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I hosted a book review for Bedtime Math .  I am lucky today to have the chance to work in a Book Tour Blog Posting with the author, Laura Overdeck.  I have never been a fan of math... but my brother and my dad are both great at it... I would love for Broxton to pick up my love of reading, but also the love of math from the two of them.  With that being said, I wanted to do a blog tour of how to get kids into math more!!! Let’s face it: in our culture, math doesn’t have the best image.  Lots of adults are afraid of math or feel they can’t do math, whereas we never hear any educated adult say, “I’m just not good at reading!”  Often adults’ math anxiety traces to a childhood where math wasn’t fun.  They remember math as a dry, tedious school subject that they never grasped comfortably. So how do we avoid this fate with our next generation of budding math fans?  The first step as adults is to show we love math, or at least not advertise that we ...

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I admit, math has NEVER been a strong subject for me... I wish I was more like my dad and my brother, it just comes natural to them... I wish I was like them in that aspect... But, I do plan on doing everything I can to help Broxton! When I saw that there was a book, Bedtime Math, I was excited... As much as Broxton LOVES books... especially at bedtime, I knew this was going to be fun! I great "short story" to read... with a math problem to go with it! YES!!!! Bedtime Math is great for kids of all ages! It says it is for ages 3-8. This book is one to grow with.. On each page, you have a "story"  The story is basically a paragraph that is sure to keep kids attention (not to mention t...