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7 Wonderful Math Books I’ll Read to My Children This Summer

Ali
7 min readJun 22, 2022

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Math is a science founded on definitions. So is there a definition that encompasses all kids in the world? I think there is. Children are the only people in the world who want only one thing out of others, love.

We want everyone in the world to learn math, even putting every person through a learning system with a dense math curriculum at a young age. I believe this is the right thing to do, but don’t misunderstand; I do not think our education system is flawless, and I only believe in the theory of teaching children math from a young age.

As the father of two children, I set out to help my kids love math this summer. I decided that the best way to do this was to use the colorful world present in the books they are already in love with. That is why I have worked on coming up with a list of books I will read to my children again and again.

Again, my reasoning for this is not to teach my kids mathematics but to show them how much fun the idea and theory of math can be and, naturally, to help them love it. Most challenging, however, is to do this with books that do not depend on farm animals to teach.

Most of the books below do not teach mathematics but rather show that math is not a ghost to be afraid of, that it is something anyone can learn, and that through it, one…

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Ali
Ali

Written by Ali

Math Teacher. Content Curator. Soccer player. Maradona fan. Mostly write about the lectures I love to learn better. alikayaspor@gmail.com

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