SAME OLD HORSE
Author: Stuart J. Murphy
Illustrator: Steve Björkman
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Number of pages: 31
Publisher: HarperCollins (USA) First published in: 2005 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
Hankie wants to be unpredictable, but the other horses are sure he'll always be the same old Hankie. Someone's in for a surprise in this story about making predictions. |
“Inside the barn, Hankie saw a new chance to be unpredictable. He just had to make sure that Susan put on his red saddle pad today. Hankie snatched his blue pad in his teeth and hid it beneath a big pile of hay.”
Recommended age range:
9 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Probability
Possible teaching activities:
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9 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Probability
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.
