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| Wishful thinking on my part! Graphics by Barrie Brewer at DVCRequest.com |
Do you count down the days to something special? First day of school? Christmas? Last day of school? Vacations? How many more days?
How many more sleeps? How long
until we get there? Counting down to
Disney is my favorite! That’s one of the things that we
all do when we have a trip planned. My friend, Barrie Brewer, just
recently created the most wonderful Days to Disney graphics for David's Vacation Club Rentals. (Love my Disney friends! Thank you, Barrie and David, for all you do!) Counting down to something special is fun for kids and grownups! And counting down to Disney trips certainly makes
me happy!
For many of us it’s already back to school time. So for a little mixture of fun and learning,
let’s turn to books with a math theme. There
are many math themed books written for children with themes such as counting,
telling time, measurement, shapes, etc. The
illustrators of many of the counting books use various media to produce
excellent artwork to captivate the reader. Some authors
have written series of books that are especially appealing to children. Author
Jerry Pallotta has written many books, among them counting books and alphabet
books. They are always a favorite with
children. What child can resist a book
called The Icky Bug Counting Book? Delight your children by checking out Jerry
Pallotta’s books. Author Robert E. Wells
has written 11 books in his science/math series explaining many topics. My favorite is his Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? in which he compares
the size of a blue whale to mountains, the Earth, the Sun, etc.
Children love the illustrations and the opportunity to imagine the
immensity of their world.
Cat
and dog lovers? You are not
forgotten. Phyllis Limbacher Tildes’ Counting on Calico features delightful, colored
pencil drawings of Calico and her kittens while counting through the pages and
sharing facts about cats. Loreen Leedy’s
series about Penny the Boston Terrier are excellent. Measuring
Penny is my favorite. Penny is even
measured in dog biscuits! Leedy has also
written Mapping Penny and It’s Probably Penny.
Visit
your local or school library or bookstore for some of these wonderful math
themed books for children.
My
Top Favorites
A Cloak for a Dreamer by Aileen Friedman
Chicka Chicka 1 2 3 by Bill Martin, Jr.
Counting on Calico
by Phyllis Limbacher
Tildes
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can
Count On by
Lois Ehlert
How Big is a Foot? By Rolf Myller
Is a Blue Whale the Biggest
Thing There Is?
by Robert E. Wells (11 books in science/math series)
Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy (Also Mapping Penny and It’s Probably Penny)
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
The Icky Bug Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta
The King’s Commissioners by Aileen Friedman
More
Great Math Books
10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle
12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban (Two books
in one!)
Can You Count to Googol? By Robert E. Wells
Click Clack Splish Splash by Doreen Cronin
Each Orange Has 8 Slices by Paul Giganti, Jr.
Eating Fractions by Bruce Mc Millan
Emily’s First 100 Days of
School by
Rosemary Wells
Five Little Monkeys series by Eileen Christelow
Five Ugly Monsters by Tedd Arnold
From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat (Lots of
details for counting!)
How Many Feet? How Many Tails? By Marilyn Burns
How Much is a Million by David M. Schwartz
How
Much is That Guinea Pig in the Window? by Joanne Rocklin
Just a Minute by Teddy Slater
Just Enough Carrots by Stuart J. Murphy
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka (author of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The
Stinky Cheese Man)
Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy
Monster Math by Grace Maccarone
Monster Math Picnic by Grace Maccarone
Monster Money by Grace Maccarone
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Much Bigger Than Martin by Steven Kellogg
Stay in Line by Teddy Slater
Super Saturday Sand Castle by Stuart J. Murphy
Ten Apples Up on
Top by Dr. Seuss
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis
The Giraffe Numbers Book by Gene Yates
The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang
So,
as you count down to your next Disney trip, cultivate your math skills and
reach for an enjoyable math book and share it with a child. 3…2…1… Go and read!
