Activities! Two Stories About Capacity plus A Day at the Beach: Making Friends & Measuring
Activities! Two Stories About Capacity plus A Day at the Beach: Making Friends & Measuring
Every other Wednesday, we post selections from our vast and wonderful archive of Early Math & Early Childhood Ed activities.
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Hello!
Summertime! It’s finally here! Camille is ready with her pail and shovel for a day at the beach. So is Carlos. Don’t you love the smiley octopus on his t-shirt? They’re going to meet some friends from Ready, Set Pre-K and build a great big sand fort.
Camille’s Team is an I See I Learn story about how they learned to cooperate and build the best and biggest sand fort ever! Scroll down for free posters in English and Spanish.
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This week’s three featured MathStart stories are:
A House for Birdie (understanding capacity)
Super Sand Castle Saturday (measuring) / Sábado de Súper Castillos (medir) More fun at the beach!
Room for Ripley (capacity)
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COULD YOU HELP ME? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR TEACHERS ABOUT SPANISH BOOKS…
Some of my MathStart and I See Learn books are available in Spanish. In fact, two stories published in English and Spanish are featured in this newsletter! It can be hard to gauge the demand for Spanish editions. Are they popular in your school? Would you like to see more of my stories in Spanish? If yes / sí, which ones would like to see first? Do you prefer Spanish translations or bilingual editions?
If you can, please share these questions with your colleagues. Are there are any educational organizations you would recommend I reach out to for more insight into the Spanish market? Please send me an email here. ¡Muchas gracias for your help!
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Are you ready for summer? It’s going to be great!
Now, where did I put my pail and shovel?
Stuart
LAST CHANCE FOR THE FREE SUMMER EARLY MATH SYMPOSIUM!
This newsletter is coming out two days before the FREE Early Math Symposium, so there is still time to sign up!
I will be presenting with my good friend Jonathon Dueck, talking about bar graphs, pictographs, pie charts and line graphs. We will be using examples from my latest book, Show and Tell! Great Graphs and Smart Charts.
Register today and please spread the word!
MATHSTART
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 find MathStart books!
• Level 1, Pre-K/ Kindergarten
A House for Birdie (understanding capacity)
Poor little Birdie! He doesn't have a house to protect him from the wind and rain. So his buddies — Spike, Queenie, Goldie, and Fidget, who range in shape from tall, thin, and narrow to short, fat and wide—decide to help him find one.They fly all over the neighborhood, but each house they come to is either too tall, too wide, too fat or too short for Birdie, but perfect for one of them. Just when the skies begin to cloud over and things look their bleakest, Birdie's friends pitch in to build a house that's just right for Birdie.
Capacity is an important concept in geometry.
• Level 2, Kindergarten / Grade 1:
Super Sand Castle Saturday (area)
Juan, Sarah and Laura are building sand castles. But which one's tallest? Juan's is only two shovels high, while Sarah's is three. Laura's moat is one big spoon deep, while Juan's is two little spoons deep. Too bad their shovels and spoons aren't the same size. But "an inch is always an inch," says Larry the Lifeguard, using a tape measure to determine the winners.
Children learn that it is helpful to use standard units of measure to make accurate comparisons.
Sábado de Súper Castillos (medir)
Juan, Sara y Laura están construyendo castillos de arena ¿Pero cuál castillo es más alto? El castillo de Juan mide tan solo dos palas de altura, mientras que el de Sara mide tres palas de altura. El foso de la Laura mide un poco más de una cuchara grande de profundidad, mientras que el foso de Juan mide dos cucharas pequeñas de profundidad. Qué lástima que sus cucharas y palas no sean del mismo tamaño. Pero “una pulgada siempre mide una pulgada”, dice Larry el salvavidas, cuando determino los ganadores usando su cinta métrica. Los niños aprenderán a usar las normas de unidades de medidas para hacer comparaciones precisas.
• Level 3, Grades 2 - 4:
Room for Ripley (capacity)
The guppy in the pet store ripples through the water as he swims, so Carlos names him Ripley. Carlos wants to buy Ripley, though first he needs to set up a fish bowl at home with a little help from big sister Ana. He pours a cup of water into the bowl, but it isn't nearly enough. Then another cup, which makes a pint. But he needs more. How many pints make a quart? How many quarts in a half-gallon? In a gallon? It sure takes a lot of water to keep a little fish happy!
Children need to understand the relationships between the various units used to measure liquid capacity.
I SEE I LEARN
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 find I See I Learn books!
Camille’s Team (cooperation)
Camille loves to build sand forts at the beach. But it’s hard to build a big fort alone. See what happens when Camille and her friends make a plan, work together, and share the fun.
Learning how to work together to achieve a goal helps children develop mutual respect. Children see that they can get more done—and have more fun doing it!
Share the work. Share the fun!
Camila y su equipo (colaboracion)
A Camille le encanta construir castillos de arena en la playa. Pero, es difícil construir un castillo solita. Ve lo que sucede cuando Camille y sus amigos hacen un plan, trabajan juntos, y se divierten.
Aprendiendo como trabajar juntos para lograr una meta ayuda a los niños a desarrollar como respetar a los demás. ¡Los niños aprenden a completar más trabajos - y a divertirse mientras trabajan!
¡Compartir el trabajo! ¡Compartir la diversión!
Do you have a story or a question? Send me an email!