MORE OR LESS A MESS
Author: Sheila Keenan
Illustrator: Patrick Girouard
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Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Scholastic (USA) First published in: 1997 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (Hello Math Reader) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
A humorous rhyming story follows the adventure of a girl who must clean up her room, from the pants on the dresser to the shirts on the lamp to the wet socks in the fish bowl. |
“There were shoes in my dollhouse, and blocks on my bunny. And what's in my lunch box? It smells really funny. Where should I start? What should I do? I had to clean up, sort things out, think this through.”
Recommended age range:
5 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Sorting & Classifying
Possible teaching activities:
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5 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Sorting & Classifying
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.
