Because the focus is on girls, the book also presents some tips for coping with. Sheknows girl crush of the month danica mckellar talks to us about being a mom and tells us how shes encouraging. Wonder years star danica mckellar talks finding love. Danica mckellar rose to stardom by playing the doeeyed winnie cooper on abcs classic tv series the wonder years and, while she may be best known for that role, mckellar has kept herself. Danica mae mckellar born january 3, 1975 is an american actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate. Danica, relates to the reader about her struggles in school and how to overcome them. We put danica mckellars math skills to the test tmz tv. Here is the story of danica mckellar, the math wonder. Fred savage, jason hervey, alley mills, daniel lauria, joshua saviano, danica mckellar, olivia diabo created by. How to survive middle school math without losing your mind. Danica mckellar on how she went from the wonder years winnie cooper to author of books encouraging girls into math. Despite women earning more degrees than men, men outnumber women in the field of math by an alarming degree.
Presenting math lessons in the style of a teen magazine, this groundbreaking book became an instant success, making amazons top 100 books of 2007, and earning danica the title of person of the week on abc world news. The definitive ranking of every episode of the wonder years. Join ten flower friends for a night of excitement that mixes a little math with a lot of magic. Yes, the wonder years realistically depicts how girlobsessed teenage boys are, but its honestly pretty tiresome. I was lucky in that the tutor on the wonder years 1988 set spoke fluent french. Danica mckellars first math book flies off the shelves and helps middleschool girls become bffs with math. That having been said, the lost weekend is a fairly. She is best known for her role as winnie cooper in the television show the wonder years. Geometry take shape actress and math education advocate. She appears in several television films for hallmark channel. The actress has been married to attorney scott sveslosky since.
Math book helps girls embrace their inner mathematician. In 2018, she wrote her first book, math doesnt suck, which walks middle schoolage girls through concepts such as fractions, percentages and prealgebra, using engaging realworld examples. She played winnie cooper in the television series the wonder years from. In 2007, danica released her first book, math doesnt suck ages 912. She is also well known for her acting roles on the wonder years, the west wing, and multiple. But math isnt all mckellar has been up to in the time since the wonder years went off the air. Actingwise, the former teen dream has now found a home at hallmark, acting in dozens of feelgood. All grown up, wonder years child star danica mckellar is actress, math whiz and author, too.
In 2015, mckellar was cast in the netflix original series project mc2. Danica mckellar reunites with a wonder years costar in a. She has also written a series of bestselling mathematics books and starred in numerous television movies. Growing up on the set of the television series the wonder years, for. The former wonder years star talks about why smart can be sexy and whether shes sending the wrong message. She played winnie cooper in the television series the wonder years from 19881993, and since 2010 has voiced miss martian in the animated superhero series young justice.
Years after appearing on the wonder years, mckellar is hoping to inspire a new generation of young women. Wonder years star danica mckellar does the math wsj. Learn at home with help from the wonder years hallmark actress, math whiz, and new york times bestselling author danica mckellar using her acclaimed mckellar math books. Danica mckellar talks the wrong woman, empowering girls. She has also written a series of bestselling mathematics books and starred in. Mckellar has authored several mathematicsrelated books primarily targeting adolescent readers interested in succeeding at the. Best known for her roles on the wonder years and the west wing, and lately. Wonder years danica mckellar inspires girls to show their. Actress danica mckellar played winnie cooper on the wonder years. She also teaches math in a way that the kids can understand. Wonder years actress reveals shes an attachment parent.
Former television heartthrob danica mckellar told us how math helped her to discover that she is so much more than the. She is the current voice of judy jetson from the jetsons since 2017 following. Now she is known as author of the nationally bestselling book, math doesnt suck, which encourages and empowers middleschool girls with mathematics knowhow. A lesson in making math cool for girls women make up nearly half of the collegeeducated workforce, but hold less than a quarter of stem jobs. All grown up, wonder years child star danica mckellar is.
Actress danica mckellar, the adorable winnie cooper on the 1980s90s hit television series the wonder years, is all grown up now, and married with a. Best known for her roles on the wonder years and the west wing, and lately for her popular movies on hallmark channel, danica mckellar is the new york times bestselling author of math doesnt suck, kiss my math, hot x, and girls get curves. Danica mckellar wants girls to know theyre good at math. Fairies, butterflies, and magic help to make this math focused picture book from danica mckellar, the new york times bestselling author of goodnight, numbers and star of the wonder years, positively enchanting. Wonder years star danica mckellar does the math best known for playing winnie cooper on the tv series, the actress is the author of a new childrens book, goodnight numbers. Wonder years winnie cooper actress, danica mckellar. Growing up on the set of the television series the wonder years, for actress danica mckellar, one thing never wavered. To the world, danica mckellar is still winnie cooper from the wonder years but at home, the star is a proud wife and mom. She said she understands struggling with math in particular because her homework used to. I am sure the math parts will be great tools to teach the boys, but the stories are from a girls perspective.
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