They report later on all the ways they could tailor this activity for use in their classrooms. Quiz & Worksheet Goals You will be quizzed on these topics: Type of literature that is passed down from many generations Where Chang and Tikki Tikki Tembo get stuck Something done by a. We have begun our learning labs about algebraic thinking by having the teachers list all the sets and patterns they can find in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Pat Hutchins’ The Doorbell Rang is another delicious example that children love to act out.įinally, there are all kinds of wonderful stories that aren’t specifically mathematical but can be extended to develop understanding of mathematical Big Ideas. One of our favorites in this regard is Tikki Tikki Tembo, in which the problems Chang and his older brother have are the direct result of the comparative length of their names. This is so that it is easy to mathematize them, using the story to trigger a mathematical discussion or activity.
In still other cases, the counting is part of a song or finger play such as 5 Little Monkeys.Ī second category of books good for math may look like typical picture books or stories, but these books all have a mathematical problem situation built right into them. Hippos Go Berserk is another Sandra Boynton book that uses this approach. In others, the counting occurs in the context of a story. For example, counting concept books can involve straightforward counting of items that’s what happens in Sandra Boynton’s Doggies. The younger brother Chang falls into a well and the older brother, Tikki Tikki Tembo, gets help. Annotation: Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo Three decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing. In the story there are two brothers: Tikki Tikki Tembo and Chang. During this time period parents honored their first-born son with long and important names. Though they may belong to the same category, there are different types. Tikki Tikki Tembo is a short fable set in ancient China. One is the concept book, which is all those books specifically about shapes and counting and other mathematical concerns. When we start to sort through books that could be used in this way, three categories emerge.
We find that one sure fire way to warm up children’s attitude towards mathematics is to build math activities and lessons out of the books they all love to read.
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