Author Description

Six extra pages in this updated version of Right Brain Math. It is a revolutionary way to learn math from MisterNumbers (Tom Biesanz), who has almost 5 million views on Youtube and 26,000 subscribers. His approach to math is called Pattern Play Math, a visual, playful, kinesthetic way to SEE and PLAY with the patterns in numbers. Many kids, parents and teachers struggle with the current grinding repetition drill approach. Right Brain Math fits the way many kid’s minds work, focusing on visual and auditory patterns. It is designed for kids to EXPERIENCE number patterns. Examples of experiential play are the EZ Times Table, Number Circles, and Tic-Tac-Toe Squares. This 3D view allows kids to take ownership and resistance to math disappears. Right Brain Math bypasses many of the misunderstandings caused by language and kids see the pattens in numbers directly themselves. This also allows older struggling students to start over. Numbers ARE PATTERNS. Many games and puzzles are based on patterns, so Right Brain Math reveals the intrinsic patterns in numbers in a fun fascinating way that kids (and parents and teachers) experience as cool. The Seamless structure of the EZ Times Table allows connections between addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, factors, squares, prime numbers, and more. They find it easy to put the patterns of the ones and tens-digits together to create the times tables themselves. Students play comfortably with larger and larger numbers as they focus on the patterns. The Number Wheel patterns are used in Waldorf schools and Montessori schools. Thomas Biesanz also has created the Wheel Math, Wheel Fun app for iPhones and Android phones. Other books by Thomas Biesanz include Calendar Math Magic, Number Wheels, and Addition on a Number Wheel.