Activities! Fun! Comparing Amounts! Collecting Data! Equivalent Values! And...a Parade!
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I love a parade, don’t you? They are so exciting and so much fun.
Our featured I See I Learn story this week is Left, Right, Emma! (knowing left and right). Miss Cathy chooses Emma to lead the marching band at the Ready, Set Pre-K “Grandparents Day” parade. Left! Right! Left! Right! Everybody will be following Emma’s lead. With some help from Pickle, the amazing green bulldog, Emma practices and practices.
Will you be marching in a Fourth of July parade this year? Then it’s time to brush up on Left! Right! (Scroll down for a free PDF poster.)
This week’s featured MathStart books are:
Just Enough Carrots (comparing amounts)
The Best Vacation Ever (collecting data)
Dinosaur Deals (equivalent values)
Be sure to check out the video of the my puppets activity!
your friend, who eats a lot of carrots, is always ready for a vacation, and really likes dinosaurs,
“Left! Right!” 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:
Just Enough Carrots (comparing amounts)
Young rabbit can't understand why Mom is buying so many bags of peanuts and cans of worms at the grocery store when everybody knows carrots are a whole lot tastier. Horse, he notices, has more carrots in his cart, while Elephant has fewer, though Bird has the same amount. H'mmmm… Could Mom be planning a party?
To formulate addition and subtraction equations involves being able to identify "more," "fewer" and "the same."
• Level 2, Kindergarten / Grade 1:
The Best Vacation Ever (Collecting Data)
The family needs a break. Everybody's always so busy. But where should they go? A very smart and practical little girl asks some key questions and charts the answers. Mom wants to go some place quiet and cool. Grandma and brother Charlie are looking for fun. And everybody but Dad wants Fluffer the cat to come along. Is there any place that'll make everyone happy?
Learning to organize and interpret data develops the ability for critical thought.
• Level 3, Grades 2 - 4:
Dinosaur Deals (equivalent values)
For dino-lovers Mike and his little brother Andy, there's nothing as exciting as the Dinosaur Card Trading Fair. Andy's in heaven on his 7th birthday when Mom lets Mike take him for the very first time. Mike really wants a T. Rex card, but to get it, he's going to have to trade. He needs three Allosaurus cards to get a T. Rex, but has only one. This is going take some wheeling and dealing.
Helping children to comprehend the concept of equivalent values is key to their understanding of equations.
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.
Left, Right, Emma! (knowing left and right)
Emma loves to march around her house. She is excited to lead a march at school. But how will Emma know when to turn left and when to turn right?
Understanding basic directions allows young children to follow instructions, give others directions, and develop strong spatial sense.
Let’s go! Left! Right!
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