Trio spent today working with teachers looking at the NSW maths syllabus. What a great day! So much talk, problem solving and reflection. One thing we talked about was using picture books to make a real life connection in maths and generate student enjoyment. Here are the books we looked at. We would love to hear about any you use in your classroom.
| Title | Author | |
| Alexander who used to be rich last Sunday | Judith Viorst | Money |
| Anno’s magic seeds | Mitsumasa Anno | Addition |
| Anno’s mysterious Jar | Mitsumasa and Masaichiro Anno | Multiplication |
| A remainder of one | Elinor J Pinczes | Division / remainders |
| Bears in the night | Stan and Jan Berenstain | Positional Language |
| The best of times | Greg Tang | Multiplication |
| Centipede’s 100 shoes | Tony Ross | Addition Subtraction |
| Counting on Frank | Rod Clement | Problem solving |
| The doorbell rang | Pat Hutchins | Sharing/ Division |
| Divide and ride | Stuart J Murphy | Division |
| Domino addition | Lynnette Long | Addition |
| Double Delight Numbers | Mary Novick | Number |
| Fish eyes | Lois Ehlert | Addition |
| Five little monkeys jumping on the bed | Eileen Christelow | Subtraction |
| Five little bats flying in the night | Steve Metzger | Subtraction |
| Fraction action | Loreen Leedy | Fractions |
| Full house | Dayle Anne Dodds | Fractions |
| The great divide | Dayle Anne Dodds | Division |
| The grapes of math | Greg Tang | Addition |
| Guess what? | Leon Bishop | Estimation |
| How big is a million? | Anna Milbourne et al | Number |
| How much is a million? | David M Schwartz | Number |
| The hunt in the park | Rachael Gosset | Number treasure hunt |
| If you made a million | David M Schwartz | Money / interest |
| Let’s make a deal | Carol Jones | Money systems |
| Math curse | Jon Scieszka | Problem solving |
| Minnie’s diner | Dayle Ann Dodds | Multiplication |
| Mr Wolf’s Nursery Time | Colin and Jacqui Hawkins | Time |
| Numbers all around | Susan Canizares | 1-12 |
| One hundred hungry ants | Elinor J Pinczes | Arrays |
| One is a snail ten is a crab | April Pulley Sayre | Addition |
| Pythagoras and the ratios | Julie Ellis | Ratios |
| The Rabbit problem | Emily Gavett | Fibonacci |
| Roll over | Merle Peek | Number |
| Rosie’s walk | Pat Hutchins | Positional language |
| Six feet long and three feet wide | Jeannie Billington | Measurement |
| Ten little fish | Audrey Wood | Subtraction |
| The Time book | Martin Jenkins | Time |
| Uno’s Garden | Graeme Base | Multiplication |
| The waterhole | Graeme Base | Addition, Subtraction |
| Wild Fibonacci | Joy N Hulme | Fibonacci numbers |
| You’ll soon grow into them Titch | Pat Hutchins |
