers and a number (with no factor tree) if it is prime. This easily allows your child to identify the prime numbers. The colorful artwork will keep your child’s interest up while they learn the difficult subject of prime numbers. Many children struggle with understanding prime numbers and You Can Count on Monsters is the perfect book for making prime numbers less scary for your child. At the Palo Alto-Menlo Park center, we sometimes use this book to help children who are having a difficult time learning prime numbers. I without a doubt recommend you pick up a copy of this book and read it with your child. For more information about math books and math help check out our website.
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