Kitten Math: The World's Most Adorable Math Project
Kitten Math: The World's Most Adorable Math Project
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What You’ll Find Inside
Four adorable baby kittens. One very important job: keeping them happy, healthy, and out of trouble!
In Kitten Math, children choose and name their own kittens, then use math to make decisions, solve problems, and give their growing kittens everything they need.
Over the next four weeks, they'll buy kitten supplies, figure out bottle-feeding amounts, create feeding schedules, track kitten weights, design a kitten room, and more.
And woven naturally into every task is real math they have a reason to use.
Math With a Reason
Instead of learning a skill and wondering, When am I ever going to use this?, kids encounter the math because their kittens need them to figure something out.
Each part of the project introduces the math needed for that particular kitten-care challenge, with mini-lessons and practice built right in. Eight math games reinforce skills introduced along the way.
Kids will work with:
Numbers & Operations
Adding 2-digit numbers • adding decimals and money • subtracting 3-digit numbers • division with and without remainders • multiplication arrays • comparing large numbers • finding half of odd numbers
Fractions, Ratios & Percents
Fractions • ratios • understanding 50% off
Measurement & Time
Elapsed time • milliliters • grams • length and width • rounding inches to feet • finding area
Data & Representation
Reading and creating line graphs • interpreting charts • drawing a map to scale
Thinking & Problem Solving
Critical thinking • multi-step real-world problems
What's Included
- 60 printable student project pages
- 8 math games that reinforce skills introduced in the project
- Intro video
- Full color and black-and-white versions
- Answer key
- CCSS and TEKS standards
- Certificate of achievement
- Bonus videos and math art activities
- Easy-access links and QR codes to the included digital content
A Month of Math They Actually Care About
Kitten Math is designed as approximately a four-week project, giving kids time to become invested in their kittens while encountering math again and again in meaningful situations.
The result is something very different from a month of worksheets: an ongoing story in which math helps your child accomplish something they care about.
“Kitten Math truly turned my little girl into a math lover!”
— Amanda Macy Cheek Hall
“My reluctant dyslexic homeschooler spent HOURS with this workbook. It was right up her animal-loving heart’s alley. Best purchase of the year!”
— Katie's mom
Loved by Thousands of Families
The original Kitten Math has sold more than 10,000 copies on Amazon and received more than 200 five-star reviews.
The paperback workbook is also available on Amazon.
Good to Know
Ages: 8–12
Grades: 3–5
Length: Approximately 4 weeks
Format: Printable digital PDF
Versions: Full color + black and white
Digital extras: Videos and math art activities accessed by links and QR codes
Also available: Paperback edition on Amazon
This is a printable digital resource available for instant download. Nothing will be shipped.
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I left this out for my daughter and she's SO excited! She hasn't put it down in the last couple of days.
I bought Kitten Math as supplemental practice for our homeschool. When my kids need a break from their regular math program Kitten Math is immediately engaging and doesn’t require any extra prep from me. The pages are nicely designed and print well.
She asked me to write a review and tell "Miss Brain how much she love love loves Kitten Math" and that it is "the best book in the whole world"!
I got this for my cat loving but math hating kid. She was reluctant, but I convinced her to at least read the first two pages...she worked through the first "day" without any prompting. I had to make her stop so we could go to bed. Her only complaint is that she wanted to adopt all the kitties and didn't think it was fair she had to pick 4 😅
This is such a lovely engaging book. We are only on day 2 but it’s 8am and they are both sat in their pjs doing it already!
I love the image of your kids in PJs doing Kitten Math! I hope they have a wonderful time with it.
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I left this out for my daughter and she's SO excited! She hasn't put it down in the last couple of days.
I bought Kitten Math as supplemental practice for our homeschool. When my kids need a break from their regular math program Kitten Math is immediately engaging and doesn’t require any extra prep from me. The pages are nicely designed and print well.
She asked me to write a review and tell "Miss Brain how much she love love loves Kitten Math" and that it is "the best book in the whole world"!
I got this for my cat loving but math hating kid. She was reluctant, but I convinced her to at least read the first two pages...she worked through the first "day" without any prompting. I had to make her stop so we could go to bed. Her only complaint is that she wanted to adopt all the kitties and didn't think it was fair she had to pick 4 😅
This is such a lovely engaging book. We are only on day 2 but it’s 8am and they are both sat in their pjs doing it already!
I love the image of your kids in PJs doing Kitten Math! I hope they have a wonderful time with it.
I have an 8 year old that despises math. I am met with every grumble possible. I stumbled upon Kitten Math when I was searching for a supplemental curriculum to spice things up. My daughter is crazy about cats. From the beautiful cover alone she was so excited to get started. I had doubts because as soon as it came to the actual work, I knew that excitement would fade. But I was completely wrong. Not only did my daughter stay engaged but she thrived with new and challenging concepts. She finished the book quickly since more times than not she wanted to work ahead. I struggle to find anything that compares to this book. Best money I've spent. I purchased the digital version as well so that she can do it again with new kitten names. I'd stand in line for volume two!
LOL Carina, I love this so much! You can let your daughter know I'm working on Kitten Math 2 now. It's about adopting two kittens and taking them through the first year.
We just started on our Kitten Math journey. And it has been an adorable experience. Highly recommend it.
My daughter loved it! Thank you!!
My reluctant dyslexic homeschooler spent HOURS with this workbook. It was right up her animal-loving heart’s alley. Best purchase of the year! I only wish there were more math books like this.
I’m here to beg Ms. Pearson for volume II. My 11 year old very artistic, animal loving, math hating granddaughter was given this in hopes she’d fill out a few pages, enough to keep up her skills over the summer. I bribed 6 of my grandchildren with candy once their various, age appropriate workbooks were complete. (Yeah, yeah I know! Evil word: “Bribes.” Pleading “grandma privilege” here!). Two days later, I’m presented with every single page of Kitten Math carefully, neatly, and accurately filled out and accolades galore on how much fun it was to answer all the questions and solve the problems. She requested a follow up book as well, so here I am, hoping there might be one in the works! Truly delightful and effective in every single way possible!
I bought this book for my 4th grade daughter. She really LOVES this book and carries it in her backpack to school with her just in case she has extra time in the day and can work in this book. "Taking care" of the kittens and helping them to grow has been such a fun basis for weaving in math based activities such as "shopping" for the cats and weighing and feeding them. There are additional printable games to play as well and she enjoys playing those. All in all it has been fantastic and a great way to encourage my daughter to "do math!"
We gave “Kitten Math” to our nephew’s girls (ages 9 and 11 ) for Christmas. Our nephew sent us a video on Christmas morning of the girls opening their gifts and they seemed so excited about the books. Then, a few hours later, our nephew texted us to tell us that the girls were absolutely mesmerized by Kitten Math! 😻 The girls are homeschooled. I think their mom is going to love working through the book with them.
I saw a mention of "Kitten Math" on Kitten Lady's Instagram page. When I told my 9 y.o. daughter about it, she begged me to get her a copy. She has been having the best time working through it day by day. Having the workbook organized by "days" really keeps the tasks bite sized and fun. A few days into her project, I found myself back on Amazon buying another copy of the book because her twin brother was very taken by the photographs and wanted his own imaginary foster kittens. As he was paging through he said he thought that seeing the book end and sending off his imaginary kittens to their imaginary homes was going to be so hard. <3 My twins are comfortably doing math at and above the 5th grade level and have been able to do everything in the book thus far. The one thing that I did need to step in with, for my son, was budgeting/shopping. He has focus issues so while adding up numbers is not mathematically hard for him, he did struggle to stay focused long enough to get through a whole column of numbers. (My daughter was able to do these pages with no problems.) For kids like him, it might help to break the shopping into subcategories (e.g., food, toys, etc.) so kids can tackle smaller groups of numbers at a time without getting overwhelmed.
Lovely combination of animal info and practical maths. Bought as christmas present and my daughter loves it- only problem is she has almost finished it by boxing day!
Some kids count down 'til Christmas. Mine have been counting down to the release of Kitten Math. When their books arrived, they set right to work with no pleading or cajoling from me, even though they both can be reluctant learners at times and both have struggled in math at a times. They loved getting to pick out names for their cute kittens, and I love that the natural interest in caring for imaginary kittens kept them happily calculating values even when the math felt challenging. I have an 8 and 10 year old, and this feels very do-able for both of them with occasional help. I appreciate that they can be mostly independent in completing their work. Kitten Math is an absolute must have for kids 8-12 whether you homeschool or just want some fun extra math practice for your child.
This is the cutest math book ever! Rather than focus on drills, the author makes math applicable (and fun!) as she walks your kiddo through the adventure of adopting a kitten—and teaches a slew of math skills along the way. Especially good for kiddos who are math-challenged, but those who love math may get a kick out of it, too.
I got this book to help my 13 year old brush up on basic math skills. The book is written in a very approachable way; I especially loved the mini-pep talk at the beginning of the book reminding students that you get better by making mistakes.