Double the Ducks (MathStart 1)

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censor – n. a person who examines media and removes things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, or harmful to society MathStart's unique combination of stories, illustrations, and visual models helps teachers and parents in the teaching of math and provides all children with the opportunity to succeed. The math concepts taught in MathStart books conform to state and national standards. Level 1 is Pre-K–Kindergarten; Level 2 is Grades 1–3; Level 3 is Grades 2–4. The series follows math topics across grades so there is a foundational path to learning that runs through the levels. I was one of those kids who talked all the time in class. I loved telling stories. One day in the 4th Grade, my teacher said, “You tell such good stories, maybe you should try writing some of them down.” “Wow,” I thought. “She thinks my stories are good.” That’s when I started to really enjoy writing. The inspiration to write math stories for children was sparked by my work on a high school mathematics program. Visual learning strategies helped teens—who had been characterized as “reluctant learners’—understand difficult math concepts. Putting math in the context of stories based on their experiences made them feel more comfortable with abstract concepts. They actually became eager to apply math to real-life problems.

Even before children can read—or speak many words—they can interpret visual information with ease. The MathStart books use simple stories coupled with diagrams, graphs and other visual models to teach everything from probability and pattern recognition to area, capacity and negative numbers.What do you think of this story? We want to hear from you. Write to us at [email protected] or leave us a comment below.

Kids, young and old, fall in love with math when they see how real-life and effortless it becomes thanks to these books.” —Kimberly D. Mueller, Ed.D., First Grade Teacher, Ashbrook School, Lumberton NJ I was also the class artist. When I wasn’t talking,I was drawing. When I was older, I studied art at the Rhode Island School Faith Pirlo adapted this story for Learning English based on reports from The Associated Press and Reuters. of Design. That’s where I became interested in visual learning—how we decode and acquire information from graphs, charts, diagrams, models, illustrations and other images.Together, we also drew a series of silly illustrations containing doubles. For example, “Double 1" might be a face with two eyes or a bicycle with two wheels. “Double 2" might be a an animal with four legs or a car with four tires. “Double 3" was a funny insect with three legs on each side. The songs are terrific. The math is spot on. And the club motto makes my heart sing: “Math Skills are Life Skills!”

Charts and other visual representations help children understand how the math works and promote deeper comprehension Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-02-24 03:11:34 Associated-names Petrone, Valeria, illustrator Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40372505 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Another woman, forty-year-old Anna, who was walking nearby, said that she also enjoyed seeing the exhibition.Kids will love the story and the illustrations by Valeria Petrone. Parents and educators will love how the story and pictures make understanding the math concepts a breeze—as well as the concrete examples of how math works. The book contains activities for adults to do with kids to extend math into their own lives.