{"id":750,"date":"2013-12-10T10:32:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T02:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/monday-morning-math-gifts\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:12:10","slug":"monday-morning-math-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/monday-morning-math-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Math Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[This is a back issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/newsletter\">one of this site&#8217;s newsletters<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you done all your Christmas shopping?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Interesting historical fact: during the Christmas season in 1999, online shopping was so popular that many e-tailers couldn&#8217;t fulfill all their orders. Thousands of shoppers were furious when the gifts they&#8217;d ordered were delayed until January or later. The curse of being too popular!<\/p>\n<p>The online retailers made sure they knew how to do it properly after that, and online shopping is even more popular now &#8211; can you believe, over $200 billion per year in the US alone? That&#8217;s approaching $2000 per household. Wow. At the rate it&#8217;s growing, online shopping will account for 200% of all shopping by the year 2050. What? Did I say something silly?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway,\u00a0 if you&#8217;re planning on doing your Christmas shopping online, you aren&#8217;t alone. If you&#8217;d like to get something a bit different, a bit geeky or a bit educational, this email is for you.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few kinda-sorta-mathematical gift ideas. See if one your your friends would like one of these!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Would your close friend like a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/the_pi_times_table_t_shirts-235652068260669395?rf=238864103946172797\">pi times table shirt<\/a>? An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/i_love_pi_i_love_pie_i_heart_pi_apron-154521986573260880?rf=238864103946172797\">I love pi (pie) apron<\/a>? A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/game_board_posters-228905479810666384?rf=238864103946172797\">game board<\/a> for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/times-table-board-game.html\"> this math game<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>My wife has been making a whole bunch of geeky chemistry-themed designs: her zazzle store is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/chemicalwords?rf=238864103946172797\">www.zazzle.com\/ChemicalWords<\/a>. Use the search box to see if your friend&#8217;s name is available.<\/li>\n<li>On my website, I review a handful of games from and educational perspective. Read about how to use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/junior-monopoly-review.html\">Junior Monopoly<\/a> to help teach addition and subtraction, how not to get ripped off when you buy a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/buy-spirograph.html\">spirograph set<\/a>, and how to choose a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/comparison-arithmemouse-timez-attack.html\">times table computer game<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m planning one more Monday\u00a0Morning Math before the Christmas\/New Year, but you know I&#8217;m not totally reliable with these newsletters! If you don&#8217;t hear from me &#8211; or even if you do &#8211; have a very happy holiday. And don&#8217;t stress out! 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