Hello Everybody!
It’s summer! The perfect time for a day at the beach with friends. Even better is a day at the beach with friends building a sand castle!
And wouldn’t you know that is exactly what this week’s I See I Learn story is about: Camille’s Team / cooperation, Camila y su equipo / cooperación.
Things are a little rough at first because everybody’s building their own small sand castle—and none of the sand castles are turning out very well. But under Camille’s superb leadership, the kids from the Ready, Set, Pre-K learn how to work together to create an amazing sand castle. “The Big Fort Team” rules the beach!
Learning how to cooperate is an important social skill that helps children develop mutual respect. Children can see that they can get more done—and have more fun doing it!
Children with strong and emotional skills are better prepared to succeed not only in school, but also in life.
The week’s featured MathStart stories are:
Monster Musical Chairs (subtracting one) Do you like to play musical chairs? Monsters are so much fun!
Elevator Magic (subtraction) Whenever I can, I always take the magical elevator. It’s so much more interesting!
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! (fractions). A kangaroo, a kookaburra, an emu, two platypuses, three koalas and four dingoes. No wonder Kangaroo jumps!
Your friend, first heading to the beach with friends to make a sand castle, then playing game of Monster Musical Chairs, and finally jumping with Kangaroo and the gang,
Stuart
* My youngest granddaughter is named Camille. I am always on Camille’s Team!
Mathstart is a series of 63 storybooks organized into three levels for Pre-K through Grade 4. Each story teaches a different mathematical skill.
You can buy individual books, sets by level, or a complete library! Here is list of where to find MathStart books!
• Level 1, Pre-K / Kindergarten:
Monster Musical Chairs (subtracting one)
When six monsters get together to play musical chairs, you’d better watch out! “Stomp, stomp, SNORT. Shake, shimmy, SHOUT! When the music stops, one monster is OUT!,” sings the leader of the monster band. One by one the players are tagged out until there’s only one left: The winner!
Knowing how many objects are left when one is taken away from a group is a first step in understanding the concept of subtraction.
• Level 2, Kindergarten / Grade 1:
Elevator Magic (subtracting)
Who knew that riding an elevator could be such an adventure? Ben meets his Mom at her office on the 10th floor, then together they make several stops on their way down. They find cows and chickens at “Farm Bank and Trust” on the 8th floor, and a traffic jam at “Speedway Delivery” three floors below. As for the “Hard Rock Candy Store,” you’ve got to see it to believe it. Learning how to subtract using a simplified “number line” helps children understand the concept of subtraction.
• Level 3, Grades 2 - 4:
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! (fractions)
It’s Field Day at camp. The 12 campers—a kookaburra, an emu, two platypuses, three koalas, four dingoes and Kangaroo—can’t wait for the games to start. The group divides into halves, then thirds and finally fourths to make equal-sized teams (6, 4 and 3 each) for the big competitions. But it’s each camper for himself in the long jump, which is Kangaroo’s personal favorite.
Seeing the relationship between division and fractions is an important step in understanding fractions.
I See I Learn is a series of 16 stories that follow the adventures of the children in Miss Cathy’s class at Ready, Set Pre-K in See-and-Learn City (see map).
Each story focuses on a different social, emotional, health & safety and cognitive skill important for success in school and in life. For Pre-K / Kindergarten.
I See I Learn is a series of 16 stories that follow the adventures of the children in Miss Cathy’s class at Ready, Set Pre-K in See-and-Learn City (see map).
Each story focuses on a different social, emotional, health & safety and cognitive skill important for success in school and in life. For Pre-K / Kindergarten.
Camille’s Team (collaboration)
Camille loves to build sand forts at the beach. But it’s hard to build a big fort alone. See what happens when Camille and her friends make a plan, work together, and share the fun.
Learning how to work together to achieve a goal helps children develop mutual respect. Children see that they can get more done—and have more fun doing it!
Share the work. Share the fun!
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Camila y su equipo (colaboracion)
A Camille le encanta construir castillos de arena en la playa. Pero, es difícil construir un castillo solita. Ve lo que sucede cuando Camille y sus amigos hacen un plan, trabajan juntos, y se divierten.
Aprendiendo como trabajar juntos para lograr una meta ayuda a los niños a desarrollar como respetar a los demás. ¡Los niños aprenden a completar más trabajos - y a divertirse mientras trabajan!
¡Compartir el trabajo! ¡Compartir la diversión!
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