"Calculus By and For Young People (ages 7, yes 7 and up)" was reviewed in the Dec.'88 issue of Scientific American, among many other journals. Mary Pride did a fine review which is in her new "The Big Book of Home Learning". The final paragraph of her review is: "..And that's what this series is about. Playing with interesting aspects of math- the Fibonacci sequence, for example- and learning to think mathematically. None of these materials offer a step-by-step instructional sequence, like a regular math course. Instead, these are explorations in math, a veritable hands-on museum of activities for young children in areas where high-school students fear to tread."
The book was used as a reference for the NPR Science Friday series of Nov. 10, 1995 at http://majorca.npr.org/sfkids/showarchive/sfkc.95.11.10.html. The materials are on the resource lists of
All Don's materials are being sold at Amazon.com The MIT Museum Shop sells everything except the map, for the last 8 years, at their store, in their catalogue and at their website http://web.mit.edu/museum/shop/mathematics1.html His little book is being sold at alt.bookstore at http://www.altbookstore.com/index.html-ssi His little book, worksheet book, and 2 videotapes are being sold in Rainbow ReSource's catalogue (Toll-free 1-888-841-3456 and Fax: 1-309-937-2983) His 3 books are being sold at The Boston Museum of Science and at The Discovery Corner in The Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkely. His little book and worksheet book are sold in the Dale Seymour/Cuiesenaire/AWL K-8 catalogue.
See also the related interactive Java applets at http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/iesjava.html-ssi
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