Counting On Fall (math In Nature) [Paperback]

As young readers journey into the natural world, they will discover that numbers, patterns, shapes  and much more!  can be found by observing everyday plants and animals.

What if animals and plants knew math, just like you? Would leaves fall in patterns? Would whales enter a race? InCounting on Fall, the first title in the Math in Nature series by award-winning author Lizann Flatt, nature comes to life to help children grasp concepts of number sense and numeration. The engaging What if? format of this informational picture book is sure to delight five- to seven-year-olds.

Each of the four books in the Math in Nature series will cover one season of the year and one area of the math curriculum. Colorful, cut-paper collage art uniquely evokes the natural world, while two levels of text  one a lyrical story, the other asking children to problem-solve  bring the reader to a full understanding of the math concept being covered.

InCounting on Fall, the first title in the Math in Nature series by award-winning author Lizann Flatt, nature comes to life to help children grasp concepts of number sense and numeration.Q&A format; fact page; internet resource (teacher guides); rich language (math terms)The strikingly beautiful layers of paper art truly draw the reader into the educational storyline...Counting on Fallis highly recommended for school library collections.The art and simple statement/question structure gear the book particularly well to use in the classroom, where a reading could be followed by a collage craft to engage tactile learners with mathematical principles.