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Finding Math in Everyday Family Life
…video, Everyday Family Math. In the video, families engage in a variety of fun and simple, yet meaningful, everyday math activities. Using things commonly found in many homes, caregivers talk,…
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Mini-pizzas para jugar con números
Hagan mini-pizzas con sus ingredientes favoritos. Nuestros consejitos matemáticos le ayudarán a que su niño/a practique a contar objetos y comparar cantidades
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Guía de lectura para el libro “Al lado de una hormiga”
Esta guía ofrece ideas para conversar sobre matemáticas mientras leen “Al lado de una hormiga,” escrito por Mara Rockliff e ilustrado por Pascale Constantin, que está disponible en muchas bibliotecas públicas.
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Guía de lectura para el libro “Cambios, cambios”
Esta guía ofrece ideas para conversar sobre matemáticas mientras leen “Cambios, cambios,” escrito por Pat Hutchins, que está disponible en muchas bibliotecas públicas.
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Guía de lectura para el libro “El libro de Anno para contar”
Esta guía ofrece ideas para conversar sobre matemáticas mientras leen “El libro de Anno para contar,” escrito por Mitsumasa Anno, que está disponible en muchas bibliotecas públicas.
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Guía de lectura para el libro “Faltan 10 minutos para dormir”
Esta guía ofrece ideas para conversar sobre matemáticas mientras leen “Faltan 10 minutos para dormir,” escrito por Peggy Rathmann, que está disponible en muchas bibliotecas públicas.
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Guía de lectura para el libro “Más y menos”
Esta guía ofrece ideas para conversar sobre matemáticas mientras leen “Más y menos,” escrito por Tana Hoban, que está disponible en muchas bibliotecas públicas.
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Guía de lectura para el libro “Panqueques para el desayuno”
Esta guía ofrece ideas para conversar sobre matemáticas mientras leen “Panqueques para el desayuno,” escrito por Tomie dePaola, que está disponible en muchas bibliotecas públicas.
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Storybook Guide Based on Stuart J. Murphy’s “Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom!”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom!”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Simón dice
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Storybook Guide Based on Susan Edwards Richmond’s “Bird Count”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Bird Count.”
Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award honor book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Lori Haskins Houran’s “Bravo, Albert!”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Bravo, Albert!”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Songju Ma Daemicke’s “Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant.”
Many public libraries have this book. This book is a Mathical Award winner.
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Storybook Guide Based on Pat Hutchins’s “Changes, Changes”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Changes, Changes.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Stuart J. Murphy’s “Circus Shapes”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Circus Shapes.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Lois Ehlert’s “Color Zoo”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Color Zoo.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Miguel Tanco’s “Count on Me”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Count on Me.”
Many public libraries have this book. This book is a Mathical Award winner.
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Storybook Guide Based on Helaine Becker’s “Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13.”
Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award honor book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Robie H. Harris’s “Crash! Boom! A Math Tale”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Crash! Boom! A Math Tale.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Michael Dahl’s “Eggs and Legs: Counting by Twos”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Eggs and Legs: Counting by Twos.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on “Eric Carle’s 123”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Eric Carle’s 123.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Lois Ehlert’s “Fish Eyes”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Fish Eyes.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Simon Says
This movement game doesn’t require any materials, and can be played inside or outside. There’s lots of different ways to bring counting and math words into your play.
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Scavenger Hunt
This activity uses objects from around the house to encourage movement and conversation about size and shape.
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Storybook Guide Based on Steve Light’s “Have You Seen My Monster?”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Have You Seen My Monster?”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Sandra Boynton’s “Hippos Go Berserk!”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Hippos Go Berserk!”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Find and Talk About Math in Picture Books
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Storybook Guide Based on P.J. Roberts’ “I Lost My Sock! A Matching Mystery”
Use this storybook guide with the book “I Lost My Sock! A Matching Mystery.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Stan and Jan Berenstain’s “Inside Outside Upside Down”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Inside Outside Upside Down.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Annie Watson’s “Is 2 a Lot?”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Is 2 a Lot?”
Many public libraries have this book. This book is a Mathical Award winner.
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Storybook Guide Based on Ann Tompert’s “Just a Little Bit”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Just a Little Bit.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Stuart J. Murphy’s “Just Enough Carrots”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Just Enough Carrots.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on La Coccinella’s “Let’s Count”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Let’s Count.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Ana Crespo’s “Lia & Luís: Who Has More?”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Lia & Luís: Who Has More?”
Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award winner book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Jen Arena’s “Marta! Big & Small”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Marta! Big & Small.”
Many public libraries have this book. This book is a Mathical Award honor book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Eleanor May’s “Mice on Ice”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Mice on Ice.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Tana Hoban’s “More, Fewer, Less”
Use this storybook guide with the book “More, Fewer, Less.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Stuart J. Murphy’s “More or Less”
Use this storybook guide with the book “More or Less.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Ellen Stoll Walsh’s “Mouse Count”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Mouse Count.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Ellen Stoll Walsh’s “Mouse Shapes”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Mouse Shapes.” Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Rozanne L. Williams’s “Mr. Noisy’s Book of Patterns”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Mr. Noisy’s Book of Patterns.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Mara Rockliff’s “Next to an Ant”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Next to an Ant.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Cheryl Bardoe’s “Nothing Stopped Sophie”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Nothing Stopped Sophie.”
Many public libraries have this book. This book is a Mathical Award winner.
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Storybook Guide Based on Robie H. Harris’s “Now What? A Math Tale”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Now What? A Math Tale.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Kate Read’s “One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller”
Use this storybook guide with the book “One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller.”
Many public libraries have this book. This book is a Mathical Award winner.
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Storybook Guide Based on Roseanne Greenfield Thong’s “One Is a Piñata: A Book of Numbers”
Use this storybook guide with the book “One Is a Piñata: A Book of Numbers”
Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award honor book.
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Storybook Guide Based on April and Jeff Sayre’s “One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab”
Use this storybook guide with the book “One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Tomie dePaola’s “Pancakes for Breakfast”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Pancakes for Breakfast.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Trudy Harris’s “Pattern Bugs”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Pattern Bug.” Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Trudy Harris’s “Pattern Fish”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Pattern Fish.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Asia Citro’s “Pigeon Math”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Pigeon Math” Many public libraries have this book.
This book is a Mathical Award winner.
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Storybook Guide Based on Keith Baker’s “Quack and Count”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Quack and Count.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Ciara Gavin’s “Room for Bear”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Room for Bear.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Joyce Sidman’s “Round”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Round.”
Many public libraries have this book. This book is a Mathical Award winner.
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Storybook Guide Based on Judy Cox’s “Sheep Won’t Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Sheep Won’t Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s”
Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award winner book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Pat Hutchins’s “Ten Red Apples”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Ten Red Apples.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Sara Levine’s “The Animals Would Not Sleep!”
Use this storybook guide with the book “The Animals Would Not Sleep!”
Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award winner book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Julia Finley Mosca’s “The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague”
Use this storybook guide with the book “The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague.” Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award honor book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Ruth Krauss’s “The Growing Story”
Use this storybook guide with the book “The Growing Story.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Ivan Brunetti’s “Three Times Four”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Three Times Four.” Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award honor book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Reif Larsen’s “Uma Wimple Charts Her House”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Uma Wimple Charts Her House.”
Many public libraries have this book. This book is a Mathical Award winner.
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Storybook Guide Based on Katherine Ayres’s “Up, Down, and Around”
Use this storybook guide with the book Up, Down, and Around.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Guía de lectura para el libro “Ratones en el hielo”
Esta guía ofrece ideas para conversar sobre matemáticas mientras leen “Ratones en el hielo,” escrito por Eleanor May e ilustrado por Deborah Melmon, que está disponible en muchas bibliotecas públicas.
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Storybook Guide Based on Tim Hopgood’s “Walter’s Wonderful Web”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Walter’s Wonderful Web.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Molly Bang’s “When Sophie Thinks She Can’t…”
Use this storybook guide with the book “When Sophie Thinks She Can’t…” Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award honor book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Eric Hill’s “Where’s Spot?”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Where’s Spot?”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Ae-hae Yoon’s “Who Eats First”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Who Eats First.”
Many public libraries have this book.
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Storybook Guide Based on Joan Holub’s “Zero the Hero”
Use this storybook guide with the book “Zero the Hero.”
Many public libraries have this book. This is a Mathical Award honor book.
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Math Talk While Cooking Together
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Berry Smoothies for Counting
Make your own fruit smoothies. The tips included with this recipe will help you to practice some counting skills, such as counting small piles of fruit. Remember to ask your child how many there are again after they finish counting! It helps with the skill of cardinality.
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Easy Macaroni & Cheese for Measuring
Make your own macaroni and cheese. You have to measure out the amount of water, cheese, and pasta. The tips included with this recipe will help you to practice measuring with your child, such as having them help to put the right amount of pasta into the measuring cup.
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Personal Pizzas For Playing with Numbers
Make your own mini-pizzas with whatever toppings you like. The tips included with this recipe will help you to practice some special counting skills, such as counting out the same number of objects as someone else, or counting out exactly five objects.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies for Sharing
Make your own cookies using our recipe or even with a slice-and-bake dough! The tips included with this recipe will help you to practice some fair sharing skills and have conversations about how to split the cookies equally.
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Fun Pancakes with Mix-Ins for Adding and Subtracting
Make pancakes with the mix-in of your choice! Whether it’s fruit or chocolate chips, these small ingredients can be counted, put together, and taken away for lots of operations practice. Our tips will help you start the conversation while you cook.
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Vegetable Soup for Talking About Measurement and Size
Make vegetable soup. Carrots or celery can be lined up and their lengths can be compared. Our tips will help you start the conversation while you cook.