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Parent Book Recommendations January 2007
By Sandy Meagher
Helping children understand math concepts can be easy with the help of some wonderful books. An outstanding pop-up book for children of all ages, especially those just learning to count, is One Red Dot by David Carter (Simon & Schuster, 2005, ISBN: 0-689-87769-2). Readers are challenged to find the one red dot within each of the magnificent pop-up sculptures while also learning to count to 10.
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If your child is learning how to tell time, a great book is Clockwise: Book and Clock Set
A book that really involves parent and children in adding, subtracting and solving simple math problems is How High Can a Dinosaur Count? And Other Math Mysteries by Valorie Fisher (Schwartz & Wade Books, 2006, ISBN: 0-375-93608-4). Each page has a math problem accompanied by a beautiful page of illustrations. You can add money, tell time and then go to the back of the book and find more math mysteries to solve with each page. A family could really have a fun math mystery night with this book.
The winters would get very long for me when our children were young. There were times when we were cooped up for a few days because some had colds or the weather was too nasty, and books with activities were wonderful ways to play together. Two new excellent game-oriented activity books are Cranium FunFolio™: Family Edition
Enjoy those long winter evenings with some creative play. It's bound to be fun.
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Sandy Meagher is the Library Department Chairperson and School Librarian in the Wayne Highlands School District, Honesdale, PA.
January, 2007, Vol.37, No.4
