Activities! Monsters and Elevators and One Very Clever Kangaroo! Plus, Freda Stops a Bully!
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Hello!
Do you like to play musical chairs? With monsters? Or take magical elevator rides? Or learn about fractions from a kangaroo? Then this is your lucky week!
Our three featured MathStart books are:
Monster Musical Chairs (subtracting 1)
Elevator Magic (subtracting)
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! (fractions)
Our featured I See I Learn book is very important story about how to deal with a bully. Unfortunately, this is a something all of us need to know. How can you help a friend being bullied? One of my favorite parts of this story is how Max, the bully, changes his behavior once he understands how hurtful his teasing has been.
Freda Stops a Bully (dealing with bullying)
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I couldn’t agree more!
Now, let’s get to all those activities!
Your friend,
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.
Here is list of where to buy MathStart books!
• Level 1, Pre-K/ Kindergarten
Monster Musical Chairs (subtract 1)
When six monsters get together to play musical chairs, you'd better watch out! "Stomp, stomp, SNORT. Shake, shimmy, SHOUT! When the music stops, one monster is OUT!," sings the leader of the monster band. One by one the players are tagged out until there's only one left: The winner!
Knowing how many objects are left when one is taken away from a group is a first step in understanding the concept of subtraction.
• Level 2, Kindergarten / Grade 1:
Elevator Magic (subtracting)
Who knew that riding an elevator could be such an adventure? Ben meets his Mom at her office on the 10th floor, then together they make several stops on their way down. They find cows and chickens at "Farm Bank and Trust" on the 8th floor, and a traffic jam at "Speedway Delivery" three floors below. As for the "Hard Rock Candy Store," you've got to see it to believe it. Learning how to subtract using a simplified "number line" helps children understand the concept of subtraction.
• Level 3, Grades 2 - 4:
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! (fractions)
It's Field Day at camp. The 12 campers—a kookaburra, an emu, two platypuses, three koalas, four dingoes and Kangaroo—can't wait for the games to start. The group divides into halves, then thirds and finally fourths to make equal-sized teams (6, 4 and 3 each) for the big competitions. But it's each camper for himself in the long jump, which is Kangaroo's personal favorite.
Seeing the relationship between division and fractions is an important step in understanding fractions.
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. 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.
Here is list of where to buy I See I Learn books!
20% Discount for Sets of 16 books at the I See I Learn Store!
Freda Stops a Bully (dealing with bullying)
Freda loves her new pink shoes. But when she wears them, a boy at school teases her. What can Freda do to make the bully stop?
Bullying is a serious issue, whether a child is being bullied, doing the bullying, or witnessing bullying as a bystander. Understanding what motivates the behavior can provide insights toward it resolution.
Let's all work together to stop bullying!
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