Hands-On Algebra!: Ready-To-Use Games & Activities for Grades 7-12

I believe this book is much easier to teach from than the text book, Mathematical Reasoning, that was issued for an education course I was required to take five or six years ago. It is also a better book because of the hands on games, which motivate students to learn more. I couldn't indicate five stars because I've only used a couple of chapters so far.

Hands On Algebra is a resource book for teacher use in Algebra I. It is not designed for independent student use. New concepts are developed with manipulatives first, then more work is done with games and/or graphing calculators. Detailed instructions are given with illustrations to help teachers inexperienced with hands on instruction to correctly apply math language to the manipulative actions. Very effective with average students and students with learning disabilities.

I finished reading this book two weeks ago and wow! It was amazingly simple to comprehend, but still covered what I needed to know for 8th grade. I will probably refer back to this book until about 11th grade.