In this book, author Catherine Jones Kuhns introduces student- and teacher-friendly math activities designed to get students thinking like mathematicians and loving mathematics, while addressing content standards through grade 2. She also shows how to make math fun for students, get children actively engaged in learning, create a student-centered classroom, introduce math concepts through children's literature, and offer students easy tricks for remembering important concepts. Patterns, reproducibles, and full illustrations included. After an introduction, this book is divided into the following chapters: (1) NCTM Standards & Expectations; (2) Number & Operations; (3) Algebra; (4) Geometry; (5) Measurement; (6) Data Analysis & Probability; and (7) Reproducibles, Patterns & Resources. An Index is included.