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Series: Book Ideas
Book ideas for using stories to infuse the early years with mathematical learning.
Series: Book Ideas
3 Books That Encourage Simple Graph Explorations with Young Ones
March 24, 2019
At the heart of it, graphing in the early years is about quantifying information in order to answer a question. That requires children to organize data in some visible way so that comparisons and generalizations are possible.
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Comparing, Graphing
Series: Book Ideas January 11, 2019
4 Fun Books that Explore Math, Patterns, and Sequences
From an early age, children notice and appreciate patterns in the world around them. Patterns and sequences of different kinds begin to pop up all over the place, especially in the books that children love.
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Animals, Audrey Wood, Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle, Trudy Harris
Series: Book Ideas October 22, 2018
A Holiday with Too Many Tamales
How is it possible to have too many tamales? Well, Maria finds out in the holiday storybook Too Many Tamales by author Gary Soto.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Books, Food, Holiday, Seasonal
Series: Book Ideas September 11, 2018
3 "Mathical" Books for More Advanced Counting
Along with being "mathical" award winners, these books provide compelling contexts that help primary grade children understand why more advanced counting is useful and that it isn’t always efficient to count by ones.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten
Series: Book Ideas March 22, 2018
3 "Mathical" Counting Books with Winning Appeal
The Mathical Book Prize is an annual award organized by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI). With an aim to "inspire a love of mathematics in the everyday world in children of all ages," the winners…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
Series: Book Ideas January 10, 2018
3 Children’s Books that Build an Understanding of Equivalency
Long before young children are writing equations with the equal sign, they are exploring how amounts that look different can actually be equivalent.
- Topic: Number Operations, Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags April Pulley Sayre, Books, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Equivalence, Eve Merriam
Series: Book Ideas October 24, 2017
5 Children’s Books About Food for the Holiday Season
The holiday season usually brings with it any number of family dinners and communal feasts. For young children, this is a great time to engage in math.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Alison Jackson, Books, Cathryn Falwell, Dr. Seuss, Food, Gary Soto, Holiday, Seasonal, Tana Hoban
Series: Book Ideas September 26, 2017
Count on Feasting: Delectable Holiday Math Activities
The holidays are coming up, and usually that involves a lot of eating. This provides plenty of opportunities to find math all around us.
- Topic: Counting, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 0-3, 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Food, Holiday, Seasonal
Series: Book Ideas August 14, 2017
Three Books for the Last Days of Summer that Splash into Math
Here are some refreshing books about water and ocean fun that inspire mathematical thinking for summer months. Dive right in!
- Topic: Measurement, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Animals, Books, Seasonal
Series: Book Ideas June 27, 2017
Rules of Counting with Five Little Monkeys and The Doorbell Rang
Children need experiences and practice counting in different, flexible ways while learning the rules of counting. These books and the right questions can help.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Animals, Books, Eileen Christelow, Food, Pat Hutchins
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