Halloween is an exciting time for children and adults alike! The sights of the season inspire and captivate. Picking pumpkins, visiting a farm, observing spiders and trick or treating all offer rich potential for math learning. Seasonal books such as Halloween Math: See, Think and Wonder are great for using children's excitement and enthusiasm to motivate learning in the classroom and beyond. In this book readers explore the math that exists in Halloween artifacts and experiences using the 'see, think, and wonder' thinking routine. Colourful photos and an easy to access text invite both children and adults to explore the wonders of the Halloween season. This book can spark mathematical conversations with children, and be used as a guide for discovering the rich math that exists in seasonal, autumn activities. Photos can also be used without text to engage children in math talks as they observe and discuss what they see on each page. Educators will find this book to be an effective resource to inspire math talks within the classroom. Families can use this book as a tool for helping inspire math thinking and conversation with children during quality reading time together.
Halloween is an exciting time for children and adults alike! The sights of the season inspire and captivate. Picking pumpkins, visiting a farm, observing spiders and trick or treating all offer rich potential for math learning. Seasonal books such as Halloween Math: See, Think and Wonder are great for using children's excitement and enthusiasm to motivate learning in the classroom and beyond. In this book readers explore the math that exists in Halloween artifacts and experiences using the 'see, think, and wonder' thinking routine. Colourful photos and an easy to access text invite both children and adults to explore the wonders of the Halloween season. This book can spark mathematical conversations with children, and be used as a guide for discovering the rich math that exists in seasonal, autumn activities. Photos can also be used without text to engage children in math talks as they observe and discuss what they see on each page. Educators will find this book to be an effective resource to inspire math talks within the classroom. Families can use this book as a tool for helping inspire math thinking and conversation with children during quality reading time together.
