Skip to content
Cha Ching Queen
  • Money MattersExpand
    • Make More Money
    • Spend Less
    • Budget Wisely
    • Financial Planning
    • Reviews & Recommendations
  • Eat WellExpand
    • Bread & Desserts
    • Diets and Eating Habits
    • Healthy Recipes
    • Kitchen Hacks
  • Clean Quickly
  • Live LifeExpand
    • Health & Beauty
    • Family And Relationships
    • Holidays & Gifts
    • At Home
  • Travel Tips
  • About
Cha Ching Queen
ByRachel Reading Time: 5 minutes
Home » Money Matters » Reviews » Bedtime Math Book for Kids to Help Make Math Fun – Review

Bedtime Math Book for Kids to Help Make Math Fun – Review

Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Twitter Share on Email Share on SMS
This post may contain affiliate links. Read the disclosure.
bedtime math book fun kids book

As a math teacher and private tutor, I see kids struggle with math. They think it’s hard, boring, and un-cool.  I work hard to help kids understand math and see how it is relevant to everyday life.

I was so glad to get the opportunity to review a math book for kids that helps make math fun.

Making Math Fun for Kids – Bedtime Math Book Review

Making Math Fun for Kids - Bedtime Math Book Review

I received a copy of Bedtime Math, a Fun Excuse to Stay up Late, by Laura Overdeck.   The book’s mission is to make math a fun part of kids’ everyday lives.

Laura Overdeck wanted to change many American’s views that math is too hard, boring, and not cool.  The book contains math problems fun for the whole family.  These kid-appealing problems cover topics such as roller coasters and flamingos.

There are three levels of math problems – wee ones, little kids, and big kids.  The wee one’s problems contain addition and subtraction with single-digit numbers.  Little kids have harder addition and subtraction problems. The big kids get multiplication and division challenges and other math lessons for 4th graders.

When you open the book you will see that one page contains a story or fact section with a few sentences and the page on the other side has word problems.  The stories have interesting facts and include a little humor.  The word problems go along with the facts or story you just read.

Wee ones / Little Kids Bedtime Math Book

My boys (ages 5 and 7) and one of my tutoring students (age 6) read through this book with me.  They enjoyed reading the stories and working the math problems.  We mostly did the “wee ones” problems, though my 7-year-old was able to do some of the “little kids” problems as well.  These younger kids laughed at some of the illustrations.  There are cute drawings that go along with the stories.  They wanted me to keep reading more stories.

Big Kids Math

I also used this book with the 11-year-old I tutor.  She seemed excited when I pulled it out.  The cover is cute and appears to glow in the dark.  We used this book as a reward/incentive.   She has a big math packet due at the end of the summer.  We would work a few problems and then read Bedtime Math in between as a break.  The older kid really liked the stories and laughed at some of the humor.  The big kid problems were easy for her, but she still enjoyed doing them.  The next time I came over for tutoring she asked if we could read more.  We have been reading a few stories every time we meet now.

Overview of this Math Stories Book

I highly recommend this book to parents and teachers.  This would be a great addition to a school library.  This book does a great job of making math fun, challenging, and relevant.

I had the opportunity to ask the author some questions about the book.

1.  Do you have any suggestions on using this book with older kids? Any modifications?

2.  Do you plan on coming out with a Bedtime Math 2?

3. Do you plan on coming out with other Bedtime Math books for different subjects?

For those who haven’t met us, Bedtime Math’s whole mission is to get kids to love math at a young age so they become capable adults.  For a year we’ve been posting a fun, silly math problem daily on our website, and then in June Macmillan published my first book, Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay up Late.  It’s the same type of mischief-making math from the website, but with full-color illustrations (and a glow-in-the-dark cover, for those who haven’t yet peeked at it with the lights out!).  As with the website, all of these math riddles can be just as entertaining for older kids if you just tinker a bit.  You can swap in bigger numbers (more digits), or more numbers in total (e.g. remembering three numbers to add instead of two), or unit conversions (give the answer in inches instead of feet and inches). Or you can do an entirely different operation, like division instead of multiplication.  The artwork definitely aims a bit older, as do the topics themselves, and that was very much by design: little kids still love it, because they always like to feel like they’re doing big-kid stuff, but the content keeps the big kids engaged, too.

The great news is, this book is part of a three-book series!  The second one, Bedtime Math: This Time It’s Personal will be coming out in spring of 2014.  That one will really bring it home to kids and their daily lives by focusing on the personal – everything from body parts to feats of strength and speed to table manners.  We’ve been pondering topics for the third and possibly even more books beyond that.  in short, kids will enjoy math more if it ties in with objects and events in their daily lives and particularly in their playtime routines.  We hope that every book, just like every math problem on the website, will succeed in getting kids to find math endearing and appealing.

Website link: www.bedtimemath.org

Laura Overdeck, Author, Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, 2013)

For more information check out the Bedtime Math webpage.

I wrote this post while participating in a campaign for Bedtime Math and received a promotional item and/or sample to thank me for taking the time to participate.

Rachel
Website | + posts

Rachel is an Austin blogger, educator, mom, wife, young breast cancer survivor writing about health, saving money, and living a happy life in Austin, Texas.

Rachel has written for HuffPost and Hometalk and has been featured on KXAN, Studio 512, Fox 7 Austin, and CBS Austin.

  • Rachel
    https://chachingqueen.com/author/rachel/
    Personalized Decorated Boxes for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, More
  • Rachel
    https://chachingqueen.com/author/rachel/
    The Ten Minute Seder: Super Quick Seder
  • Rachel
    https://chachingqueen.com/author/rachel/
    The Best 2023 Free Online Rosh Hashanah Services & Yom Kippur Services
  • Rachel
    https://chachingqueen.com/author/rachel/
    Purim for Kids 2023 - Free Activities with Crafts, Megillah, and More
Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Twitter Share on Email Share on SMS
❣️ Erin's Valentines Deal❣️
Kendra Scott Elisa Pendant Necklace
Kendra Scott Elisa Pendant Necklace

Sterling Silver, Ivory Mother of Pearl Gem, Fine Jewelry for Women. Looks wonderful and easy to clean! ❣️

Check Price

Trending Now

How Often Should You Clean Your House: Woman Cleaning Oven

How Often Should You Clean Your House? Room By Room Tips

Woman Doing Laundry Using Earth Breeze Laundry Sheets

Earth Breeze Review: Dehydrated Laundry Sheets

amazon prime box

My Secrets: How To Get Amazon Coupons, Discount Codes, Free Stuff, and Deals

18 Household products you can easily make at home

18+ DIY Household Products You Can Make at Home

Amazon Gift Card

How To Save On Amazon Prime Membership + Prime Benefits

What To Teach Kids About Money

What To Teach Kids About Money: An Expert Weighs In

Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Twitter Share on Email Share on SMS
This post may contain affiliate links. Read the disclosure.
As Seen On
bloomberg logo
business insider logo
msn logo
usa today logo
family handy man logo
yahoo finance logo
Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Twitter Share on Email Share on SMS
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Web Stories
Email Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest

© 2023 CHA CHING QUEEN

ChaChingQueen does not provide individual or customized medical, legal, or financial advice. Since each individual's situation is unique, a qualified professional should be consulted about your specific situation before making financial and/or medical decisions.

Cha Ching Queen is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

  • Money Matters
    • Make More Money
    • Spend Less
    • Budget Wisely
    • Financial Planning
    • Reviews & Recommendations
  • Eat Well
    • Bread & Desserts
    • Diets and Eating Habits
    • Healthy Recipes
    • Kitchen Hacks
  • Clean Quickly
  • Live Life
    • Health & Beauty
    • Family And Relationships
    • Holidays & Gifts
    • At Home
  • Travel Tips
  • About
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Search