Last to Finish: A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math Class (The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses)
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003ZHVGW6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 171 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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The perfect books for kids that learn differently My son received all the books in this series for Christmas. He loved them so much. I searched for the right book to give him for a few months, and I am so glad I picked these. He really seemed to connect with them. I think he is so used to everything being so formal when it comes to myself and his teachers talking about the way he learns. These are the first books that took him to a place all to hi. Must Read for Students With Math/Test Anxiety Last to Finish: A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math Class by Barbara EshamFrom the back of the book: "One by one, Max's classmates turn in their finished papers before the timer rings. Not Max, as soon as the teacher starts the time, "it" happens! His heart begins to pound. Once his heart begins to pound, his hands begin to sweat and his brain freezes! Math must not be his thing."What I liked ab. "Perfect for my son with special needs" according to ARiley. My 9-yr-old son with Dyspraxia perfectly related to 'Max' in this book and to the buzzer situation. When we first read the book together, he jumped up with a huge smile on his face, exclaiming "HE IS JUST LIKE ME!!"Thanks for writing a book series about kids who are geniuses in their own worlds, but struggle to fit into the typical mold what a difference it made to my son! :)
Rick Hoyle, Duke University Research Professor Psychology & Neuroscience "Surprisingly, many of history's greatest mathematicians have been slow--or even spotty--calculators. Review: "The second picture book in The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses series features Max, a third-grader who had always liked math until his teacher started using a timer for testing the class on multiplication facts. Although the books seem targeted toward children who struggle, there are important messages for those children for whom school seems to come easy as well as the teachers and parents who create the environments in which children learn. The richness and depth of these books, which are rmly rooted in behavioral science research, is uncommon in short stories for children. Tinted with colorful washes, ink drawings illustrate the story with sympathy and humor. One particularly expressive picture illustrates the phrase “my mind freezes” with a drawing of unhappy Max seated at his school desk, his head turned into a snowman’s noggin, carrot nose and all. Last to Finish is the perfect book for the child whose passion for exploring the magical world of mathematics is in danger of foundering upon the shoals of the "mad math minute"--and for that child's teacher!" Drs. They dispel misconceptions about intelligence that can underm
Max clutches when he tries to hurry. From Booklist The second picture book in The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses series features Max, a third-grader who had always liked math until his teacher started using a timer for testing the class on multiplication facts. Tinted with colorful washes, ink drawings illustrate the story with sympathy and humor. Grades 1-3. --Carolyn Phelan . The well-phrased text also reassures children that understanding is more important than memorization and that a strength in one area of learning can offset a weakness in another. One particularly expressive picture illustrates the phrase “my mind freezes” with a drawing of unhappy Max seated at his school desk, his head turned into a snowman’s noggin, carrot nose and all. When his missing math folder reveals that Max has been working problems from the older brother’s algebra book “for fun,&