How many ways can you make five? : a parent's guide to exploring math with children's books / by Sally Anderson with the Vermont Center for the Book ; Illustrations by Mary Rojas
Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Children Love Math!; Why Use Children's Books to Talk about Math?; Math is Everywhere, All the Time; Chapter 1: Much More Than Counting; I Know 3, Three; Build a Number Creature; Count and Match Sets; Count to Five Book; Count and Match Numerals; Fix My Mistake!; Making Sets of Five; How Many Ways Can We Make Seven?; I Can Add!; Try Subtraction!; Chapter 2: Shapes and Spaces; Shapes All around; Shape Walk; What's this Shape?; Making Shapes; Shape Picture; Shape Collages; Triangle Block Puzzle; Explore Tangrams; Where Should I Go?
Obstacle CourseTaking a Walk, Making a Map; Make a Room Map; Chapter 3: Patterns and Relationships; Everyday Patterns; Pattern Strips; Clapping and Tapping Patterns; Sound Patterns; Movement Patterns; Pattern Dance; Patterns All around; Pattern Border; I Spy; It's in the Bag; Sorting and More Sorting; Sorting Tools; Guess My Feature!; Nature Sort; Sink or Float?; Sorting Every Day; What's a Minute?; Chapter 4: Measuring and Comparing; It's "My Foot" Long; How Tall Am I?; Inching along; Longer Than the Ruler; Measure Me!; Bigger Than My Head; Human Balance; Book of Opposites
Make a Balance MobileAnother Simple Balance; What Do You Do First?; Math Standards; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Explore connections between math and everyday life with your child! The activities in How Many Ways Can You Make Five? link popular children's books-which you are probably already reading with your child-with easy, fun-filled activities you can use to explore important math concepts like mapping, following directions, noticing patterns, and finding shapes
