children's literature in mathematics education

Contains eighteen lessons for the kindergarten through second-grade classroom that link mathematics with nonfiction and writing and includes activities that explore geometric shapes, measurement, and computations.

Features over twenty lessons that link mathematics with literature and writing, and provides descriptions of how teachers have presented the activities in the classroom. Includes samples of student work, and a bibliography.

Explains to primary teachers how to connect mathematics with the ideas in children's books, presents classroom tested ideas for using children's literature in mathematical problem solving, and includes 10 classroom lessons.

Presents lessons for grades two and three that teach mathematics through activities related to popular children's books, such as "Little House in the Big Woods" and "One Hundred Hungry Ants.".

Provides a collection of lessons and activities for teaching mathematics using children's literature for kindergarten and first grade and includes blackline masters, references, and index.

Guide to the best children's books containing a mathematical subtext that includes fiction and nonfiction books.

Presents thirty-six literature-based math lessons for students kindergarten through third grade, organized to correspond to the ten mathematics standards presented by the National Council of the Teachers of Mathematics; each with a book summary, time frame, materials list, activities, and a bibliography.