Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. The activities in the book are designed to encompass the NCTM standards for grades K to 4 such as Mathematics as Communication, Problem Solving as Making Connections, and Mathematics as Reasoning. It is also designed to encompass multiple intelligences, including linguistic, spatial, musical, and interpersonal. Each of the units is divided includes standards and concepts covered, a story synopsis, a materials list, description of a mathematics activity, and follow up activities in mathematics and language arts. In the unit called The Village of Round and Square Houses, based on the story of the same name, for example, students are introduced to the story of a village with different shaped houses.
Students then answer questions on a work sheet using vocabulary of shapes.
Other activities encourage children to reflect on their own house and shapes they see there and shapes they would like to see in houses. Complete answers to the activities are included as an appendix.