Tagged as: Two of Everything
Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong
When the elderly Mr. Haktak digs up an interesting pot in his yard, he doesn't know what to do with it. But that is only the beginning of the story in Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong. On the way home, Mr. Haktak realizes this is a magic pot. This pot doubles things... which makes for an interesting mathematical situation.
Series: Book Ideas
5 Books and Songs for Exploring Growing Patterns
August 28, 2019
Cumulative tales and rhymes illustrate growing patterns, typically an increase or decrease by one on each page. As the growing pattern is revealed through the story, children get excited because they can figure out "what comes next."
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Culture, Jacqueline Woodson, Graeme Base, Demi, We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past, The Waterhole, Two of Everything, One Grain of Rice, Lily Toy Hong
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
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