Description: To raise a child who is good at math and genuinely loves it, the most important thing is to help them experience, before elementary school, that 'math is fun' through play. The author of this book—a mother of three children (middle school 1st grader, 5th grader, and 2nd grader) and a veteran math instructor with over 15 years of experience in private math education—has compiled 77 'everyday math play' activities into this book, activities she has taught in lectures nationwide for the past 7 years through the Purmi Academy on the parenting site Purmi.com (www.prumi.com). The author believes that for math to be enjoyable, it must be learned easily, joyfully, and naturally through everyday life. She introduced math to her eldest child as play from just after her first birthday, and without relying on mechanical workbook drills, raised her eldest daughter to be recognized as a Math-Gifted student by the district education office in 2010 and an English-Gifted student in 2011, while her younger daughter was recognized as Math-Gifted by the district education office in both 2012 and 2013. Inside the book, mothers and children ages 3-7 will find math play activities that require little to no preparation and can be easily enjoyed in everyday life, helping children naturally grasp mathematical concepts and principles. The activities are organized into six categories: Numbers, Classification, Operations, Measurement, Space & Shapes, and Math Manipulatives.