1/25/2018 0 Comments Sizing Up Winter (Math in Nature)2013, Written by Lizann Flaty, Illustrated by Ashley Barron Sizing Up Winter is a picturebook that explores how math can be found in the natural winter world. Using beautiful paper-cutout illustrations and catchy rhyming poems, Sizing Up Winter helps children to think about math as a part of their own world. How many birds are at the bird feeder? How far does the owl have to fly? How many otters fit inside a lake? Which has more mass, a mama polar bear or her two cubs? Sizing Up Winter makes math accessible to children, linking it to natural concepts they see outside their own front door. Math is no longer just about numbers: it is about birds, and snowflakes, and other things in the winter environment. It invites children to see math every day, while also teaching them about winter. I recommend this book for children aged 4 and up, and could even be great for older children looking to reenforce their math skills.
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