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The Early Math Interest Forum (EMIF) facilitators sponsor a  Math Picture Book of the Month post for the Hello community. Check out this month's picture book highlight.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Mara Alperin

"When Goldilocks sneaks into the three bears' cottage, it seems there's no one home. So she helps herself to their porridge; she sits in their chairs; and she lies down in their beds. But then the bears return home from their walk! Will they catch that naughty little girl?" You can use any version of this familiar fairy tale to explore the math within the story: Big Bear, Middle size Bear, and Baby Bear.

Math concepts include: 

• One to one correspondence

• Measurement

• comparing

Suggested Activities:

• Set the table for a Three Bears Picnic. You will need a big bowl, medium bowl, and small bowl. Ask questions such as: Which bowl would you like? Why? What if you invite more guests to your meal? What bowls would you choose? Why?

• Generate a list of different ways to say big, medium, and small

• Have children go on a scavenger hunt. Using a foot to measure, have students find something bigger, something smaller, or something the same size ("just right")

• Gather sets of items to classify as big, medium, or small

• When comparing items, have children describe why it is bigger or smaller. Ask questions such as is it taller, longer, shorter, wider, thinner, heavier, lighter? How do you know?

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The Early Math Interest Forum (EMIF) facilitators sponsor a  Math Picture Book of the Month post for the Hello community. Check out this month's picture book highlight.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Mara Alperin

"When Goldilocks sneaks into the three bears' cottage, it seems there's no one home. So she helps herself to their porridge; she sits in their chairs; and she lies down in their beds. But then the bears return home from their walk! Will they catch that naughty little girl?" You can use any version of this familiar fairy tale to explore the math within the story: Big Bear, Middle size Bear, and Baby Bear.

Math concepts include: 

• One to one correspondence

• Measurement

• comparing

Suggested Activities:

• Set the table for a Three Bears Picnic. You will need a big bowl, medium bowl, and small bowl. Ask questions such as: Which bowl would you like? Why? What if you invite more guests to your meal? What bowls would you choose? Why?

• Generate a list of different ways to say big, medium, and small

• Have children go on a scavenger hunt. Using a foot to measure, have students find something bigger, something smaller, or something the same size ("just right")

• Gather sets of items to classify as big, medium, or small

• When comparing items, have children describe why it is bigger or smaller. Ask questions such as is it taller, longer, shorter, wider, thinner, heavier, lighter? How do you know?

The Early Math Interest Forum (EMIF) facilitators sponsor a  Math Picture Book of the Month post for the Hello community. Check out this month's picture book highlight.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Mara Alperin

"When Goldilocks sneaks into the three bears' cottage, it seems there's no one home. So she helps herself to their porridge; she sits in their chairs; and she lies down in their beds. But then the bears return home from their walk! Will they catch that naughty little girl?" You can use any version of this familiar fairy tale to explore the math within the story: Big Bear, Middle size Bear, and Baby Bear.

Math concepts include: 

• One to one correspondence

• Measurement

• comparing

Suggested Activities:

• Set the table for a Three Bears Picnic. You will need a big bowl, medium bowl, and small bowl. Ask questions such as: Which bowl would you like? Why? What if you invite more guests to your meal? What bowls would you choose? Why?

• Generate a list of different ways to say big, medium, and small

• Have children go on a scavenger hunt. Using a foot to measure, have students find something bigger, something smaller, or something the same size ("just right")

• Gather sets of items to classify as big, medium, or small

• When comparing items, have children describe why it is bigger or smaller. Ask questions such as is it taller, longer, shorter, wider, thinner, heavier, lighter? How do you know?

The Early Math Interest Forum (EMIF) facilitators sponsor a  Math Picture Book of the Month post for the Hello community. Check out this month's picture book highlight.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Mara Alperin

"When Goldilocks sneaks into the three bears' cottage, it seems there's no one home. So she helps herself to their porridge; she sits in their chairs; and she lies down in their beds. But then the bears return home from their walk! Will they catch that naughty little girl?" You can use any version of this familiar fairy tale to explore the math within the story: Big Bear, Middle size Bear, and Baby Bear.

Math concepts include: 

• One to one correspondence

• Measurement

• comparing

Suggested Activities:

• Set the table for a Three Bears Picnic. You will need a big bowl, medium bowl, and small bowl. Ask questions such as: Which bowl would you like? Why? What if you invite more guests to your meal? What bowls would you choose? Why?

• Generate a list of different ways to say big, medium, and small

• Have children go on a scavenger hunt. Using a foot to measure, have students find something bigger, something smaller, or something the same size ("just right")

• Gather sets of items to classify as big, medium, or small

• When comparing items, have children describe why it is bigger or smaller. Ask questions such as is it taller, longer, shorter, wider, thinner, heavier, lighter? How do you know?

The Early Math Interest Forum (EMIF) facilitators sponsor a  Math Picture Book of the Month post for the Hello community. Check out this month's picture book highlight.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Mara Alperin

"When Goldilocks sneaks into the three bears' cottage, it seems there's no one home. So she helps herself to their porridge; she sits in their chairs; and she lies down in their beds. But then the bears return home from their walk! Will they catch that naughty little girl?" You can use any version of this familiar fairy tale to explore the math within the story: Big Bear, Middle size Bear, and Baby Bear.

Math concepts include: 

• One to one correspondence

• Measurement

• comparing

Suggested Activities:

• Set the table for a Three Bears Picnic. You will need a big bowl, medium bowl, and small bowl. Ask questions such as: Which bowl would you like? Why? What if you invite more guests to your meal? What bowls would you choose? Why?

• Generate a list of different ways to say big, medium, and small

• Have children go on a scavenger hunt. Using a foot to measure, have students find something bigger, something smaller, or something the same size ("just right")

• Gather sets of items to classify as big, medium, or small

• When comparing items, have children describe why it is bigger or smaller. Ask questions such as is it taller, longer, shorter, wider, thinner, heavier, lighter? How do you know?