Monday Math Literature: Fun amongst Balloons too Counting

Every i time inward a spell I volition stumble upon a math literature mass that my students together with I tin non buy the farm plenty of. Today I desire to say you lot close i of our novel favorite books, Zero, Zilch, Nada Counting to None

This mass is close a immature rabbit who gets a project inward a balloon factory. He is asked to blow upwardly 100 balloons for a party. He has a laid of 10 racks amongst 10 slots inward each rack to lay the balloons in. He blows upwardly all 100 balloons together with and hence tries counting to brand certain at that topographic point actually are 100. He gets ideas from other animals that are stopping past times to drib things off. He counts past times 10's, 5's, 2's, together with 1's. The entirely occupation is that he can't appear to buy the farm on rail of which ones accept already been counted. He decides that the solution to this occupation volition last to popular each balloon every bit it every bit counted. This leads to a hilarious determination together with a peachy chance to beak amongst your students close how to organize together with buy the farm on rail when counting objects. It is too a peachy adventure to hash out together with practise skip counting. Even if I did nada amongst the rich opportunities to hash out math inward this book, I would withal read it to students because it is an amazing story. This mass pairs good amongst counting together with estimating routines and would last a peachy introduction or follow upwardly to these ideas.

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