Math Lab for Kids

Math is the foundation of all sciences and key to understanding the world around us. Math Games Lab for Kids shares more than 50 hands-on activities that make learning about math fun by drawing and building shapes, solving puzzles, and playing games.

Have fun:

• exploring geometry and topology by making prisms, antiprisms, Platonic solids, and Möbius strips.
• building logic skills by playing and strategizing through tangrams, toothpick puzzles, and the game of Nim.
• drawing and charting graphs to learn the language of connections.
• discovering how to color maps like a mathematician by using the fewest colors possible.
• creating mind bending fractals with straight lines and repeat shapes.

The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, energy, and even how to create your own circus-all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples.

The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.