Information on Teaching Math Biblically

Our prayer is that the resources we have here will help you and your children discover God in your math class. May we look to Him everywhere--including math! Please be sure to sign up for our math updates so you will receive new information as it's posted. And check out our new math blog.

• Gain the Perspective
  • What do we mean by teaching math biblically? Find out in this extract from Beyond Numbers.
  • The Golden Ratio - The Creator’s Mark Throughout His Creation - The “golden ratio” is a special name given to describe a ratio that seems to relate indirectly or directly to many aspects of God’s creation.
    
  • Beyond Numbers: A Practical Guide to Teaching Math Biblically
  • Other Biblical Math Resources
  • Biblical Meaning and Significance of Numbers? - Recently, there has been a growing interest in the biblical meaning of numbers. More and more websites have appeared with lists of what different numbers in the Bible might represent. We need to be very careful when attempting to draw meaning from numbers in the Bible.
• Some Ideas to Help You Along
• Table Math - Did you know you could teach nearly every math concept using just the objects on a table?
• Teaching Math Sets by Organizing - As a student, I always used to struggle when my math book began talking about counting numbers, whole numbers, real numbers, irrational numbers, and other number groups. Who determined that these numbers were real numbers, while these other numbers were irrational ones? And what did it matter?
• Back-to-School Ideas - A couple fall/back-to-school related ideas you could use to help bring math into everyday life, showing your child that math is a real-life tool we use to help us describe and quantify God’s creation.
• Oh, no! I’m Out of Ideas/Fall Suggestions - Have you ever looked at your child’s math lesson and thought, I have no clue how to teach this. I’m clean out of ideas? If so, you’re not alone. We all face times when we’re simply not sure what to do or how to present something.
  
• The Masterpiece in Math - A short reminder not to miss God's masterpiece in math.
  
• Going Back to the Source
• Balancing, Measuring, and Such - A few weeks ago, I visited a local historic home with my aunt, uncle, and cousins. Something I saw there sparked a little research and has resulted in this post : ).
• Money Fun - Short thought on how you can integrate math, history, and money conversions!
  
• Additional Resources - Note: These resources are NOT necessarily written from a Christian worldview. Please see the resources under "Gain the Perspective" for the biblical materials we've found.
• Links to Free Online Worksheets
• Links to Practical Math Resources
• Reviews of Math Resources

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Learn more about how the biblical worldview applies to math, and how you can impart that view to your children!

A great, general-purpose introduction for a typical parent.--James D. Nickel, professor of mathematics and author of Mathematics: Is God Silent?

Features:

• Concise enough to read in one sitting.
  You won't have to spend hours reading!
• Written by a homeschool graduate with the homeschool parent in mind.
  
• Written in every-day language.
  This is one math book you don't have to fear! In fact, you may find that it takes the fear out of math.
• Integratable with the curriculum of your choice
  This book walks you through how to both select and modify a curriculum for your child. Includes reviews of a few common curriculums, and guidelines for finding a good math curriculum.
  

This Book Will Help You :

• Get invigorated about math as you see how math's very existence reminds us of God's faithfulness.
• Teach your child to view the world through a Christian perspective. You just may find that he is better able to understand and apply math. Things make so much more sense when we approach them correctly!
  

As I made my way through the pages I was captivated by the fresh perspective brought to the entire world of mathematics. Every homeschooling parent ought to read this book.--Sandra A. Lovelace, homeschool pioneer, speaker and author, and International Consultant with HSLDA.

Available as a printed copy for$8.99 or an eBook for $5.99

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