Reasons for having students make graphs are noted. Then specific graphing topics and materials appropriate for young learners are presented, including life-sized, floor, clothespin, felt-face, block, and magnetic graphs, and polls of pupils. (MNS)

Ways in which newspapers can be used in mathematics instruction, involving cutting numbers and shapes for a variety of purposes and collecting and analyzing information, are presented and illustrated. (MNS)

Experiences in collecting and handling data are described. Activities dealing with measures of central tendency (including a computer program), measures of dispersion, an introduction to correlation, and use of graphs to display data are illustrated. (MNS)

The importance of having children manipulate small objects that can be grouped, arranged, and counted is discussed. Learning activities for one-to-one correspondence, numerals, and the four operations are given. (MNS)

Using squared paper as a concrete aid, children can explore important concepts about the perimeter and area of geometric figures. Activities are described and illustrated to develop several methods of finding perimeter and area. (MNS)

Having pupils make their own measuring tools is proposed. Decimeter and centimeter strips, meter tapes, calibrated measures of volume, and a balance scale, plus activities with them, are described. (MNS)

Two map posters are provided. Younger children can use a neighborhood map to locate information and trace paths, while older children can use a wilderness map to read scales. The emphasis is on problem solving with both maps. (MNS)

Scavenger hunt activities for a range of mathematical topics are presented. Numbers, measurements, fractions, and geometry are among the topics included for the 14 types of hunts described. (MNS)

Activities for helping students learn to read and interpret labels on food packages are included. Worksheets guide students in examining labels and making sense of the information. (MNS)

Metric measurement activities are given, offering many opportunities for measurement and comparison with measurements. Experiences in measuring with a tape measure are directed at Levels One to Three, while experiences in estimating, measuring, computing area and volume, and ratio are included for Levels Four to Eight. (MNS)

Activities involving spinners and dice are presented. Making the materials is noted, followed by activities on counting, computation, probability, fractions, and other ideas. (MNS)

Provides instructions and worksheets for activities on: (1) sorting sets (grades K-one); (2) telling place values of two-/three-digit numbers (grades two-four); (3) recognizing multiplication/division facts (grades four-six); and (4) computing problems that contain multiples of 10, place value problems, and subtraction problems with many zeros…

Problems based on shopping experiences are presented on two posters. Children practice estimation and computation with addition and subtraction. (MNS)

Worksheets are given which involve activities using newspapers to find information and use it in problem solving. Recognition of numerals, price comparisons, writing a sports problem based on a picture, and finding ratios are included. (MNS)

Activities using paper punches are described, dealing with one-to-one correspondence, place value, large numbers, prime and composite numbers, operations, geometric shapes, and measurement. (MNS)