70+ Things To Do with a Hundred Chart (EBOOK)

Absolutely fantastic that is giving us hours of fun with games asked to be playes again and again and again!

Invaluable book for those who want a wider picture than just following whatever a given curriculum tells you to do, or who don’t want to be tethered to the internet to find a fun new math game. Worth every penny, using worth a Year 1 math student but also had great fun pulling out a game to play with a high schooler from the local co-op. If you love math, and you love hard copies, take the dive and purchase this!

Excellent and fun way to approach math with my neurodiverse students.

Everything written by Denise Gaskins should be part of your family's math experience. The games and activities are clearly explained and fun. As a homeschool mom and professional educator I give every book 5 stars

The variety of activities that can be played with the hundred chart is amazing. It is so easy to grab a chart and play a game with my kids that math has become a go-to subject. I especially appreciate the way Denise Gaskins encourages creativity as a way to understand math more deeply than computation alone achieves.

My goal as a homeschooling parent is to guide my kids through math by keeping it an exciting process of discovery and I feel confident in achieving this with Denise Gaskins by my side.

Denise Gaskins is that sound voice of reason that comes into my head when I get agitated teaching. This isn't performance - this is play. My kids aren't on trial, they are learning to learn. If all else fails, notice and wonder.

Denise just put out another great math book and I got it on Kindle. And I LOVE IT!!!!! Ok, I'll be honest, she hasn't put out a book yet that I haven't loved and I recommend them all the time.

70 Things To Do On The Hundred Chart - First thing, don't buy or download the chart. Have your kids make them. There is a particular exercise that we did that my son loved. Use your finger and trace a pattern on the chart. How do the numbers change? Start at 3 and go straight down. Start at three and go across. Start at three and go diagonal or zig-zag. What do you notice? That little exercise will teach students a ton about math and how numbers are made.

She covers everything from shapes and patterns, to counting, addition and multiplication, percents, decimals, probability, and strategy and logic. That is a lot for $4.99.

You know what else she does? She gives you that gentle pep talk at the beginning to remind you of everything I said in the first paragraph and she gives you permission to stop and notice...don't forget to wonder!

"Problem Solving is a habit of mind that you and your children can learn and grow in."

As a homeschooling parent I am thankful to have Denise Gaskin's books and online resources to help me in my quest to help my children (and myself!) build a positive relationship with mathematics.

This book includes and brief introduction and summary which speak to the importance of play and discussion in helping children to learn, and love, mathematics. The activities are divided into chapters based on different topics (counting, addition/subtraction, multiplication, etc.), and within the chapters the activities are organized according to difficulty. This format makes it easy to quickly flip to the desired section and to find an activity suited to the age/ability of students.

The writing is down-to-earth and encouraging, and the instructions for the activities are easy to understand. The activities do not require lots of preparation or additional resources -- for most of them you only need a printed chart and pencil or marker. These activities will be easy to pull out we when need a change of pace or something fun to add to our usual math work, or when I hear a chorus of “I’m bored.”

I read this in the eBook format. I rarely read eBooks and generally prefer paper books, but this particular book is well suited for this format because it contains quite a few links to online resources. The majority of the links are to extra activities and supplementary resources for instructions contained in this book, but I do wonder if these resources will stay available for years to come, or if they will become obsolete in the future.

Overall, I think this is a valuable resource to have for my homeschool, and could be used for anyone looking for ways to build good problem solving skills (not just for children!). It can stand alone, but I think it is a lovely companion to the author’s “Let’s Play Math” book.(I received a free preview copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)