Who Sank The Boat? And Other Great Math's Picture Books
In my experience, students love shared reading time. Where the teacher reads them a story and they can enjoy the pictures and what is happening.
There are many picture books that can be used as an introduction to numeracy lessons to stimulate thinking, prior knowledge or to confirm concepts the students already have knowledge of.
Those picture books that cover maths concepts that can be delved deeper include;
Mr Achimedies Bath by Pamela Allen
Who Sank The Boat? by Pamela Allen
100 Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
One Is A Snail, Ten Is A Crab by April Sayre and Jeff Sayre
Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base
Counting On Frank by Rod Clement
How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti
The Great Divide by Dayle Ann Dodds
The Bad-Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle
365 Penguins by Morgan Renbarger
Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss
Ten In The Bed by Penny Bale
How Big Is Too Small by Jane Godwin and Andrew Jogner
Maths Curse by Jon Scieszka
The Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett
The Waterhole by Graeme Base
One Wolly Wombat by Kerry Argent
Clocks and More Clocks by Pat Hutchins
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
10 Fat Turkeys by Tony Johnston
One Weighs A Ton by Salina Yoon
Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti Jr
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J Pinczes
10 Black Dots by Donald Crews
Amanda Beans Amazing Dream by Cindy Neuschwander
You will also find on the NZ Maths website, more recommendations for great picture books with maths content related to strands and stages of learning. They also have lesson notes and related activities linked. Make sure to visit this page to get more ideas to make your maths lessons more engaging and interesting.
What books have you used in maths lessons that your students have enjoyed? We would love it if you joined the conversation and left a comment below.
