Here are a few suggestions of books for bedtime reading that have a mathematics theme. Some ideas for activities to accompany these books are also given. By simply reading these books, parents and teachers can introduce, support or review their children's understanding of fundamental mathematics concepts in a fun and engaging manner. This particular entry pertains to books about ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION from the Number Sense and Numeration strand.
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh A hungry snake counts ten little mice. "little, warm and tasty," into a jar for his dinner. However, the clever little mice create a plan to fool the greedy snake and manage to escape. Activities * Make mice puppets from pompoms, find a large clear jar and a stuffed snake. Tell the story using props. Stop several times during the story to count on and back.
Rooster's Off to See the World by Eric Carle Take a trip with Rooster as he is joined by his friends; a wonderful way to introduce addition and graphing. Activities *Play a graphing game with the class. Make a poster size graph with pictures of each animal in the story. Place unifix cubes in a bag (several of each to represent animals in the story, but only one black one to represent the rooster.) Have students pull out one cube at a time. Use a tiny post it note and place on graph. When the black is pulled, class will chant, "Rooster's off to see the world, who will go with rooster?" Then the graph is read, for example two cats, one frog and three fish. The answers will not be the same as the story. My students really love playing this game.
Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise Ten piranhas are swimming in the river, being gobbled up by one very clever and sly piranhas, or so he thinks. children love the ending. A great introduction to subtraction. Activities *Use an ocean storybord and make ten fish and use these props to tell the story. *Give each child ten goldfish crackers and tell the story again, have them eat the goldfish and give answers to subtraction questions as the story is told.
The m&m's Counting Book by Barbara McGrath This yummy little counting book teaches the numbers 1-12; as well as sets of 12 are explored. At the end of the book children will have great great fun exploring subtraction. Activities *Make a set of stiffened felt large circles. Use an m stamp and white acrylic paint and place an m&m on each circle. Use the m&m's to tell the story. *Using the number and color of m&m's found in the book, place in bag for each student. Have students eat m&m's as the book is explored.
Skittles Math Riddles by Barbara McGrath
The m&m's Birthday Book by Barbara McGrath
The Gummy Candy Counting Book by Richard Hutchings
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