Max and his brothers drive to Shapeville and Count Town searching for problems, and are able to use their skills in arithmetic and sleuthing to help get things ready for a rocket launch.
This is a perfect example of a living math book. My 5-year-old was constantly exclaiming, “Oh cool, look!” and making so many connections between the pictures and the storyline, I’m not sure I could list them all. Mathematical concepts are delivered in a way that is natural and pertinent to the storyline: numbers and counting skills, one-to-one correspondence, basic addition and subtraction, shapes and simple geometry, and the importance of zero, just to name a few. More of my thoughts on this title can be found on my blog at A Lovely Bookshelf on the Wall.
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27 March, 2015:
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