Sousa, a former teacher and superintendent who is now an international consultant in educational neuroscience, applies instructional principles from his volume How the Brain Learns Mathematics to math lessons for students in kindergarten and first grade. Lessons are research-based; relate to skills like whole numbers, addition and subtraction, geometrical shapes, measurement, and number patterns; include reproducible worksheets; and are linked to focal points and standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and different intelligences. Many are hands-on and involve partners, group work, and class movement. There is no index. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)