I am excited to link up again with First Grade and Fabulous for her 2nd Picture Book Linky! I am also excited that it is to share picture books to help teach math concepts! In my experience, doing a read aloud using a book that helps explain the math concept as an introduction to the lesson has worked wonders! It really helps them relate to math on a real level. It shows them that you will actually use math in your day to day life!
Another book I also use to teach counting at the beginning of the year is 10 Black Dots by Donald Crews.
These are my FAVORITE books to teach Math. Not only are they my favorite, they are my some of my students' favorite books that I read all year! They are so original, funny, and teach the concepts so well. The mice get themselves into sticky situations and use math to figure out how to save themselves! I highly recommend all the Mouse books by Ellen Stoll Walsh.
For later in the year to teach addition. This is fabulous! We stop after every page to discuss and work through the problem on the white board. My kids love it!
Two years ago, fractions were added to our curriculum in Kindergarten...so I found this book which is so great! It is about a brother and sister who have to share everything and they dad makes them split everything into two EQUAL halves.
I also use this book to teach fractions on a higher level once my students understand the concept of whole and half. It has repetitive text and the kids really get into it!
These are just some of the books I use to teach math, my favorites. There are so many more I've found on Amazon that are on my Wish List!
