Storybook Math Time

In my classroom, students are working on counting to 5. We do a lot of modeling. This year, I decided to make our math routine involve a picture book. Here are a few examples,

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Mouse Count

10 Fat Turkeys

Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree

Five Little Dinosaurs

We follow a routine for this part of our day. We count our items with an adult model, then they put the items in a jar with a model. After that, the adult reads the story aloud.

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