Bøger af Helen Bradford

Thanksgiving began when a group of people called the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to America to start a new life. It was not easy at first, but our tale describes how they finally settled in a new land.

CAMathories(TM) Folktale Mathematics(TM) Series 4 Supporting Diversity and Inclusion for One World Curriculum for 3-4 year-olds One more and one less than 0-5 (Folktales from France, Cherokee (Native American) and Hawaii.

The Philippines, where this story comes from, is an archipelago in Southeast Asia. The archipelago is located in the Philippine Sea, between the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The people of the Philippines produce (grow) and export (send) coconuts to other countries. Coconuts grow on palm trees - if you go to the Philippines, you will see many tall coconut palms, but did you know that the coconuts are a pale green color? Watch out for them in today's story! I wonder how many you can count?One day an old man called José decides to collect coconuts to fill his larder at home. He sets out in his horse and cart to the nearest coconut grove, where he struggles to find just one, two, three, four, five coconuts. Eventually he does, putting five sacks each filled with one coconut in the back of his cart. However, the story is not over yet... Find out what happens on José's bumpy ride home! In this wonderful tale from the Philippines, children will experience beginning to record numbers using a simple tally system. Enjoy reading the story and recording numbers with José.

3rd in the 4th series of the CAMathories(TM) Folktale Mathematics(TM)

Little Burro decides that the corn he sees in the field is ripe and ready to be picked. He wants to make five tortillas. He asks his friends bobcat, coyote and jackrabbit to help him. They say that they are too busy, so little Burro goes ahead and makes the tortillas by himself. He picks the corn, remove the kernels, grinds the corn and makes the dough. Then he cooks them. When it comes to eating them, what do you think will happen? Will he offer his friends one of the five tortillas he makes? Let's find out! Practice numbers 1 to 5 in this delightful tale and story.

"The Story of the Twin Sisters" is based on a folktale from India. It tells the story of Haldi and Adarak, twin sisters with very different approaches to helping their grandparents. The book will support children to learn to confidently recount numbers to five. They will understand that five objects will always remain five objects, no matter how they are organised, as Haldi journeys from her home to her grandparents' and back again."The Story of the Twin Sisters" is the first book in the second series (Series 2: Keeping count 1 to 5) of the CAMathoriesTM Folktale MathamaticsTM curriculum for children aged 3 - 4 years old. This series help readers to develop an awareness of the " stable order" principle - we always say the numbers in same stable order. The series also help students to further practice counting things that are not objects, such as actions or movement, and things that can not be seen, for example, sounds.

"Paco and the Giant Chili Plant" is a folktale from Mexico. It tells the story of a young Mexican boy, Paco. One day Paco puts his trust in an old man he meets on the way to market. He exchanges his family cow for five chili beans. Can you guess what might happen when he plants them back at home? Enjoy learning to count to five as Paco sets out on a journey to change his family's fortunes! Readers will count groups of up to 5 with Paco during his amazing adventure. "Paco and the Giant Chili Plant" is the second of the three books in the first series of the CAMathories¿ Folktale Mathematics¿ curriculum (3-4 years old). Series 1: Count and Recite 1 to 5. This series helps readers to develop an awareness of the principle of 'order irrelevance' - we can count things in any order but the number stays the same. Two other books in the same series are: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" (from Britain), "5 Little Monkeys Catching the Moon" (from China).CAMathories¿ Folktale Mathematics¿ Series books are fun math-learning folktales designed, written, and peer-reviewed by renowned (current and previous) researchers and faculty members of mathematics and early years learning from the University of Cambridge.