Teaching Children to Love Problem Solving

This book was developed with the caring and concerned adult in mind and is a one-stop for anyone who would like to help a child develop problem solving thinking. They will become adept at the use of problem solving strategies over the course of their development from birth. For each age range, this book provides developmental information, relevant mathematical concepts, sample problems with multiple solutions, and finally activities to engage with as a family in order to develop mathematical thinking and problem solving skill.

Contents:

• The Earliest Years: Babies into Infancy
• Developing Toddler Thinking
• Preschool and Problem Solving
• Early Childhood Problem Solving
• Grade School Gurus
• Middle School Minds
• Teenage Thinking
• Preparing Late Teens
• Post-Secondary Problem Solvers
• Conclusion

Readership: Teachers and parents for the children.
Key Features:

• This text includes common core-aligned learning concepts and practices
• This text includes practical everyday activities for children to engage at every age
• This text includes sample problems with multiple answers demonstrating multiple problem solving strategies to approach each problem