Real Math for Young Learners - Softcover

Young learners will have fun exploring math in their everyday world. Through activities that build on their own experiences students will use this book to practice: counting, geometry, graphing, patterning, measurement, beginning computation, number recognition, shapes, readiness for addition & subtraction, money, ordinal numbers, and one-to-one correspondence.

Step-by-step teacher directions, and reproducible patterns and forms make this unit easy as well as fun. Topics include: Math & My Family, Math in the Kitchen, Math & Your Clothes, and Numbers & Shapes Everywhere.

Here are some samples of the activities included:
* students do a clothing survey; reproducible stand-up labels are included
* students create their own patterns using reproducible shirt patterns provided
* students use reproducible pants to learn about counting by twos
* students learn about symmetry by creating a necktie that is the same on both sides
* students learn about attributes by playing "What's in the Closet?" - reproducible clothing pieces are provided
* students conduct a home survey to find places where numbers are used

Fun, instructive illustrations throughout. Bibliography included. All 112 pages perforated for easy removal.