Activities! All Kinds of Fun with Time + (Yum) a Really Great Picnic!
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I think it’s high time we talked about time, don’t you? This week’s featured MathStart books are all about time:
It’s About Time (hours)
Get Up and Go! (timelines)
Rodeo Time (reading a schedule
I hope you can make it in time (ha!) for Freda’s picnic. Our featured I See I Learn is Freda Plans a Picnic (sequencing) | Freda organiza una merienda (secuencia). With her mom’s help, Freda plans a really great picnic. Even Pickle, Emma’s green bull dog who has a nose mischief can’t spoil the fun! Scroll down for the video of me reading the story!
your friend, who always has time for a picnic,
Stuart
Mathstart is a series of 63 storybooks organized into three levels for Pre-K through Grade 4. Each story teaches a different mathematical skill.
You can buy individual books, sets by level, or a complete library. Here is list of where to find MathStart books!
• Level 1, Pre-K/ Kindergarten:
It’s About Time (hours)
The little boy's day starts at 7:00 A.M. with a great big stretch. Puppy stretches, too. By 8:00 A.M., it's off to school — "Good-bye Mom!" At 9:00 A.M., it's time to learn, and by 10:00 A.M., it's time to play with friends. The story follows the little boy throughout all 24 hours of his busy day, noting the time with an analog clock face and digital display that shows A.M and P.M. Lunch time! Dinner time! Bath time! Bedtime! When the boy is all tucked in for the night, friendly monsters come out to play. And then, before you know it, it's 7:00 A.M, and time to start another day.
Being able to read both analog (traditional) and digital clock faces is an important part of everyday life.
• Level 2, Kindergarten / Grade 1:
Get Up and Go! (timelines)
The puppy is worried. Will his Little Girl be ready to go to school on time? First, there is a five-minute snuggle with Teddy. Then another three minutes spent washing up, and eight minutes for breakfast. And there's still so much more to do! Pup creates a colorful timeline to help keep track.
Constructing and interpreting timelines helps children determine elapsed time using such skills as adding on to find sums.
• Level 3, Grades 2 - 4:
Rodeo Time (reading a schedule)
Katie and Cameron are all excited to help their uncle, Cactus Joe, with chores at the rodeo. Their first chore is watering the horses before the Bareback Bronc Riding event. "It starts at 3:00, so be there at 2:00 sharp," Joe tells them. "You'll need an hour to get the job done." Katie makes a schedule. The next day, the rodeo starts with a Parade and Grand Entry at 10:00 a.m., followed by lunch at noon, and then it's time to water the horses at 2:00 p.m. By lunchtime, Katie and Cameron are running late. Will the kids make it?
Reading a schedule involves time-telling skills, developing a sense of elapsed time, and an ability to anticipate and plan.
I See I Learn is a series of 16 stories that follow the adventures of the children in Miss Cathy’s class at Ready, Set Pre-K in See-and-Learn City (see map).
Each story focuses on a different social, emotional, health & safety and cognitive skill important for success in school and in life. For Pre-K / Kindergarten.
Freda Plans a Picnic (sequencing)
Freda's mom says she can invite her friends to picnic. There is so much to do, from packing the picnic basket to cleaning up. All the steps add up to a fun-filled time!
The ability to recall events in proper order–what happens first, what comes next, and what occurs last is important for story comprehension, mathematics, following directions, planning, and other life skills.
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Freda organiza una merienda (secuencia)
La mamá de Freda le dice que puede invitar a sus amigos a una merienda. Hay tantas cosas que hacer, desde empacar la cesta con la comida hasta recoger y limpiar. ¡Todo es parte de la diversión!
La habilidad de recordar los pasos en orden - que pasa primero, lo siguiente, y lo que pasa al final - es muy importante para la comprensión de cuentos, matemáticas, seguir las instrucciones, organizar, y otras destrezas de la vida.
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