Everyday Math Missions

Put everyday math to work in a neighborhood full of useful jobs.

Join Mia, Leo and Noor as they pack a picnic, open a tiny shop, prepare a party, help with deliveries, build a mini town and get ready for a community day. Each illustrated mission gives children ages 6-8 a practical problem to solve with a pencil.

Inside are:
• 60 numbered missions, each on its own activity page.
• Practice with counting, addition, subtraction, equal groups and fair sharing.
• Pretend shopping with US dollars and cents, prices, totals, budgets and change.
• Whole-hour and half-hour clocks, with quarter-hour and elapsed-time stretch activities.
• Inches, centimeters, pounds and cups, plus shapes, patterns, picture charts and grid routes.
• Start, Explore and Stretch labels, a hint for every mission, and space to write or draw.
• Explained answers for all 60 missions, with number checks or completed picture examples.

Grown-up guidance and handy money, clock and measurement pages help families get started. Optional creative pages invite children to design a mission, play shop and plan an afternoon. A mission passport and certificate celebrate their efforts.

This 112-page, 8.5 x 11-inch paperback has a black-and-white interior. Only a pencil is needed; an eraser is useful. Grown-up reading help is welcome. The activities offer focused practice rather than a complete school curriculum.