Math Test Anxiety Story for the Kid Who Rushes, Makes Careless Mistakes & Freezes | Check Your Work | 2-Digit Addition | Grades 2–4 | Printable Read-Aloud Activity Book

A read-aloud story your child sees themselves in, with a practice activity on every page, so they use the tool instead of just reading about it. It builds math confidence along with the skills: calm self-regulation tools, executive function skills like slowing down and checking their own work, and a grown-up guide for home. For grades 2–4, at home or in class, including the fast kid who freezes up on math.

Nora is fast at everything, until a B on her math test makes her brain freeze. She learns to calm her body, slow down with pit stops, hunt for her own goofy mistakes and bounce back with “Next one!”

• Every kid can engage, even when the math is hard. Calm extras on every page: trace and breathe, how did it feel?, give yourself a star, doodle space. Math anxiety friendly, with social emotional learning (SEL) and self-regulation built in.
• Builds executive function skills and confidence, not just speed. Created by a math tutor and certified executive function coach. Kids practice slowing down, checking their own work and bouncing back from a wrong answer in a minute instead of an evening.
• A practice activity on every page. Four kinds: Copy It (trace and keep the calm words), Practice It (try a cool-down or a pit stop), Find the Error (hunt the goofy mistake and fix it) and Choose It (pick the MathKind thought).
• A guide for the grown-up. For the Grown-Up pages explain what’s really going on, what to do when they freeze, how to build their own Mistake Hunter list, and the words that help (and the ones to skip).
• No prep. Print and read. Answer key included. Works as a read-aloud, a small group, a counseling session or a calm sub day.
• Black and white, low ink, made to color. Printer friendly, with room to doodle while you read.

The math inside (grades 2–4): 2-digit addition with and without regrouping (carrying), basic addition and subtraction facts, and checking work for copy mistakes, plus-or-minus mix-ups and forgetting to carry. It’s on-level for 2nd grade and a calm confidence builder for 3rd and 4th graders who still rush.

What's inside:

• 23 pages
• 15 story pages, each with a Your Turn activity
• Welcome, Grown-Ups page and a 2-page For the Grown-Up guide
• Answer key
• “I did it!” certificate to color
• A free MathKind Parent Toolkit for grown-ups (QR code inside)

Great for: Home and homeschool, read-alouds, test-prep weeks, small groups, math intervention, tutoring, counseling and SEL lessons, calm sub days.

Good to know: Print at 100% on letter paper. One purchase = one family, or one teacher’s own classroom.