Enjoy Math! Math Story books and Math Games

Math story books and math games books

I shared some of our favorite math story books in my post Children’s Books for Playful Math Learning, but here are some more fun math books to engage your kids with fun math story books and math games that involve math concepts. Great additions for your homeschool math curriculum or to supplement math learning.

Learning math doesn’t have to be dull or consist only of endless worksheets. It can be great fun through hands on activities and silly stories that illustrate when and how math is used. These math story books and family math games will have you all laughing and learning without realizing how much you really are undoubtedly learning about math. Show your kids how enjoyable math can be!

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Our Favorite Books about Math

Life of Fred Math Story Books Series

Life of Fred books are in the format of a story following a 5 year old genius who lives and teaches as a professor at a college. Fred gets into every day situations where he needs to problem solve so math learning is fun and real life examples are used so kids not only learn the how to solve a problem, but when and why. These books are funny  and introduce math concepts in ways that kids can understand. Life of Fred math series continues all the way through calculus. There are also language arts Life of Fred and Life of Fred early readers available!

Life of Fred Elementary Set #1

Life of Fred Apples
Life of Fred Butterflies
Life of Fred Cats
Life of Fred Dogs

Books of Math Games

Games for Math

Games for Math: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn Math from Kindergarten to Third Grade

Games for Math by Peggy Kaye is full of simple, fun, and active games kids will love. Learn through movement and problem solve with fun, engaging math games.

Family Math

Family Math


Family math includes games and tons of ideas for family activities that involve math skills. Learn through hand on math activities together as a family. This is a wonderful homeschool math resource. There is also a middle school Family math book available.

Family Math for Young Children: Comparing

Family Math II: Achieving Success in Mathematics

Math Story Books

Sir Cumference Series

Sir Cumference math story books are such fun to read, with colorful illustrations, your child will love. Math concepts are woven through the stories in an enjoyable way. Learn math concepts effortlessly while enjoying these stories again and again. There are many more in the series, also.

Sir Cumference and All the King’s Tens: A Math Adventure

 Sir Cumference and the First Round Table

Sir Cumference and the Fracton Faire

More Mathematical Stories

There are many more mathematical story books, such as these favorites below, you won’t want to pass up, either!

Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin (Charlesbridge Math Adventures)

Spaghetti and Meatballs For All! (Scholastic Bookshelf)

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

Measuring Penny (Rise and Shine)

Have fun learning math and reading together!

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