Many parents know the importance of promoting literacy and reading at home, but what about math? As it turns out, math is just as important and just as easy to include at home! This blog is for parents of elementary-aged children to retrieve fun activities, great books, and kid-friendly websites to reinforce math skills. By incorporating math outside of the classroom, parents help children develop skills and interest in math, build confidence, and encourage positive attitudes toward math.

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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