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Resources

• Family Math, Jean Kerr Stenmark, Virginia Thompson, Ruth Cossey; EQUALS,
  Lawrence Hall of Science (1986).
  Excellent.
• How Math Works, Carol Vorderman; Reader's Digest (1996).
  Excellent.
• 536 Puzzles and Curious Problems, Henry Ernest Dudeney, edited by Martin Gardner,
  Scribners (1967), new edition by Barnes and Noble.
  Excellent source of short problems. A word of caution: The problems were written in the late 1800's; make sure you adapt some outdated language.
• Math Pentathlon.
  This is an organization that sells their products, consisting of board games for each grade K-7 and supporting materials, and organizes local and national tournaments. Their games are mostly good.
• Numbers, David L. Stienecker; Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish (1996).
  I liked this volume in the series. Modest but valuable.
• Math Games for Middle School, Mario Salvadori and Joseph P. Wright; Chicago Review Press (1998).
• Lawrence Hall of Science--EQUALS
  Program at Berkeley. Publishes "Family Math"
• Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools
• Olimpiadas Matematicas Argentina (Nandu)
  Source of problems 5-7 in Spanish.
• Puzzles.com
• Any toy from the Think Fun brand, available also through the Mindware catalog.
  Great toys for all ages!
• Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics
  (A Math Forum online publication)
  
• TriMathlon , Judith and Paul Sally, A K Peters, 2003.
  A book of games aimed at ages 10 and up.
  
• The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
  
• New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American, Martin Gardner; Simon and Schuster (1966).
  This book is certainly too advanced for Elementary School, but is a good source of inspiration.
  
• Amazing Origami, Kunihiko Kasahara; Sterling Publishing Co. (2002).
  Geometry with paper.
  
• The Heart of Mathematics: An invitation to effective thinking, E. Burger ans M. Starbird; Key College Pub. (2004). Visit http://www.heartofmath.com.