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Get For First Tiem Estimators
This is a great book for children who know how to estimate and for those who are just learing. This book is filled with pictures and illistrations on how you would estimate wiht a many number of things. A thing that I liked about this book is that it just wasn't estimating how a many of cars or jellybeans, but it was also prices in a store window. Another thing that I liked about this book is that at the end it give helpful teaching tips on how to read the book to your or any child. This is why I would recommend this book to any parent or teacher with a childwho need help estimating or just wants to have a review. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Approximate computation    2. Arithmetic    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Concepts - General    6. Estimation theory    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Mathematics    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Mathematics - General    12. Readers - Beginner    13. Science & Technology - Mathematics    14. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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Lemonade for Sale
I teach 3rd grade and will use this to review bar graphs at the beginning of next year.The students can usually relate to a lemonade stand.I actually purchased it to learn about starting up businesses for a writing prompt, but I can use it to enhance both skills.

Lemonade for Sale
My daughter, five, loves the book.She enjoyed the story and loved the beautiful illustrations which helped her to understand how bar graphs worked.I think it's a great book and worth buying.

Great Math book!
I used this book to introduce bar graphs to my second grade class.The lemonade sells for 25 cents a cup so it also made an excellent lesson on money and place value.The children really enjoyed the illustrations. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Concepts - General    4. Graphic methods    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Mathematics    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Mathematics - General    10. Science & Technology - Mathematics    11. Mathematics    12. Mathematics / Statistics   

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Another fine book from Mathstart
My five-year-old found this introduction to subtraction entertaining. It has value for parents, as well, because it reminds them that the opportunities to play at math with children are everywhere, even inelevators. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Concepts - General    4. Juvenile Mathematics    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Mathematics - General    8. Readers - Beginner    9. Science & Technology - Mathematics    10. Subtraction    11. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General   

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Perfect for 2nd-5th grade!
This is the best book I could find about making change and learning about money for elementary students. It worked perfectly for a lesson I did with second graders. I let them work with partners with fake coins learning to add and subtract money. Buy this book! It is impossible for find good books on money and this is a good one.

Reading Practice while Learning to Count Coins!
This book was a great way to help children learn about different ways to make the same amount of money, in this case, the fifty cents needed to go to the face painting booth. The story offered several opportunities topractice counting coins, while using repeated, predictable text that iswonderful for early elementary readers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Coins    4. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    5. Counting    6. Juvenile Mathematics    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Mathematics - General    10. School & Education    11. Science & Technology - Mathematics    12. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Counting    13. Numbers & counting   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Concepts - Size & Shape    4. Juvenile Mathematics    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Kites    8. Mathematics - General    9. Ratio and proportion    10. Science & Technology - Mathematics    11. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    12. Symmetry    13. Fiction    14. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Size & Shape    15. Numbers & counting    16. Picture books   

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Very cute book, first intro to discovering odd and even numbers
This book is quite cute from an entertainment perspective.Farmer Bill wakes up to a snowstorm one day to find that he is missing one of his mittens.When he goes to his barns, he discovers one by one, that each of his animals is missing a mitten (be prepared to explain what a cow's udder is for!).They finally see the goat at the top of the hill who is the culprit - he's munching on all the mittens!When they're all inside, the goat decides to make lunch on Farmer Bill's new coat.Very cute story and throughout the book, the illustrations indicate how many mittens the animals have (i.e. three for the cow) and "odd" is written under the three mittens, and the next picture is of four mittens with "even" written under them.Right now, my little one thinks that odd means just "weird" so that concept is coming a little slowly.Be prepared to go into a full explanation of numbers when you read this book.It definitely takes some time to do but the story makes it well worth it.Ours has to be read nightly.Highly recommend!

Book intro's idea of even and odd numbers
We loved Murphy's "Henry the Fourth", but we didn't particularly like this book.While the artwork is delightful, the rhymes are clumsy, and worse, the premise just is not very interesting.At least, finding out what happened to the cow's utter-mittens did not engage my kids (almost 3 and 5).
Awkward, but cute
By far, the illustrations are the best part of this book. The wonderful depictions of Farmer Bill, his farm and animals give the book much more depth than the forced rhymes. And frankly, they also do a better job of getting across the concepts of odd and even. Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Counting    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Mathematics - Arithmetic    9. Mathematics - General    10. Numbers, Natural    11. Science & Technology - Mathematics    12. Social Issues - Lost & Found    13. Early learning / early learning concepts    14. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

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Wonderfully simple look at fractions
This book is an accurate description of how children react to sharing.As the brother and sister learn to share the food each of them have, they are also learning about fractions.Each child is reminded by their parents to divide the pizza, juice, and cupcakes in half to share equally.Thechildren's first instinct is to share unequally.The book introduces newterms (i.e. divide) and gives the reader a fun introduction to fractionsand getting along with each other. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Division    4. Fractions    5. Juvenile Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Mathematics - Fractions    9. Mathematics - General    10. Study Aids - Mathematics    11. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General   

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Super book!
Set in a comic book format, this book has been a favorite of my 4 year old son since we bought it.A very simple book, and very appropriate for preschoolers. The writing is a little lame at one point, but my son doesn't care and thoroughly enjoys this book ( and he's learned some simple math concepts without realizing he's been taught). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Geometry    4. Geometry - General    5. Juvenile Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Mathematics - General    9. Mathematics - Geometry    10. Shape    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / Geometry   

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Great Introdution to Division
"Divide and Ride" is a great way to introduce your children/students to division.It has fabulous illustrations and written in a kid-friendly manner.Students can relate to the idea of going to an amusement park and/or carnival and they can start to see patterns as the book continues. ... Read more

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Read it Backwards
I read this book to my 4-year old grandson and he asked me to read it backwards so that they (the monsters) could win.James delighted in the Monsters getting back into the game rather than leaving it.
A great intro to subtraction
Both my almost four year old and my one year old love this book. The older one loves counting monsters and chairs, and I think the younger one just loves the illustrations. I love the illustrations, too. This book is a wonderful introduction to subtraction. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    4. Concepts - General    5. Juvenile Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Mathematics - General    9. Science & Technology - Mathematics    10. Sports & Recreation - Games - General    11. Subtraction    12. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General    13. Numbers & counting    14. Picture books   

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cute lesson for all ages
My son alwys gets his sister (3 months) a book to look at on our weekly library trips.We read this one to her and she looked at the pictures very closely!My son enjoyed the matching game at the end.

A Simple Math Concept Tale for Young Children
A lonely striped sock is looking for his other pair of sock.He searches the whole places from washer to laundry bag but he can't find a match of his pair.When he almost gives up on his search, he finally found one.However, thing does not seem to be smooth at all times, his mate is torn.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Concepts - General    4. Juvenile Mathematics    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Mathematics - General    8. Pattern perception    9. Perception    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Science & Technology - Mathematics    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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Great Book for students
I love this book as it gives a different spin on the 100th day of school.As an educator, I am always looking for things that fit the curriculum but are of interest to the learners.There are many follow-through activities to do after reading this. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Mathematics    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    5. Concepts - General    6. Counting    7. Juvenile Mathematics    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Mathematics - General    11. School & Education    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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Cute Beginning Math Book - a review of "Animals on Board"
Interesting comments (below) about this book, BUT I have to say that we didn't even notice the fact that the equations and the sequence of the numbers didn't match until I read the reviews here.
Addition left to right
I disagree with the last reviewer.As a first grade teacher, I liked that the number sentences demonstrated the commutative property (could that be why the author had the animals commuting? LOL)Our class could discuss how the sentence 5+2 is the same as 2+5 for example - regardles of which group on what truck was counted first the total animals is the same.We could make trucks and put our own little animal on them, and write our own # sentences in our own little books - changing the order of the trucks and getting the same result.(Part-part-whole concept.)A child shouldn't be taught that adding two quantities works only one direction and it's either right or wrong based on the direction you write the # sentence.5+2 =7 is the same as 2+5=7. Even 7=5+2 or 7=2+5 is correct! I appreciate that that the numbers are commutable in this text!
Orientation problems
The concept for the book is very nice: adding everyday objects. The problem comes in the way the drawings are done. On one page, we see a truck carrying three tigers. On the next page, a truck carrying two more tigers follows the first. Below is a billboard with the equation: 3+2=5. Enter the problem. Whereas in the equation the number 3 is on the left, in the illustration the picture of the truck with the three tigers is on the right side. Similarly, the 2 in the equation is to the right of the 3, in the drawing the truck with the two tigers is on the far left. It would have been *much* nicer if the layout of the equation and the layout of the truck corresponded to one another. Read more

Subjects:  1. Addition    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    5. Concepts - General    6. Counting    7. Juvenile Mathematics    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Mathematics - General    11. Readers - Beginner    12. Science & Technology - Mathematics    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General    14. Numbers & counting   

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Explains doubling math concept
This is a pretty cute book.At first, the little farmer boy has five ducks for which to care and he describes a typical day that that many ducks require.He explains how much food they need, their bath, and how they go to bed.However, when they all go out for a walk one day, they each bring back a friend, doubling the little farmer's efforts.So, now he needs double the food, double the straw and double the hands and asks for a friend too.
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Very cute book - especially nice for the firefighter fan!
Be sure to grab this one particularly if you have little ones who really like firefighters. Its main characters are firefighters, trying to get dressed for the big parade, but they don't have the correct amount of buttons. They have a variety of sizes and shapes but they must be able to sort them in such a way that each firefighter has a set of four. There is a typo in the beginning that talks about the number os sets - it says there needs to be four sets of three instead of three sets of four, but other than that, it's just a great little book. My little one wants it read repeatedly each night. What a great way to start your toddler off right, particularly if you have a boy who loves firetrucks and firefighters! Highly recommend!
cute math book
Three young children plan to dress as firefighter for a parage.They start to dress in up in their firemen's coats and discover that the buttons are missing.The kids look around and find a bunch of buttons.Then they have to sort them so that each firefighter will have 4 buttons.Join them as they discover various ways of sorting.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Concepts - Size & Shape    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Mathematics    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Mathematics - General    10. Preschool Concepts    11. Preschool Mathematics Skills    12. Readers - Beginner    13. Science & Technology - Mathematics    14. Set theory    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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ok for math but not a book for us...
This book is fine for teaching patterns, it's main intent.I have a problem with the behavior of the kids however.First, the older brother doesn't share and his parents have no problem with this.Secondly, the younger child sneaks around misbehaving and ignoring both of her parents and her brother yet she's rewarded with a gift.We won't be reading this one again.

Beep, Beep, Vroom, Vroom
I used this book as a follow-up to our math patterning unit in my Kindergarten class. As I read the book, the students manipulated unifix cubes to copy the various patterns throughout the story. It was a great hit and certainly a good review of the patterning concept.

Fun to read!
My children LOVE this book.Don't think that because this is a "math" book it will be uninteresting!The repetition of the car sounds (beep beep, vroom vroom, crash crash) holds even my 1 and 3 year olds attention.It is fun to read and the author gives you some ideas in the back of the book to try while reading the book.You can read it for fun or point out patterns, colors, or even talk about sharing or asking permission.It is a wonderful book for a boy or a girl.I am giving this book as gifts because my girls enjoy it so much. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Concepts - Colors    5. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    6. Concepts - General    7. Juvenile Mathematics    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Mathematics - General    11. Sequences (Mathematics)    12. Toys, Dolls, & Puppets    13. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Circus    4. Concepts - Size & Shape    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Mathematics    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Mathematics - General    9. Shape    10. Stories in rhyme    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / Geometry    12. Shapes & patterns    13. Size