Series: Book Ideas
Book Ideas for Early Math Learning
This series of book ideas encourage using stories to infuse the early years with mathematical learning. From the infant years until they are putting together more advanced numeracy concepts in elementary school, books can be a gateway for early math discussions.
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Series: Book Ideas
Make Room for Halloween Math
October 13, 2015
Have some Halloween fun with the witch’s tale Room on the Broom. In this lively story by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, a witch makes room for her animal friends to ride on her broomstick… until there’s one too many animals, and the broom snaps in two. The central question of this book – Is there room on the broom for me? – is a mathematical one.
- Topic: Number Sense, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Animals, Seasonal, Place Value, Holiday, Books, Room on the Broom, Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
Series: Book Ideas October 6, 2015
3 Magic Cauldron Books for Kids to Mathematize the Season
One of the most classic images of the Halloween season is a witch's magic pot or cauldron. Singing about witches' brew and reading tales of magical pots can also be a great way to introduce…
- Topic: Number Sense, Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Seasonal, Food, Holiday, Books, Capacity, Two of Everything, Lily Toy Hong, The Magic Porridge Pot, Paul Galdone, Strega Nona, Tomie dePaola
Series: Book Ideas April 8, 2015
4 Children’s Books to Shape Up Geometry Skills
From recognizing octagonal stop signs to remembering where the cookies are stored, children encounter geometry early and often. There are plenty of children's books that kids love to further pique their interest. We've listed a…
- Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Mapping, Books, Pat Hutchins, Tana Hoban, Joan Sweeney, Michael Rosen, shape, Shapes Shapes Shapes, Me on the Map, Changes Changes, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Helen Oxenbury
Series: Book Ideas February 18, 2015
4 Books About Measurement that Spur Children’s Thinking
Children measure all of the time, even if they're not using rulers or numbers while doing so. There are many great children's books about measurement that spur on children's natural fascination with the subject.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Big and Small, Teruyuki Komiya, Life-Size Zoo, Just a Little Bit, Leo Lionni, Inch by Inch, Tomie dePaola, Strega Nona, Ann Tompert, Books
Series: Book Ideas September 19, 2014
Halloween and Animal Fun While Exploring Big, Bigger, and Biggest
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll and A Pig is Big by Douglas Florian are two children's story books that present opportunities for children to explore the mathematical concept of measurement, particularly the Big…
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Animals, Douglas Florian, A Pig is Big, Steven Kroll, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, Books, Holiday, Nature, Seasonal, Big and Small
Series: Book Ideas September 18, 2013
How “Big” is a Million?
Children like big numbers! Often before they can say all the numbers from one to one hundred reliably, children understand that one hundred is a lot. They quickly learn that one thousand is even more…
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Place Value, Books, How Much is a Million, David Schwartz, Steven Kellogg, Count to a Million, Jerry Pallotta
Series: Book Ideas April 16, 2013
Concept of “Getting Bigger” in The Growing Story and Three Feet Small
The Growing Story and Three Feet Small are two wonderful picture books that address a “math all around us" concept: growing taller.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Big and Small, Books, Michael Rosen, Helen Oxenbury, The Growing Story, Ruth Krauss, Three Feet Small, Valeri Gorbachev
Series: Book Ideas March 15, 2013
Counting on Caps for Sale
The award winning classic children’s story Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina is one that preschoolers love to act out. Using discussion to make some connections to the children’s own lives, and to math, can…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Tags Animals, Estimation, Books, Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
Series: Book Ideas February 27, 2013
Using Photobooks for Data Analysis
Tana Hoban and Ann Morris are both gifted children’s book authors who combine minimal text with wonderful photos that beg to be pored over again and again. Many of them are organized around ideas that…
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Shoes, Books, Tana Hoban, Ann Morris, Shapes Shapes Shapes, Cubes Cones Cylinders & Spheres, Shoes Shoes Shoes, Bread Bread Bread
Series: Book Ideas February 25, 2013
The Math in Dots
Melinda Chum is one of many teachers who have found great ways to do math with Donald Crews’ wonderful picture book 10 Black Dots. Children love going through the pages, exploring how 2 black dots…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Books, Numerosity, Donald Crews, Ten Black Dots, Press Here, Herve Tullet
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