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I'm Trying to Love Math - book review

   In this vlog we gonna talk about (ok, I'm gonna talk about 😀) about the book: 
I'm trying to Love Math, by  Bethany Barton. The book was released in 2019, by the publisher Viking. 

If your kid or student is mostly yawning during the class or time dedicated to the math lessons this book is certainly for them. 
Actually I have already recommended this book to a parent, so they can headed out to his child. I'm eager to see the results, hopefully will be any😀



Firstly, the cover of the book and the illustrations are so catchy. The letters are oversized and dynamic, they just scream "Read me!" The illustrations totally coincide with the content.

And now the content. Page after page, the book tells us how to not let down the math. 
The narrator is math-phobic, and  narrator tells what's on his mind. But each of his thoughts goes bounced back by the three-eyed purple ET. I'm not gonna be spoiling anything, but you will find out from which planet the ET comes from. 

As a math teacher, I enjoyed reading the book. You know, we all (teachers , students, parents) sometimes struggle with the math problems. This book is offering the exactly that one needs in that case, a validation for his emotions. We should teach our kids to identify and talk about their emotions. That is the "numero uno" step in fighting against anxiety, or math anxiety. 

If you are looking for a book, which targets math anxiety this is the right one. I guarantee! 😀


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