Count on Math: Activities for Small Hands and Lively Minds

by Pam Schiller, Lynne Peterson

The activities in this book reflect children's real world math experiences--counting candles on a birthday cake, sorting and classifying toys, making sure there is a one-to-one correspondence between children and cookies. Children learn spatial relationships, patterning, shapes, numeration, and many other math concepts from these simple activities, such as "Nature Sort," "Human Rectangles" and "Stackable Snackables."

Each chapted of this invaluable resource presents a new math concept in developmental sequence, and the activities in each chapter build on what the children have already learned.

Unique features in every chapter include an introductory story, intriguing activities, evaluation criteria, and a newsletter to send home to parents. Each math concept is introduced with a story and ends with suggestions for home connections.

Genres: Mathematics

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Pamela Byrne Schiller

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I checked this book out from the library, but I think I might splurge & buy it. This isn't a book to just read & take back. It's one that you'll want to keep on hand. The book is aimed toward teachers, but most of the activities can easily be done in the home as well. In the introduction, it includes a sample 50 week program & 40 week program.

50 week program:
Concept...................3's......4's.....5's......6's
Free Exploration.......8 weeks..6 weeks.6 weeks..3 weeks
Spatial Relationships..8 weeks..6 weeks.4 weeks..2 weeks
etc
etc

The idea is to start with the first concept & stick with that until the child is grasping it well before moving on to the next concept, since they build upon each other.

[Jenalee Paige · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource for teachers to have in teaching math to preschool. It has detailed lessons in all the areas of math. It has a guide to explain the sequence recommended to teach in as well as how long to spend on each objective depending on the age of the children. It is great for teachers who need a jumpstart in lesson planning. Many of the lessons are easy to expand and change up to get the children more engaged.

[Andrea Labonte · Rating 2 out of 5]

good for the younger kids not over 8 years old.