Everyone Can Learn Math

New school year is coming up! Time to restock your classroom library? Start your kids off with a positive math mindset with our two children’s read-alouds.

Would you rather…

2 jugs for $12.99 or 1 jug for $7.49?

Why? Give an explanation for each choice!

We counted 65 pepperoni slices in our package. The kids had to figure out the best rectangular array to arrange the slices on our pizza.

Some requirements:
🍕maximize the number of slices (use as close to 65 as possible
🍕don’t go over 65 (we don’t want bare spaces on our pizza)
🍕think about the ratio of length to width so the pepperoni are evenly spaced out

This was an excellent way to problem solve. They made some initial guesses but had to modify because of the ratio.

🛞How many tire swings?
🛞How did you count them?
🛞Write a multiplication sentence that describes how many tire swings there are.

We’re jumping in on today and the theme is MATH CHATS. But, math chats are what we always do around here at ! Be sure to check the hashtag and my stories for more math chat fun from some of my math friends.

Today, the kids wanted to hang some yarn art on their bedroom doors, so we decided to put up hooks. We made some choices:
🪝 Hang the hook 6 in from the top of the beveled rectangle
🪝 Centre the hook on the beveled rectangle

We had to figure out how to do this using our measuring tape (because mum insisted we did not just “eyeball” it).

Including the kids in a job that we can easily do ourselves might take a little longer, but gives them life skills and allows us to have a meaningful math chat.

What shapes can you find?