About this item
Mama, her toddler, and two stuffed bunnies turn an outing to the grocery store into a fun opportunity to talk, laugh, and learn a little math along the way. Baby is excited to choose one box of favorite cereal, hold two containers of yogurt, and find one banana. As they fill their cart with items in quantities of one and two, Mama lets her baby hold each item while connecting the familiar idea of known body parts such as one hand and two feet to concepts of one and two. In this engaging, concrete way, toddlers begin understanding simple math principles. In the checkout lane, Baby giggles as one bunny goes for a ride. Back home Mama prepares a snack. How will she share one banana between the two of them? As she cuts the banana in half, her child proudly points out and recognizes the two pieces of their snack, showing an understanding of the notion of two.
About the Author
Ellen Mayer is a children's book author and early literacy educator who works with diverse families and young children. For many years she was a researcher at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. She is also a brand-new grandma!Ellen creates picture books for young children - and the grown-ups who read to them. Her Small Talk Books® picture book collection, published by Star Bright Books, is fun for little ones and also helps adults learn ways to build the language of babies and young children through conversation during everyday small moments together. The most recent books, created with the Storytelling Math project at the nonprofit STEM education organization TERC, also help adults enrich young children's understanding of how math is part of daily life. BANANA FOR TWO is full of playful conversation about amounts of one and two; CLEAN UP, UP, UP! focuses on spatial relations.Ellen has also collaborated with the award-winning South African author Sindiwe Magona, to write a book for middle grade readers, BOOKS AND BRICKS: How a School Rebuilt the Community.Visit Ellen at www.ellenmayerbooks.com or @ellenmayerbooks on twitter.
