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Outdoor Math: Fun Activities for Every Season

by Emma ADBÅGE
illus. by Emma AdBåge. 26p. index. Kids Can. Apr. 2016. Tr $15.95. ISBN 9781771386128.
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K-Gr 3—AdBåge uses colorful and charming line illustrations to detail 36 outdoor activities involving counting, time, and arithmetic. As some of the projects detailed are not that far from the natural purview of kindergarten-aged children (cloud counting, sidewalk tic-tac-toe), the value of this title is for educators and parents who might need some out-of-the-box thinking to vary routine play. The "Free Form" activity provides the opportunity for a group of children to work together and discover new shapes. Each child holds onto a rope in one or two places, working together to form a triangle, a star, and a rectangle. In the index, the activities are categorized by the four arithmetic operations plus time, counting, odd/even numbers, and sorting.
VERDICT This is a worthy addition to a school collection or a public library shelf for motivated parents and preschool teachers who strive to create a rich learning environment.
Reviewed by Amy Thurow, New Glarus School District, WI
In this Swedish import, two dozen or so simple activities, organized seasonally, are designed to reinforce basic mathematical concepts (counting, shapes, etc.); unpretentious vignettes feature children happily engaged in the tasks at hand. Many of the activities are pedestrian ("How many snowballs can you make in 1 minute?"), but they will provoke thought and, equally valuably, get kids out of the house.
 , Apr 01, 2016

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