{"id":7546,"date":"2014-03-19T10:02:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T14:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2021-08-15T11:02:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T15:02:59","slug":"math-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/","title":{"rendered":"MATH I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many? How big? How far? How long? And when should kids know what? From PBS, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/parents\/childdevelopmenttracker\/one\/index.html\">Learn and Grow<\/a> has age-by-age tips, activities, and descriptions of what kids generally know and do from ages 2 to 8, in the fields of Creative Arts, Language, Literacy, Mathematics, Physical Health, Science, and Social and Emotional Growth.<\/p>\n<p>There are &#8211; literally &#8211; hundreds of books aimed at introducing just-beginners to numbers; check out some good resources below.<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9bbc3e2520\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9bbc3e2520\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/#NUMBERS_AND_COUNTING\" >NUMBERS AND COUNTING<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/2\/#BIGGER_NUMBERS\" >BIGGER NUMBERS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/2\/#_MATH_SERIES_BOOKS\" >\u00a0MATH SERIES BOOKS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/3\/#MATH_CONCEPTS\" >MATH CONCEPTS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/4\/#HANDS-ON_MATH\" >HANDS-ON MATH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/4\/#MATH_AROUND_THE_WORLD\" >MATH AROUND THE WORLD<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/5\/#ROMAN_NUMERALS\" >ROMAN NUMERALS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/5\/#MATH_AND_ART\" >MATH AND ART<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/5\/#_MATH_ANXIETY\" >\u00a0MATH ANXIETY<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/math-i\/5\/#_JUST_FOR_FUN\" >\u00a0JUST FOR FUN<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NUMBERS_AND_COUNTING\"><\/span><b>NUMBERS AND COUNTING<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12673 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/10inbed-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/10inbed-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/10inbed-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/10inbed.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>There are several picture-book versions of the loved-by-everybody song\/nursery rhyme \u201cTen in the Bed:\u201d \u201cThere were 10 in the bed and the little one said\/\u201dRoll over! Roll over!\u2019\/So they all rolled over and 1 fell out\u2026\u201d David Ellwand\u2019s <i>Ten in the Bed<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 2001) is illustrated with enchanting photographs of ten teddy bears (including one in a striped night cap and one in wire-rimmed spectacles). For ages 1-4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12749 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-black-dots-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-black-dots-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-black-dots.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Donald Crews\u2019s rhyming <i>Ten Black Dots<\/i> (Greenwillow, 1994), various numbers of black dots (from 1 to 10) can be anything from a sun and a moon, to the eyes of a fox, the face of a snowman, or beads \u201cfor stringing on a lace.\u201d Illustrated with big bright graphics for ages 1-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathwire.com\/literature\/litnumbsense.html\">Math Literature Connections: Number Sense<\/a> has activities and downloadable cards, worksheets and charts to accompany Donald Crews\u2019s <i>Ten Black Dots<\/i>, Theo LeSieg\u2019s <i>Ten Apples Up on Top<\/i>, and Jerrie Oughton\u2019s <i>How the Stars Fell Into the Sky<\/i>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12672 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9-flashy-fish-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9-flashy-fish-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9-flashy-fish-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9-flashy-fish.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Lois Ehlert\u2019s <i>Fish Eyes<\/i> (\u201cA Book You Can Count On\u201d) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992), illustrated with gorgeous bright-colored fish, makes for a great interactive read, with many fish and fish eyes to count, plus shapes and colors to identify. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12680 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/anno-counting-bk-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/anno-counting-bk-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/anno-counting-bk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/anno-counting-bk-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/anno-counting-bk.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Mitsumasa Anno, <i>Anno\u2019s Counting Book<\/i> (Crowell, 1997) is an enchanting picture book that teaches the numbers 0 to 12 as a small village grows through the months of the year. The book opens with an empty snow scene (0); by 1, we have one house, one snowy pine tree, one bridge over the river, one snowman, and one skier; by 7, there are seven buildings, seven pine trees, seven spotted cows, a clothesline hung with seven sheets and, in the sky, a seven-colored rainbow. Delightful for ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/so-many-bunnies-so-many-bunnies-a-bedtime-abc-and-counting-book-original-imaearmurmg3e7cz-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/so-many-bunnies-so-many-bunnies-a-bedtime-abc-and-counting-book-original-imaearmurmg3e7cz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/so-many-bunnies-so-many-bunnies-a-bedtime-abc-and-counting-book-original-imaearmurmg3e7cz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/so-many-bunnies-so-many-bunnies-a-bedtime-abc-and-counting-book-original-imaearmurmg3e7cz-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/so-many-bunnies-so-many-bunnies-a-bedtime-abc-and-counting-book-original-imaearmurmg3e7cz.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Rick Walton\u2019s rhyming <i>So Many Bunnies<\/i> (HarperFestival, 2000) \u2013 an ABC and counting book \u2013 Old Mother Rabbit, who lives in a shoe, is putting her 26 alphabetical offspring to bed, counting them one by one, from (1) Abel (who sleeps on a table) to (26) Zed, who sleeps in a shed. For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12735 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ocean-counting-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ocean-counting-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ocean-counting-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ocean-counting.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Janet Lawler\u2019s <i>Ocean Counting<\/i> (National Geographic, 2013), illustrated with gorgeous color photographs, includes interesting \u201cDid You Know?\u201d fact boxes for each numerical group of ocean animals (starting with 1 green sea turtle). For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12742 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-was-johnny-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-was-johnny-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-was-johnny.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Maurice Sendak, <i>One Was Johnny<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1991) begins with Johnny, who lives alone, happily reading by himself. Then a rat leaps in, followed by a cat, a dog, a turtle, and so on until an annoyed Johnny cleverly counts backwards, getting rid of his uninvited guests and restoring peace and quiet. For ages 2-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12692 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/counting-colors-priddy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/counting-colors-priddy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/counting-colors-priddy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/counting-colors-priddy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/counting-colors-priddy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Roger Priddy\u2019s <i>Counting Colors<\/i> (Priddy Books, 2007) groups bright photos of familiar objects by color. Each color-coded spread challenges readers to count to ten, by finding 1-10 different objects \u2013 for example, (red) 2 roses, 4 fire engines, and 9 strawberries or (yellow) 2 bananas, 6 chicks, 7 lemons, and 10 rubber ducks. For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For many more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/colors\/\">Colors<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12715 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-numbers-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-numbers-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-numbers-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-numbers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-numbers-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-numbers-1536x1528.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-numbers.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Jean Marzollo\u2019s <i>I Spy Numbers<\/i> (Scholastic, 2012) \u2013 illustrated with colorful photo spreads of appealing little objects \u2013 challenges readers to find numbers of items via little rhyming clues. Great for trips. For ages 3-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12709 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-do-dinosaurs-1-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-do-dinosaurs-1-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-do-dinosaurs-1-883x1024.jpg 883w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-do-dinosaurs-1-768x890.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-do-dinosaurs-1.jpg 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>For dinosaur lovers, <i>How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten?<\/i> by Jane Yolen and Marc Teague (Blue Sky Press, 2004) features enormous dinosaurs perched on kid-sized beds and playing with kid-sized toys. Readers count to 10 beginning with 1 tattered teddy bear. One of a series for ages 3-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Many more resources on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dinosaurs\/\">Dinosaurs<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12683 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/at-edge-of-woods-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/at-edge-of-woods-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/at-edge-of-woods.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Cynthia Cotton\u2019s <i>At the Edge of the Woods<\/i> (Henry Holt and Company, 2002) is a rhyming counting book of woodland animals, beginning with \u201cAt the edge of the woods, the grass grows tall\/The daisies dance and the blackbirds call\/One chipmunk lives in the old stone wall\/At the edge of the deep, dark woods.\u201d An evocative numerical read for ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12694 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dog-loves-counting-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dog-loves-counting-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dog-loves-counting-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dog-loves-counting-768x916.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dog-loves-counting-1288x1536.jpg 1288w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dog-loves-counting-1718x2048.jpg 1718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Louise Yates\u2019s <i>Dog Loves Counting<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2013), Dog has tried counting sheep, but still can\u2019t get to sleep \u2013 so off he goes to find other animals to count. He begins with one baby dodo, and together the two of them set off in search of number three \u2013 a three-toed sloth, followed by a four-legged camel, a five-lined skink, and so on up to ten. At the end of the book, all ten animals end up counting stars. Other books featuring Dog include <i>Dog Loves Books<\/i> (2010) and <i>Dog Loves Drawing<\/i> (2012). For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For many more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/woof-all-about-dogs\/\">WOOF: All About Dogs.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12685 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/best-counting-bk-ever-scarry-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/best-counting-bk-ever-scarry-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/best-counting-bk-ever-scarry.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><i>Richard Scarry\u2019s Best Counting Book Ever<\/i> (Sterling, 2010) counts by ones to twenty, then by tens to one hundred \u2013 all with Scarry\u2019s busy little pictures in which there\u2019s a lot to study and count. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12711 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-snails-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-snails-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-snails.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Paul Giganti\u2019s <i>How Many Snails?<\/i> (Greenwillow, 1994) is a clever counting book that introduces kids to the idea of sets and subsets.\u00a0 (How many clouds? How many clouds are big and fluffy? How many clouds are big and fluffy and gray?) The <i>School Library Journal<\/i> trashed it for ambiguity (What constitutes a truck? Will kids know that fire trucks are trucks?) \u2013 but I think that\u2019s a plus. Discuss and debate. That\u2019s what books are for. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12757 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/when-sheep-cannot-sleep-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/when-sheep-cannot-sleep-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/when-sheep-cannot-sleep-869x1024.jpg 869w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/when-sheep-cannot-sleep-768x905.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/when-sheep-cannot-sleep-1303x1536.jpg 1303w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/when-sheep-cannot-sleep.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Stioshi Kitamura\u2019s <i>When Sheep Cannot Sleep<\/i> (Square Fish, 1988), Woolly, a pop-eyed little sheep in blue-and-white striped pajamas, can\u2019t get to sleep &#8211; so off he goes for a walk, counting along the way, from one butterfly to two ladybugs, three owls, and four bats, up to 20 stars. Back in bed again, he thinks about his family \u2013 21 relatives, all sheep \u2013 and so, finally, counting sheep, he falls asleep. Great watercolor illustrations. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Lots more on sheep! See resources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/baa-sheep-yarn-mobius-strips-and-dna\/\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12737 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-gorilla-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-gorilla-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-gorilla-894x1024.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-gorilla-768x880.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-gorilla-1341x1536.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-gorilla.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>We\u2019re all primates! Anthony Browne\u2019s <i>One Gorilla<\/i> (Candlewick, 2013) is a counting book of primates, from 1 gorilla to 2 orangutans, 3 chimpanzees, and so on, through gibbons, macaques, and mandrills to 10 ring-tailed lemurs. The book ends with 20 portraits of people (\u201cAll primates\/All one family\u201d). Illustrated with wonderful detailed paintings. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12676 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/123-by-jay-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/123-by-jay-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/123-by-jay-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/123-by-jay.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Alison Jay\u2019s <i>1 2 3<\/i> (Dutton Juvenile Books, 2007) is a charmer, beginning with one sleeping little girl who is carried away on the back of a (golden-egg-laying) goose to an enchanting fairy-tale world, populated with three pigs, four frog princes, seven magic beans, and so on, up to ten and back again. Each wonderful illustration is filled with numbers and references to fairy tales. (Figure out which one.) For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12750 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-flashing-fireflies-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-flashing-fireflies-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-flashing-fireflies-931x1024.jpg 931w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-flashing-fireflies-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-flashing-fireflies-1396x1536.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-flashing-fireflies.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Philemon Sturges\u2019s <i>Ten Flashing Fireflies<\/i> (NorthSouth, 1997), a pair of children capture \u2013 one by one \u2013 ten fireflies in a jar, and then, as the lights begin to blink out, let them go (and glow) again, counting back down from 10 to 1. The illustrations are soft summer night scenes in pastels, with luminous balls of glowing fireflies. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachwithme.com\/blogs\/getting-to-the-core\/item\/155-firefly-activities\">Firefly Activities<\/a> include making a wax-paper-winged fireflies, ice-cream-spoon fireflies, and a firefly keepsake jar. (Count them!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12691 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/counting-birds-melvin-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/counting-birds-melvin-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/counting-birds-melvin.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Alice Melvin\u2019s <i>Counting Birds<\/i> (Tate, 2010), written in rhyming couplets, counts birds (1-20) over the course of a day, beginning at dawn with one cockerel, then two love birds in a cage, then three ducks. Readers learn 21 different birds (the book ends at evening, with one nocturnal barn owl.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Many more resources on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/birds\/\">Birds<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12740 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-is-a-snail-sayre-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-is-a-snail-sayre-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-is-a-snail-sayre-768x670.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-is-a-snail-sayre.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By April Pulley Sayre, <i>One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab<\/i> (Candlewick, 2008) is a counting book of feet, beginning with the one-footed snail \u2013 then 2 (people), 4 (dog), 6 (insect), 8 (spider), and 10 (crab). Odd numbers are represented by an even-footed animal plus one snail. The numbers 10 to 100 are then represented by various combinations of animals \u2013 80, for example, can be eight crabs or ten spiders. Cheerful cartoon illustrations. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Check out the Parents\u2019 Choice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parents-choice.org\/article.cfm?art_id=404&amp;the_page=reading_list\">Six Best Counting Books<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From The Best Children\u2019s Books, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-best-childrens-books.org\/learning-numbers.html\">Learning Numbers with Counting Books<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>BIGGER NUMBERS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12698 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/emilys-first-100-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/emilys-first-100-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/emilys-first-100.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Rosemary Wells\u2019s <i>Emily\u2019s First 100 Days of School<\/i> (Disney-Hyperion, 2005) covers the numbers 1 to 100, with Emily\u2019s daily number journal. Crammed with creative number ideas. (Make a number journal of your own!) Great project possibilities for ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12720 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lifetime-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lifetime-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lifetime-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lifetime.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Lola M. Schaeffer\u2019s <i>Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 2013), is a mix of biology and math, as kids learn numbers and cool animal facts from 1 to (with skips) 1000. For example, in a single lifetime, a spider will spin one egg sac, a caribou will shed ten sets of antlers, a woodpecker will drill 30 nesting holes in trees, a rattlesnake will add 40 beads to its rattle, and a pair of seahorses will produce 1000 baby seahorses. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12729 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/missing-math-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/missing-math-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/missing-math-768x853.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/missing-math.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Loreen Leedy\u2019s <i>Missing Math<\/i> (Two Lions, 2008), all the numbers in town have simply disappeared \u2013 leaving behind a mess: clocks and calendars don\u2019t work, money has no value, sports competitions and elections can\u2019t be resolved, and nobody knows how old or tall they are. The culprit is finally caught: a number thief with a powerful vacuum, trying to make a number large enough to reach infinity. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12743 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pizza-counting-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pizza-counting-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pizza-counting-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pizza-counting-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pizza-counting-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pizza-counting-1536x1533.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pizza-counting-2048x2044.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Christina Dobson\u2019s <i>Pizza Counting<\/i> (Charlesbridge, 2003) covers counting, addition, large numbers, and fractions, all through the medium of creative and yummy-looking pizzas. Pizza toppings not only demonstrate the numbers 1-20, but are combined to make pictures, such as a pizza face, a pizza cat, a pizza clock. A pizza tricked out with 100 topping pieces is duplicated 10 times (to demonstrate 1000) and then 100 times (10,000); millions and biliions are discussed in terms of numbers of pizzas necessary to circle the globe or reach to the moon. Try pairing this one with making your own numerical paper or baked-in-the-oven pizzas. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12608 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kings-chessboard-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kings-chessboard-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kings-chessboard.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In David Birch\u2019s <i>The King\u2019s Chessboard<\/i> (Puffin, 1993), the king insists on giving his wise counselor a reward. Finally the counselor asks for a single grain of rice, the quantity to be doubled each day for as many days as there are squares on the king\u2019s chessboard. The king soon realizes that he has made a dreadful mathematical mistake. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12643 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-grain-of-rice-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-grain-of-rice-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-grain-of-rice-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-grain-of-rice-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-grain-of-rice.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Demi\u2019s <i>One Grain of Rice<\/i> (Scholastic, 1997) is a gorgeously illustrated version of the same tale, set in India; Helena Clare Pittman\u2019s <i>A Grain of Rice<\/i> (Yearling, 1995) is a Chinese version of the story, in which a mathematically clever farmer\u2019s son wins the hand of a princess.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12679 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-million-clements-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-million-clements-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-million-clements-768x805.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-million-clements.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Andrew Clements\u2019s picture-book <i>A Million Dots<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing, 2006) contains one million dots, along with a lot of catchy factoids to help readers visualize crucial numerical quantities along the way. Kids learn, for example, that there are 525,600 minutes from one birthday to the next and that when the cow jumped over the moon, she soared upward 238,857 miles. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12712 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-much-is-a-million-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-much-is-a-million-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-much-is-a-million.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In David Schwartz\u2019s <i>How Much Is a Million?<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2004), kids learn about millions, billions, and trillions, with the help of Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician and a lot of clever analogies. Readers discover, for example, that it would take 23 days to count to a million, that a goldfish bowl big enough for a million goldfish could hold a blue whale, and that a stack of a million kids, standing on each other\u2019s shoulders, would reach all the way to the moon. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12736 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/on-beyond-a-million-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/on-beyond-a-million-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/on-beyond-a-million-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/on-beyond-a-million.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In David Schwartz\u2019s <i>On Beyond a Million<\/i> (Dragonfly Books, 2001), Professor X and Dog Y (both in sweater vests) show kids how to count exponentially (by powers of ten). The book is appealingly designed, with conversation in cartoon bubbles and a lot of fascinating \u201cDid you know?\u201d side bars filled with numerical facts. For example, readers learn that one colony of weaver ants contains 500,000 ants, that there are 40,000 characters in Chinese, and that Americans eat 500,000,000 pounds of popcorn each year. Readers learn about the enormous googol (a 1 with a hundred zeroes after it) and the even more enormous googolplex (a googol raised to the power of a googol). However, they find that it\u2019s impossible to count to infinity, and the book ends with: \u201cNo matter what number you have, there is always one bigger.\u201dFor ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12714 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/is-a-blue-whale-biggest-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/is-a-blue-whale-biggest-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/is-a-blue-whale-biggest-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/is-a-blue-whale-biggest.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Robert E. Wells\u2019s <i>Is A Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?<\/i> (Albert Whitman &amp; Company, 1993), for ages 6-9, is a cleverly illustrated exercise in big numbers and relative sizes: For example, it takes about 12 minutes to count to a thousand, but a good three weeks to count to a million, and a lifetime to count to a billion; and yes, a blue whale is big, but it\u2019s tiny in comparison to massive Mount Everest, which is tiny in comparison to planet Earth, which is dwarfed by the Sun, which is puny compared to the red supergiant Antares. For ages 6-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12689 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-you-count-to-a-googol--300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-you-count-to-a-googol--300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-you-count-to-a-googol-.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Robert E. Wells, <i>Can You Count to a Googol?<\/i> (Albert Whitman &amp; Company, 2000) is a counting book by tens (beginning with one banana, balanced on a nose) and moving up through 1000 (scoops of ice cream), 100,000 (marshamallows), and so on, ending with an explanation of the googol (a 1 with 100 zeroes after it) and how it was named by a nine-year-old boy. A googol, Wells points out, is much too enormous to illustrate (\u201cIf you counted every grain of sand on all the worlds\u2019 beaches and every drop of water in all the oceans, that wouldn\u2019t even be CLOSE\u2026\u201d). For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12603 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/infinity-and-me-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/infinity-and-me-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/infinity-and-me-864x1024.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/infinity-and-me-768x910.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/infinity-and-me-1296x1536.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/infinity-and-me-1729x2048.jpg 1729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Kate Hosford\u2019s <i>Infinity and Me<\/i> (Carolrhoda Books, 2012), young Uma \u2013 gazing at the star-filled night sky &#8211; grapples with the difficult-to-grasp concept of infinity. Family and friends all offer different takes on infinity, and eventually Uma comes to terms with it, realizing that her love for her grandma is \u201cas big as infinity.\u201d With gorgeous illustrations by Gabi Swiatkowska. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>MATH SERIES BOOKS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12723 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-counts-series-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-counts-series-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-counts-series-1009x1024.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-counts-series-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-counts-series.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The Math Counts Series (Children\u2019s Press) by Henry Pluckrose is a collection of 32-page books, each with a simple text and illustrated with attractive color photos, introducing a range of math topics. Titles include <i>Numbers<\/i>, <i>Counting<\/i>, <i>Sorting<\/i>, <i>Shape<\/i>, <i>Patterns<\/i>, <i>Size<\/i>, <i>Length<\/i>, <i>Capacity<\/i>, and <i>Weight<\/i>. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12725 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-is-categorical-series-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-is-categorical-series-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-is-categorical-series-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-is-categorical-series-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-is-categorical-series-1174x1536.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-is-categorical-series-1565x2048.jpg 1565w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-is-categorical-series.jpg 1910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Brian Cleary\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lernerbooks.com\/series\/10039-math-is-categorical-\">Math is Categorical <\/a>series\u00a0 (Lerner Publishing) includes such titles as <i>The Action of Subtraction<\/i>, <i>The Mission of Addition<\/i>, and <i>Windows, Rings, and Grapes \u2013 a Look at Different Shapes<\/i>. (See complete list at the website.) All are simple introductions to math concepts, with friendly examples, a rhyming text, and a lot of bright zany animal illustrations. For ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12727 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mathstarts-series-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mathstarts-series-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mathstarts-series-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mathstarts-series.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Stuart J. Murphy\u2019s extensive <a href=\"http:\/\/mathstart.net\/\">MathStarts<\/a> series is categorized by age group: Level 1 (ages 3 and up), Level 2 (ages 6 and up), and Level 3 (ages 7 and up). See the website for the complete list, with descriptions of math concepts covered.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12726 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-matters-fair-is-fair-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-matters-fair-is-fair-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-matters-fair-is-fair-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-matters-fair-is-fair-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-matters-fair-is-fair-1110x1536.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-matters-fair-is-fair-1479x2048.jpg 1479w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-matters-fair-is-fair.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The Math Matters series (Kane Press) by various authors is a series of picture-book stories, each related to a specific math concept and variously targeted at ages 5-7 or 6-8. For example, Gail Herman\u2019s <i>Bad Luck Brad<\/i> covers probability; Jennifer Dussling\u2019s <i>Fair is Fair<\/i> introduces readers to bar graphs; and Linda Williams Aber\u2019s <i>Grandma\u2019s Button Box<\/i> is all about sorting. See the complete list of titles at the website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12734 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-math-series-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-math-series-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-math-series-1001x1024.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-math-series-768x786.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-math-series-1502x1536.jpg 1502w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-math-series-2002x2048.jpg 2002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The Mouse Math series (Kane Press), variously by Eleanor May, Daphne Skinner, and Laura Driscoll, are picture-book introductions to simple math concepts for preschoolers, starring a pair of adorable mice, Albert and his big sister Wanda. <i>Albert Is Not Scared<\/i>, for example, covers direction words; <i>Albert\u2019s Amazing Snail<\/i> emphasizes position words; and <i>Albert the Muffin-Maker<\/i> introduces ordinal numbers.\u00a0 Cute and funny.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><b>MATH CONCEPTS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12755 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-comes-in-2s-3s-4s-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-comes-in-2s-3s-4s-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-comes-in-2s-3s-4s-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-comes-in-2s-3s-4s.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Suzanne Aker\u2019s <i>What Comes in 2s, 3s, and 4s<\/i> (Aladdin, 1992) in a picture-book introduction to sets \u2013 starting with your own two eyes, two ears, two arms, and two legs. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12686 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/button-box-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/button-box-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/button-box.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Margarette S. Reid\u2019s <i>The Button Box<\/i> (Puffin, 1995), a little boy gets out his grandmother\u2019s enormous button box and begins to play, sorting the buttons into rows and piles \u2013 all the flower-painted china ones, all the sparkly jewel-like ones, and so on. There\u2019s not much to it, but it would be great paired with an actual button box. (Got one?) For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12674 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-ways-to-get-to-11-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-ways-to-get-to-11-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-ways-to-get-to-11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-ways-to-get-to-11.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Eve Merriam\u2019s <i>12 Ways to Get to 11<\/i> (Aladdin, 1996) is a clever twist on the counting book, showing 12 different combinations of things that all add up to 11: 9 pine cones and 2 acorns, for example; or 4 flags + 5 rabbits + 1 pitcher of water + 1 bouquet of flowers, all pulled from a magician\u2019s hat. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12699 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/even-steven-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/even-steven-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/even-steven-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/even-steven-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/even-steven-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/even-steven.jpg 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Kathryn Cristaldi\u2019s <i>Even Steven and Odd Todd<\/i> (Cartwheel, 1996), Steven is definitely odd, in that he insists everything come out even, from his breakfast pancakes to the fish in his goldfish bowl. Then cousin Odd Todd arrives, who prefers his numbers odd. Eventually all works out \u2013 and the book ends with a handful of questions and simple activities on even and odd numbers. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12697 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-and-legs-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-and-legs-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-and-legs.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Michael Dahl\u2019s <i>Eggs and Legs<\/i> (Nonfiction Picture Books, 2005) is a clever exercise in learning to count by twos, as a hen watches pairs of legs emerge from hatching eggs. Also see Dahl\u2019s <i>Lots of Ladybugs: Counting by Fives<\/i> and <i>Toasty Toes: Counting by Tens.<\/i> For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12754 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/two-of-everything-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/two-of-everything-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/two-of-everything-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/two-of-everything.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Lily Toy Hong\u2019s Chinese folktale <i>Two of Everything<\/i> (Albert Whitman &amp; Company, 1993), Mr. Haktak unearths an ancient pot in the garden that turns out, miraculously, to double anything placed inside it. He and Mrs. Haktak happily double their money (again and again), but then Mrs. Haktak herself falls into the pot. And doubles. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12695 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/double-the-ducks-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/double-the-ducks-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/double-the-ducks.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Stuart J. Murphy\u2019s <i>Double the Ducks<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2002), a pint-sized cowboy is caring for his flock of five ducks. Then each duck brings home a friend, which means twice as much food, twice as much bedding, and twice as much work. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12741 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-potato-two-potato-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-potato-two-potato-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-potato-two-potato-768x783.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-potato-two-potato.jpg 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Cynthia DeFelice\u2019s <i>One Potato, Two Potato<\/i> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2006) is an Irish version of the doubling story, in which Mr. and Mrs. O\u2019Grady are so ragged and poor that they have only one of everything \u2013 one potato for dinner, one blanket on their bed, one chair to sit in, and one winter coat. Until, that is, Mr. O\u2019Grady finds a magic pot, that doubles everything put inside. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12753 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-doorbell-rang-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-doorbell-rang-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-doorbell-rang.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Pat Hutchins\u2019s <i>The Doorbell Rang<\/i> (Greenwillow, 1989), Sam and Victoria have just divided one dozen of their mother\u2019s freshly baked cookies, when the doorbell starts ringing and more and more friends arrive. With each new guest, the dozen cookies must be divided all over again. An exercise in beginning division (and sharing) for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12696 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/each-orange-8-slices-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/each-orange-8-slices-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/each-orange-8-slices-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/each-orange-8-slices.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Paul Giganti\u2019s <i>Each Orange Had Eight Slices<\/i> (Greenwillow, 1999) is a simple\u00a0 picture-book introduction to counting, addition and, by extension, multiplication. (\u201cOn my way to the zoo I saw 3 waddling ducks. Each duck had 4 baby ducks trailing behing, Each duck said, \u201cQUACK, QUACK, QUACK.\u201d So: how many ducks, how many baby ducks, how many quacks? For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12739 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-hundred-hungry-ants-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-hundred-hungry-ants-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-hundred-hungry-ants.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Elinor J. Pinczes\u2019s <i>One Hundred Hungry Ants<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999), a tale of division, one hundred ants are headed toward a picnic when they are halted by one mathematically minded ant, who suggests that they will get food more efficiently if they split up into ranks. Obediently the ants rearrange themselves in groups of 50, 25, 10, and so on \u2013 only to discover by the time they\u2019ve finished that the picnickers have packed up and left.\u00a0 For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12745 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/remainder-of-one-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/remainder-of-one-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/remainder-of-one.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also by Pinczes is <i>A Remainder of One<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002), in which the ants struggle to form even ranks to march in the big parade. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12675 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/17-kings-and-42-elephants-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/17-kings-and-42-elephants-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/17-kings-and-42-elephants-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/17-kings-and-42-elephants.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Margaret Mahy\u2019s rhyming <i>17 Kings and 42 Elephants<\/i> (Dial, 1987) features a royal procession through the jungle in which 17 kings and 42 elephants meet a tongue-twisting array of animals. A fun romp with potential for problem-solving. (How to divide 42 elephants among 17 kings?) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12681 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/annos-magic-seeds-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/annos-magic-seeds-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/annos-magic-seeds.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Mitsumasa Anno\u2019s <i>Anno\u2019s Magic Seeds<\/i> (Puffin, 1999), Jack meets a wizard who gives him two golden seeds, telling him to plant one and eat the other (\u201cYou will not be hungry again for a whole year\u201d).\u00a0 Jack does, and the seed grows into a lovely blue-flowered plant that produces two seeds. Eventually Jack decides to eat something different for a change, and so plants both seeds, getting two plants and a harvest of four seeds. This time he eats one and plants three \u2013 and things rapidly multiply, becoming more and more complicated. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12684 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bedtime-math-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bedtime-math-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bedtime-math-847x1024.jpg 847w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bedtime-math-768x928.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bedtime-math-1270x1536.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bedtime-math.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Laura Overdeck\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/bedtimemath.org\/\">Bedtime Math<\/a> series (Felwel &amp; Friends) is a curiosity-provoking approach to math with fun fact-crammed problems centered around everything from jalapeno peppers and squirting ketchup bottles to roller coaster rides, crayons, marshmallows, and ladders to the moon. For each, there are questions targeted at wee ones, little kids, and big kids. A great family program that emphasizes how math is a part of everyday life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12706 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grapes-of-math-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grapes-of-math-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grapes-of-math-768x852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grapes-of-math.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Greg Tang is a master of math riddles, and his books \u2013 written in catchy rhyme &#8211; encourage kids to identify patterns and combinations and to devise effective problem-solving strategies. Titles include <i>The Grapes of Math<\/i> (Scholastic, 2004), <i>Math for All Seasons<\/i>, and <i>Math Potatoes<\/i>. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12682 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/annos-mysterious-jar-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/annos-mysterious-jar-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/annos-mysterious-jar-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/annos-mysterious-jar.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Masaichiro Anno and Mitsumasa Anno, <i>Anno\u2019s Mysterious Multiplying Jar<\/i> (Penguin Putnam, 1999) is a wonderful introduction to the concept of factorials through the medium of a blue-and-white Oriental jar. The jar, opened, contains an ocean in which there are two islands. Each island has two countries; each country has three mountains; on each mountain, there are four walled kingdoms; and so on. A gorgeous multiplication problem ending up with a phenomenal number of jars. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12678 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/amanda-bean-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/amanda-bean-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/amanda-bean.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Amanda Bean, main character of Cindy Neuschwander\u2019s <i>Amanda Bean\u2019s Amazing Dream<\/i> (Scholastic, 1998), loves to count, but she\u2019s not at all interested in learning her multiplication facts. Until, that is, she has a dream in which eight sheep on bicycles each buy five balls of yarn, and the resultant counting confusion reveals the usefulness of learning how to multiply. The book\u2019s cartoon-style illustrations are crammed with things to count (and multiply), from lollipops to windowpanes to puffy bushes in the park. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12708 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/greedy-triangle-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/greedy-triangle-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/greedy-triangle.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Marilyn Burns\u2019s <i>The Greedy Triangle<\/i> (Scholastic, 1998), the greedy triangle wants more than just three sides and three angles. With the help of the local shapeshifter, he acquires more and more, becoming in turn a quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, and octagon before finally deciding that life as a triangle was really the best of all. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12705 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Grandfather-Tangs-Story-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Grandfather-Tangs-Story-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Grandfather-Tangs-Story.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Ann Tompert\u2019s <i>Grandfather Tang\u2019s Story<\/i> (Dragonfly, 1997), a Chinese grandfather tells his little granddaughter a story about a pair of magical shape-changing foxes, illustrating the story with geometrical tangram puzzle pieces. The book includes a reproducible tangram template for making a set of your own. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From ABCYa.com,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcya.com\/tangrams.htm\">Tangrams for Kids<\/a> has tangram puzzles to solve online. Click and drag to rearrange the shapes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12721 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/look-twice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"221\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Duncan Birmingham\u2019s <i>Look Twice<\/i> (Tarquin, 1993), readers use an enclosed mirror card to turn a pair of identical objects into a pair of opposites. A fun study in symmetry for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12728 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/m-is-for-mirror-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/m-is-for-mirror-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/m-is-for-mirror-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/m-is-for-mirror.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also see Birmingham\u2019s <i>M is for Mirror<\/i> (Tarquin, 1988).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12752 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thats-a-possibility-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thats-a-possibility-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thats-a-possibility.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Bruce Goldstone\u2019s <i>That\u2019s a Possibility!<\/i> (Henry Holt and Company, 2013) is an introduction to probability, using an interactive question-and-answer format and bright color photographs to discuss concepts of possible, probable, improbable, and certain. For example, a teddy bear has ten shirts and ten pairs of pants, which combine to make 100 different outfits \u2013 so it\u2019s unlikely (100 to 1) that anyone can correctly guess what outfit he\u2019s going to wear. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12707 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-graph-contest-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-graph-contest-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-graph-contest-1024x952.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-graph-contest-768x714.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-graph-contest-1536x1428.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-graph-contest-2048x1905.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Lauren Leedy\u2019s <i>The Great Graph Contest<\/i> (Holiday House, 2006), Chester (a snail) is monitoring a contest between friends Beezy (a lizard) and Gonk (a toad) over who can make the best graph. In the process, the friend explore data collection processes and many different kinds of graphs, among them bar graphs, pie graphs, pictographs, and Venn diagrams. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12744 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-bear-math-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-bear-math-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-bear-math-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-bear-math-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-bear-math-1237x1536.jpg 1237w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-bear-math.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Ann Whitehead Nagda\u2019s <i>Polar Bear Math<\/i> (Square Fish, 2007) is a real-life exercise in fractions based on data from two polar bear cubs born at the Denver Zoo. Each double-page spread includes a page of data \u2013 how to mix polar-bear formula, for example \u2013 while the facing page tells the story of the bears, illustrated with photographs. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12690 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cheetah-math-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cheetah-math-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cheetah-math.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also by Ann Whitehead Nagda, in <i>Cheetah Math<\/i> (Henry Holt and Company, 2007) kids learn division with real-life data from a pair of cheetah cubs; <i>Tiger Math<\/i> (Square Fish, 2002) in which kids learn to graph by tracking the growth of a tiger cub; and <i>Chimp Math<\/i> (2002), in which readers learn to keep time records.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-best-childrens-books.org\/teaching-graphs.html\">10 Best Books for Teaching Graphs<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>HANDS-ON MATH<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12730 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/moebius-noodles-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/moebius-noodles-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/moebius-noodles.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Yelena McManaman and Maria Droujkova, <em>Moebius Noodles<\/em> (Delta Stream Media, 2014) \u2013 subtitled \u201cAdventurous Math for the Playground Crowd\u201d &#8211; is a 80+-page collection of games and investigations for kids, plus helpful hints for parents hoping to provide a mind-expanding math environment. The book is divided into four sections: Symmetry, Quantity, Function, and Grid. Kids learn real math terms \u2013 say, transitive property \u2013 through play. Delightful, substantive, and sensible. For ages 1 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mothergooseprograms.org\/\">Mother Goose Programs<\/a>, developed by the Vermont Center for the Book, pair math- and science-related pictures book with open-ended investigative experiments and hands-on activities. Excellent for ages 3-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13373 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Whats-Big-Idea-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Whats-Big-Idea-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Whats-Big-Idea.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Associated with the Mother Goose Programs is the <i>What\u2019s the BIG Idea?<\/i> workbook series, a collection of six creatively interactive books designed to get kids excited about and involved in science and math. The books \u2013 crammed with hands-on activities and games &#8211; are illustrated with a mix of big bright-colored drawings and photo collage, and each comes with a companion CD featuring an appropriately themed picture book, printable activity cards and manipulatives, and a resource list. The books also include complete parent\/teacher instructions, lots of extension suggestions, and an answer key. Titles are <i>Counting<\/i> (with Rick Walton\u2019s <i>How Many, How Many, How Many<\/i>), <i>Measuring<\/i> (with Susan Hightower\u2019s <i>Twelve Snails to One Lizard<\/i>), <i>Shapes<\/i> (with Dayle Ann Dodds\u2019s <i>The Shape of Things<\/i>), <i>Patterns<\/i> (with Trudy Harris\u2019s <i>Pattern Fish<\/i>), <i>Sorting<\/i> (with W. Nikola-Lisa\u2019s <i>Bein\u2019 with You This Way<\/i>), and <i>Maps<\/i> (with Pat Hutchins\u2019s <i>Rosie\u2019s Walk<\/i>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12701 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/family-math-young-children-1-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/family-math-young-children-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/family-math-young-children-1.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><i>Family Math for Young Children <\/i>(Grace Coates and Jean Stenmark; Lawrence Hall of Science, 1997) is a creative investigative approach to early math, concentrating on such skills as counting, estimating, comparing, measuring, shape recognition, directions, logic, and sorting. Sample activities include making jigsaw puzzles, making (and sorting) a stamp collection, making and playing number games, playing shadow games, measuring yourself (and family and friends) with adding machine tape, and designing a quilt patch. All instructions, game boards, matching cards, and number charts are included in the book. For each activity, there\u2019s an explanation of the math skills involved, a materials list, and complete instructions. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12710 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-seeds-in-a-pumpkin-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-seeds-in-a-pumpkin-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-seeds-in-a-pumpkin-833x1024.jpg 833w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-seeds-in-a-pumpkin-768x944.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-seeds-in-a-pumpkin-1249x1536.jpg 1249w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-seeds-in-a-pumpkin-1665x2048.jpg 1665w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-many-seeds-in-a-pumpkin.jpg 2033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Margaret McNamara\u2019s <i>How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?<\/i> (Schwartz and Wade, 2007) turns into a mathematical guessing game as the kids in Mr. Tiffin\u2019s class try to figure out how many seeds are in large, small, and middle-sized pumpkins (A million? 500? 22?) Finally they cut the pumpkins open, scoop out the seeds, and count them, which is (1) messy and (2) the most straightforward way to find out. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For a mathematical lesson plan on pumpkins and pumpkin seeds, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sedl.org\/scimath\/compass\/v01n02\/pumpkin.html\">Pumpkin Exploration<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12687 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Candyland-1960s-1-750x756-1-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Candyland-1960s-1-750x756-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Candyland-1960s-1-750x756-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Candyland-1960s-1-750x756-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hasbro-Gaming-Kingdom-Adventures-Exclusive\/dp\/B00000DMF5\">Candyland<\/a> (Hasbro), famed as a first board game for kids since the 1940s, is now available in several versions. Kids learn counting, colors, and how to follow simple directions while racing to the Candy Castle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12693 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/count-your-chickens-game-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/count-your-chickens-game-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/count-your-chickens-game-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/count-your-chickens-game-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/count-your-chickens-game.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Peaceable-Kingdom-Count-Chickens-Board\/dp\/B004HVKAAS\">Count Your Chickens<\/a> (Peaceable Kingdom) is an award-winning cooperative board game for ages 3-6 in which players count spaces to collect baby chicks and return them to their coop. Comes with 40 chicks and one mother hen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12747 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/set-game-1-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/set-game-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/set-game-1.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.setgame.com\">SET<\/a> is an award-winning card game for ages 5 and up in which players are challenged to identify three-card sets based on such features as shape, shading, number, and color. It can be played by several players of widely varying ages, all at the same time \u2013 and older players don\u2019t necessarily have advantages over younger.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>There are dozens of sources for commercial math manipulatives and hands-on kits. A good starting point is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningresources.com\/category\/teacher+resources\/title+i\/math.do\">Learning Resources<\/a>, which sells dozens, including plastic counters, pattern blocks, tangrams, magnetic numbers, base-ten blocks, balances, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See these <a href=\"https:\/\/mathgeekmama.com\/printable-math-manipulatives\/\">printable math manipulatives<\/a>. (Free download.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>MATH AROUND THE WORLD<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12751 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-frogs-blake-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-frogs-blake-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-frogs-blake-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-frogs-blake-768x1049.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-frogs-blake-1124x1536.jpg 1124w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ten-frogs-blake.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Quentin Blake\u2019s <i>Ten Frogs\/Dix Grenouilles<\/i> (Anova Books, 2008) is a French\/English animal counting book, running from one crow (that is, <i>un corbeau<\/i>) to 100 wasps. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12717 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-a-minute-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-a-minute-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-a-minute.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Yuyi Morales\u2019s Mexican-themed <i>Just a Minute<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 2003), a skeleton arrives at Grandma Beetle\u2019s door, demanding that she \u201ccome along.\u201d Grandma, however, cleverly puts him off with a series of (countable) chores: she has one house to sweep, two pots of tea to brew, three pounds of corn to make into tortillas, and nine grandchildren to invite to her birthday party. Children plus skeleton \u2013 guest number ten \u2013 have such a wonderful time that the skeleton decides that Grandma doesn\u2019t need to come along after all. Readers learn to count to ten in both English and Spanish. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12688 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-you-count-ten-toes-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-you-count-ten-toes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-you-count-ten-toes.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Lezlie Evans\u2019s <i>Can You Count Ten Toes?<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004), readers learn to count to ten in ten different languages: Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Russian, Hindi, Hebrew, and Zulu. Included are phonetic pronunciations for each number word and a map showing where the featured languages are spoken. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12731 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/moja-means-one-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/moja-means-one-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/moja-means-one.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Muriel Feelings, <i>Moja Means One<\/i> (Puffin, 1992) is a Swahili counting book, in which kids learn numbers 1-10 in Swahili as well as interesting facts about the land and culture of East Africa. The book begins with one impressive Mount Kilimanjaro, and continues through two kids playing a game of Mankala, three coffee trees, and so on, culminating in a group of ten children listening to a traditional storyteller. With lovely earth-toned illustrations by Tom Feelings. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12704 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grandfather-counts-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grandfather-counts-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grandfather-counts.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Andrea Cheng\u2019s <i>Grandfather Counts<\/i> (Lee &amp; Low, 2003), Helen\u2019s grandfather, newly arrived in America from China, speaks no English and Helen and her siblings speak no Chinese.\u00a0 Gradually, though, as they watch passing trains together, her grandfather begins to teach Helen to count in Chinese, while she teaches him to count in English. A lovely story of an intergenerational relationship (with counting). For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13372 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/count-your-way-through-japan-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/count-your-way-through-japan-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/count-your-way-through-japan-1024x865.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/count-your-way-through-japan-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/count-your-way-through-japan-1536x1298.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/count-your-way-through-japan-2048x1730.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Each book in the Count Your Way series by Jim Haskins (Lerner) is an introduction to a different world culture while learning to count to ten in a foreign language. <em>Count Your Way Through Japan<\/em>, for example, begins with one Mount Fuji and two chopsticks. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Learn how to count in 21 languages with this great <a href=\"http:\/\/coolmomtech.com\/2014\/01\/foreign-language-apps-for-kids-count-the-animals-caroline-ellerbeck\/\">Count the Animals<\/a> app.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>ROMAN NUMERALS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12746 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/roman-numerals-geisert-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/roman-numerals-geisert-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/roman-numerals-geisert.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Arthur Geisert\u2019s <i>Roman Numerals I to MM<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001) is a clever and witty introduction to Roman numerals with lots and lots of cavorting pigs. Delightful for ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12702 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fun-with-roman-numerals-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fun-with-roman-numerals-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fun-with-roman-numerals-865x1024.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fun-with-roman-numerals-768x910.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fun-with-roman-numerals-1297x1536.jpg 1297w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fun-with-roman-numerals-1729x2048.jpg 1729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>David A. Adler\u2019s picture book <i>Fun With Roman Numerals<\/i> (Holiday House, 2010) is an attractively illustrated explanation of Roman numerals and their uses today. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From ABCYa, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcya.com\/roman_numerals.htm\">Roman Numerals<\/a> is an online game that teaches Roman numerals (while rebuilding a collapsed Roman temple).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Try this online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlineconversion.com\/roman_numerals_advanced.htm\">Roman Numeral Converter<\/a>, which runs from 1 to 4999.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Math Is Fun, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathsisfun.com\/roman-numerals.html\">Roman Numerals<\/a> has an explanation of the symbols and their combinations, rules for forming numbers, how to write really big numbers (up to a million), and a couple of handy mnemonics for remembering what\u2019s what.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>MATH AND ART<\/b><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 1614px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12677 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/123-si-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/123-si-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/123-si-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/123-si.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">From the San Antonio Museum of Art, <i>123 Si!<\/i> (Trinity University Press, 2011) is a counting book illustrated with color photos of art works from the Museum, among them Mexican puppets, Olmec clay statuettes, and Korean pen-and-ink tigers. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12716 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-Two-Eyes-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-Two-Eyes-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Spy-Two-Eyes.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">In Lucy Mickelthwait\u2019s <i>I Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art<\/i> (HarperTeen, 1993) readers search for objects in classical works of art, from 1 fly and 2 eyes to 12 squirrels, 17 birds, and 20 angels. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 210px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 210px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/519qRSEqVL-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/519qRSEqVL-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/519qRSEqVL.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 210px;\">Greg Tang\u2019s <em>Math-terpieces<\/em> (Scholastic, 2003) is a catchy rhyming mix of problem-solving and art history, through the art of twelve different artists, among them Degas, Dali, Pollock, Warhol, and Picasso. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 213px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 213px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IK005-9781782404989-this-is-not-another-maths-book-11-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IK005-9781782404989-this-is-not-another-maths-book-11-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IK005-9781782404989-this-is-not-another-maths-book-11.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 213px;\">Anna Weltman\u2019s <em>This Is Not Another Maths Book<\/em> (Ivy Kids, 2017) is packed with creative mathematical art activities and puzzles. For ages 8-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 313px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 313px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/math-art_cover42-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/math-art_cover42-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/math-art_cover42-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/math-art_cover42-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/math-art_cover42.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 313px;\">Karyn Tripp\u2019s <em>Math Art + Drawing Games for Kids<\/em> (Quarry Books, 2019) is a wonderful collection of mathematical art projects. Kids experiment with Klee geometric mosaics, Frank Lloyd Wright stained-glass windows, pattern block cookies, Native American quill art, and much more. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 188px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 188px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/61MNQpDJgBL._AC_SL1000_-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/61MNQpDJgBL._AC_SL1000_-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/61MNQpDJgBL._AC_SL1000_.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 188px;\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/mondrianblocks.com\/\">Mondrian Blocks<\/a>, kids are challenged to reproduce Mondrian-style painting patterns with colorful blocks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/images.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"227\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>From PBS\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/parents\/thrive\/picture-this-using-art-to-explore-math-and-math-to-create-art\">Picture This<\/a>, kids explore art and math using Calder sculptures, Picasso\u2019s <em>Three Musicians<\/em>, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/islamic-geometry-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/islamic-geometry-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/islamic-geometry-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/islamic-geometry-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artfulmaths.com\/mathematical-art-lessons.html\">Artful Math<\/a> has lessons on everything from Celtic knotwork to insect symmetry to mazes, patchwork patterns, and snowflakes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 58px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 58px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/uhdwOmX6_400x400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/uhdwOmX6_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/uhdwOmX6_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/uhdwOmX6_400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 58px;\">From YouCubed, check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youcubed.org\/maths-and-art\/\">downloadable lessons on math and art<\/a>, categorized by grade (K-12).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>For many more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/art-recreated\/\">Art<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>MATH ANXIETY<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12703 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-who-never-made-mistakes-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-who-never-made-mistakes-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-who-never-made-mistakes-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-who-never-made-mistakes-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-who-never-made-mistakes-1536x1199.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-who-never-made-mistakes-2048x1599.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Mark Pett\u2019s <i>The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes<\/i> (Sourcebook Jabberwocky, 2011), nine-year-old Beatrice never ever makes a mistake (unlike little brother Carl, who eats crayons). In fact, Beatrice is absolutely perfect, until the day of the annual talent show, when she makes a colossal and very public mistake. And discovers that it\u2019s not the end of the world. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12722 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-attack-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-attack-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-attack.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Joan Horton\u2019s rhyming <i>Math Attack!<\/i> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2009), a little girl \u2013 at her wit\u2019s end when her teacher asks for the answer to seven times ten \u2013 has a math attack: numbers EXPLODE out of her head and wreak havoc all over town, disrupting everything from the prices in the supermarket to the helicopters of the National Guard. Finally she gets the answer, and all goes back to normal. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12732 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monster-who-did-my-math-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monster-who-did-my-math-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monster-who-did-my-math.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Danny Schnitzlein\u2019s <i>The Monster Who Did My Math<\/i> (Peachtree Publishers, 2012), a math-hating kid is struggling with his impossible multiplication homework when a monster arrives and offers to take care of it for him \u2013 all he has to do is sign the contract on the dotted line. All is well until the teacher sends him to the blackboard, and he discovers the contract\u2019s fine print (\u201cIn paragraph seven of clause ninety-three\/If you don\u2019t learn anything, do not blame me!\u201d). And then, as in all Faustian bargains, he has to come up with the pay-off. Which involves some math. For ages 6-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12719 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/last-to-finish-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/last-to-finish-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/last-to-finish-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/last-to-finish.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Barbara Esham\u2019s <i>Last to Finish<\/i> (Mainstream Connections Publishing, 2008), one of the Adventures of Everyday Geniuses series, features third-grader Max who has always liked math \u2013 but falls apart when his teacher starts giving the class timed tests. Max is miserable. Eventually, however, the teacher discovers that Max has been working problems from his older brother\u2019s algebra book (for fun), and Max ends up on the school math team. A nice reminder that different kids learn in very different ways. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12724 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-curse-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-curse-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-curse-1-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-curse-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-curse-1-1536x1529.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/math-curse-1.jpg 1963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Jon Scieszka&#8217;s <em>Math Curse<\/em> (Viking, 1995), the appalled narrator wakes up to discover that everything in his life has turned into a math problem. Great illustrations by Lane Smith (and answers in the back).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>JUST FOR FUN<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12758 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wumbers-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wumbers-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wumbers.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Amy Krouse Rosenthal\u2019s <i>Wumbers<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 2012), with bright cartoonish illustrations by Tom Lichtenheld, is a picture book for the text-messaging generation. Wumbers are words spelled with sound-alike numbers, familiar to anyone who has ever texted \u201cgr8!\u201d For example, try these: At a tea party (attended by a teddy bear and two little girls in purple): \u201cWould you like some honey 2 swee10 your tea?\u201d \u201cYes, that would be 1derful.\u201d At a family picnic: \u201cWe have the 2na salad and the pl8s. What have we 4gotten?\u201d (Dismay!)\u201cThe 4ks!\u201d Fun creative word puzzles for beginning readers ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many? How big? How far? How long? And when should kids know what? 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