Books for Vocabulary and Math Development
Vocabulary Cartoons: Building an Educated Vocabulary with Visual Mnemonics
by Sam Burchers
"Kids Learn a Word a Minute and Never Forget It." A picture-word- association format that easy, fun, and really only takes 10 minutes a day.
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Up Your Score : The Underground Guide to the Sat, 1999-2000 (1999-2000)
by Larry Berger, et al.
An irreverent and effective approach to learning vocabulary, math etc. necessary to pass the SAT with a great score.
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Algebra Unplugged
by Kenn Amdahl and Jim Loats
For those of us that are left brain thinkers in a algebraic maze, this is the code book. The authors turn all of those formulas into interesting little stories. I finally understand how to think about and apply algebra.
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Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail
by Danica McKellar
Gives girls and their parents the tools they need to master the math concepts that confuse middle-schoolers most, including fractions, percentages, pre-algebra, and more.
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Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss
by Danica McKellar
Kiss My Math will help math-phobic teenagers everywhere chill out about math, and finally “get” negative numbers, variables, absolute values, exponents, and more.
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