Robert Krech, 26 years in education as teacher, principal, curriculum specialist, coach. Taught in New Jersey, Scotland, and Saudi Arabia. BA - Art Education/Elementary Education, Rutgers College, MEd - Elementary Education, Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching (NJ, Elementary 1997). Board of Governors - New Jersey Mathematics Coalition. Member - New Jersey Department of Education Mathematics Task Force. Instructor Magazine - Advisory Board, frequent contributor. Presently working as the elementary math specialist for a school district in New Jersey.

Publications include articles in New Jersey Monthly, American Baby,
Instructor, L.A. Baby, New Jersey Family, US-1, Capper's. Editor and contributing
writer for Educational Testing Service, Optical Data Corporation,
Scott-Foresman/Addison-Wesley. Published fifteen books for teachers, parents, and kids.

Books:
Special Delivery: Putting Math to Work (ETA/Cuisenaire, 1998)
Fresh and Fun: Teaching with Kids' Names (Scholastic, 2000)
Fresh and Fun: December (Scholastic, 2000)
Fresh and Fun: September (Scholastic, 2000)
More Special Delivery: Putting More Math to Work (ETA/Cuisenaire, 2001)
Best Ever Activities: Writing (Scholastic, 2002)
Best Ever Activities: Listening and Speaking (Scholastic, 2002)
Best Ever Activities: Measurement (Scholastic, 2002)
Best Ever Activities: Multiplication (Scholastic, 2002)
Meeting the Math Standards with Favorite Picture Books (Scholastic, 2002)
Math Word Problems Made Easy: Grade 2 (Scholastic, 2005)
Math Word Problems Made Easy: Grade 3 (Scholastic, 2005)
Math Word Problems Made Easy: Grade 4 (Scholastic, 2005)
50 Fantastic Wacky Math Fill-in Stories: Grades 2-3 (Scholastic, Late 2005)
50 Fantastic Wacky Math Fill-in Stories: Grades 4-6 (Scholastic, Late 2005)