Sunday, April 15, 2012

Great Reads Involving Math


The Doorbell Rang
by Pat Hutchins

Ma makes a delicious batch of cookies.  But every time the doorbell rings, the children have to split the cookies evenly.  This book includes repetition while focusing on fractions and division.




Where's My Teddy?
by Jez Alborough

Eddie is suprised to find that his teddy has grown to a size too large for Eddie to even carry!  Is this even his teddy?  Meanwhile, a Bear in the woods panics when he discovers his teddy has shrunk.  When Eddie and the Bear meet with the other's teddy in hand, the two quickly exchange bears as they run the opposite direction in fear.  This book can be used for young children to discuss opposites and comparing objects.




If You Hopped Like A Frog
by David Schwartz

A frog can hop 29 times it's body length.  This book is full of interesting facts about animals that children can compare to their own bodies and imagine what it would be like if they had the same abilities as animals.  This is a fun and fact-filled book that allows children to practice ratios and proportions to calculate, for example, how far they could hop if they could hop like a frog.




The Big Buck Adventure
by Shelley Gill

A girl recieves a raise in her allowance, but what will she spend her extra dollar on?  She gets to the store and is overwhelmed with all of the choices she has.  This fun rhyming book provides a great lesson for children about how money involves math and spending or saving money are choices we make everyday.

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