Comments on: Review of the Day: How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/02/18/review-of-the-day-how-many-jelly-beans-by-andrea-menotti/ A School Library Journal Blog Sat, 18 May 2013 19:59:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sondy http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/02/18/review-of-the-day-how-many-jelly-beans-by-andrea-menotti/#comment-630584 Sondy Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:10:50 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=11548#comment-630584 Betsy, Betsy, Betsy! Talking about getting kids to like Math sounds like you're trying to trick them! Don't get kids to like Math -- SHOW them how utterly cool Math is! (Like reading this book!) You can start with things like counting her little toes. Or asking her how many M&Ms she wants. Now, this is coming from the woman who taught her little boys the chain rule from Calculus. There was a period of time when my 5-year-old son knew he could extend bedtime indefinitely with the magic words, "Just one more math problem, Mommy, please!" Betsy, Betsy, Betsy! Talking about getting kids to like Math sounds like you’re trying to trick them! Don’t get kids to like Math — SHOW them how utterly cool Math is! (Like reading this book!) You can start with things like counting her little toes. Or asking her how many M&Ms she wants.

Now, this is coming from the woman who taught her little boys the chain rule from Calculus. There was a period of time when my 5-year-old son knew he could extend bedtime indefinitely with the magic words, “Just one more math problem, Mommy, please!”

]]> By: Zero by Kathryn Otoshi « Reading Rumpus Book Reviews http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/02/18/review-of-the-day-how-many-jelly-beans-by-andrea-menotti/#comment-627593 Zero by Kathryn Otoshi « Reading Rumpus Book Reviews Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:21:04 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=11548#comment-627593 [...] how it can be difficult to find books that get kids excited about integers in her book review, How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti. Make sure you check out How May Jelly Beans? and add Zero to that [...] [...] how it can be difficult to find books that get kids excited about integers in her book review, How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti. Make sure you check out How May Jelly Beans? and add Zero to that [...]

]]> By: Elizabeth Bird http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/02/18/review-of-the-day-how-many-jelly-beans-by-andrea-menotti/#comment-626179 Elizabeth Bird Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:00:20 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=11548#comment-626179 Good point. The Clements book tends to go the How Much is a Million? route by mentioning stats (like "There are 525,600 minutes from one birthday to the next one") which is fine but I like the sheer incremental increase of this book. They don't dwell on abstract concepts but actually show the dots increasing. I totally should have recommended the Clements as a similar read, though. Good catch! Good point. The Clements book tends to go the How Much is a Million? route by mentioning stats (like “There are 525,600 minutes from one birthday to the next one”) which is fine but I like the sheer incremental increase of this book. They don’t dwell on abstract concepts but actually show the dots increasing. I totally should have recommended the Clements as a similar read, though. Good catch!

]]> By: Even in Australia http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/02/18/review-of-the-day-how-many-jelly-beans-by-andrea-menotti/#comment-626057 Even in Australia Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:41:13 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=11548#comment-626057 This sounds a lot like A Million Dots by Andrew Clements, although to be honest, I can't be sure as I have not read it. This sounds a lot like A Million Dots by Andrew Clements, although to be honest, I can’t be sure as I have not read it.

]]> By: Karen Maurer http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/02/18/review-of-the-day-how-many-jelly-beans-by-andrea-menotti/#comment-625914 Karen Maurer Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:20:44 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=11548#comment-625914 I'm thinking a book about "How Many Brussels Sprouts" would simply not have the same appeal. Numbers rock! I’m thinking a book about “How Many Brussels Sprouts” would simply not have the same appeal. Numbers rock!

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