BEEP BEEP, VROOM VROOM!
Author: Stuart J. Murphy
Illustrator: Chris Demarest
Number of pages: 31
Publisher: HarperCollins (USA) First published in: 2000 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (MathStart) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
The yellow cars beep! The red cars vroom! As Molly plays with her big brother’s toy cars, readers will see and recognize patterns, an essential first step in learning to reason from the specific to the general. But can Molly put the cars back in the right order before her brother returns? |
“Molly waited until Dad went downstairs. Then ... CRASH CRASH banged the blue cars. BEEP BEEP honked the yellow cars. VROOM VROOM zoomed the red cars.”
Recommended age range:
4+ years old
Relevant mathematics topics:
Patterns
Possible teaching activities:
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4+ years old
Relevant mathematics topics:
Patterns
Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.