Rice + Tecnhology = an Exponential Experience!

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 404-407
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Crocker ◽  
Betty B. Long
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Mathematical Ideas ◽  
The Past ◽  
Technology And Literature

Using Technology in Mathematics and integrating mathematics and literature have become more common in recent years than in the past. Integrating mathematics, technology, and literature is even more powerful than combining mathematics with technology or literature alone. Using technology enables students to explore problems and mathematical ideas beyond those that might typically be found at a given grade level. Additionally, combining mathematics and literature gives the mathematics a context and enhances the literature. Many children's books lend themselves to integrating mathematics and literature. One of our favorites is One Grain of Rice (Demi 1997). We used this book in one of Phyllis Wisniewski's eighthgrade mathematics classes at Kings Creek Elementary School in Lenoir, North Carolina.

scholarly journals Biscuit and Peter and George—Oh My! Tales of a Children’s Book Doll Collector

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Stephanie Bange
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Library ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Shopping Basket

My name is Stephanie, and I am a collector. What are my favorite things to collect? That’s easy—dolls! I bought my first Barbie when I was six years old. I was given a doll from Morocco at age seven. To this day, I continue to collect both Barbies and international dolls, but my third collection now numbers eight hundred dolls. During my first year as an elementary school librarian in 1979, I began to collect dolls based on characters from children’s books.I wanted to add some zip and zing to class visits at my school library. The previous school librarian had plugged boys and girls into listening stations with worksheets each time they came to the library. I felt my students were missing out by not hearing fantastic tales from exotic places and visiting magical worlds of wonder.Bottom line, I wanted them to experience the joy found within the covers of books. That’s when the first dolls from children’s books—Corduroy, Curious George, the Cat in the Hat, and Winnie-the-Pooh—found their way into my shopping basket and my storytelling repertoire.

scholarly journals Best Children's Picture Books from Abroad: Valuing Other Cultures

2021 ◽  
pp. 227-237
Author(s):  
Maureen White
Keyword(s):  
Picture Books ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
The Past ◽  
Children's Picture Books ◽  
Caldecott Award ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Universal Themes

Translated children’s books can play an important role in helping children develop an understanding of other people. Outstanding picture books in this specialized genre affirm the fact that each person is unique, but there are universal themes and feelings that every person possesses, regardless of culture or language. A comparison of the past six years of Caldecott Award Winners and outstanding translated children’s books provides insights into their similarities and differences. While the Caldecott books all seem to be big, bright, and beautiful, the translated picture books selected for study seem to be diverse in style, medium, and bookmanship.

Three Centuries of Children's Books in Europe, ed. 2, by Bettina Hürlimann, translated and edited by Brian W. Alderson. London: Oxford University Press, 1967, 297 pp., 45 s ($5.40)

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-465
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Cone
Keyword(s):  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Present Position ◽  
Literary Style ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Hero ◽  
Oxford University Press

Why so few physicians have acquired an interest in the books written for children over the past two or three centuries—either to educate or to amuse them—has long puzzled me. For the pediatrician especially, even a cursory knowledge of the changing contents and of the literary style of these books will immensely broaden his perspective and understanding of how it came about that the child has risen from his older place as an ill-formed adult at the edges of society to his present position as the cultural hero of our society—an invention of modern times.

Teaching Signed Numbers in Grade 8

1958 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 259-260
Author(s):  
Alexander Calandra
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
School Level ◽  
Experimental Techniques ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
The Past ◽  
Grade 8

During the past year the writer had the opportunity of experimenting with the teaching of a course involving both science and mathmatics at the elementary school level. One of the experimental techniques which turned out to be very helpful was the introduction of a different notation for signed numbers. The method used is recommended to teachers who teach some algebra at the eighth grade level.

Teaching Mathematics through Cultural Quilting

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 250-256
Author(s):  
Lynda S. Paznokas
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
The Past ◽  
Real People ◽  
Socioeconomic Levels

My granny was a great one for quilting. She had this big flour sack full of scraps. Squares and triangles and diamonds and stripes, all colors. Soft shiny pieces of Mam's petticoats. Rough scratchy pieces from Pap's work pants” (Howard 1996, p. 1). Stories of quilts can be as comforting to children as quilted bed coverings. Quilt stories are found in children's books and in the quilts themselves, which can help unravel stories about real people that quilts have pieced together. Quilts have been made by all socioeconomic levels and all ethnic groups in America, making them valuable historical and artistic artifacts that tell stories of the past. Quilting is sometimes called “memory's art.”

The Depiction of Disability in Children’s Literature: Changes for the Better, with Particular Attention to Three New Titles; Mama Zooms (Cowen-Fletcher, 1993), The Race (Mattingley, 1995), and No Time At All (Sallis, 1994)

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Margie Sare
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Western Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Major Review ◽  
High Standards

Children’s literature has the power and potential to reflect societal attitudes. Changes in attitudes towards disability in Western literature can be traced by “turning the pages” through the history of children’s books. This paper addresses issues concerning children’s literature published during the past few decades. Have there been improvements since Baskin and Harris’ (1977) major review of children’s fiction depicting characters with disabilities written between 1940 and 1977? This study revealed that stereotypical portrayals of characters with disabilities were common. Furthermore, have there been attempts to move away from the educative properties of “quasi-fiction” used to promote integration of children with disabilities into regular schools? This paper concludes that many recently published children’s books of the 1980s and 1990s are presenting a more realistic and positive picture of characters with disabilities. Three new titles have been examined in detail. The success of these books in creating a climate of tolerance and empathy towards characters with disabilities is due to their high standards of literary merit and attractive, sophisticated presentation.

scholarly journals Proverbs and Idioms in Children's Books

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Zeynel Hayran
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
The Other ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
School Students ◽  
Idiomatic Expressions ◽  
Document Review

In this study, it was searched for the extent to which proverbs and idioms were included in the children's books that were taught to elementary school students. Children's books which are taught at the stage of children's vocabulary enriched rapidly and significantly, present the vocabulary of the mother tongue and its universe of meaning to a child. The richness of a vocabulary provides superiority to the students in terms of human relations and their learning. Proverbs which are one of the elements that constitute the vocabulary of Turkish; are concise words that reflect society's wisdom, experiences, and expression power; idioms, on the other hand, are a stereotyped phrase which states a concept or a situation with an attractive narrative and which also has a side meaning. The method of this study is to document review. Within the scope of the study, children's books that are taught to elementary school students are described in terms of their use of proverbs and idiomatic expressions. The results obtained from the research are discussed in the light of literature, and suggestions for the researchers, teachers and authors are presented with the collected findings.

scholarly journals Many Wonderful Book Events to Announce

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Editorial Team ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
New Yorker ◽  
New School ◽  
The Past ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
School Year ◽  
Canadian Council ◽  
Teachers And Parents

Greetings Everyone,   It has been a surprisingly rainy summer here in Edmonton and while gardens may be water-logged, many of us have taken the extra time indoors to read—I know I have. The news for this issue includes a few events and highlights some resources for teachers and parents making plans for the fall. Upcoming Events Thin Air: The Winnipeg International Writers Festival will be held September 22-30, 2019. The festival includes a school program to highlight writing for children. For more information see the website at https://thinairwinnipeg.ca/ Kingston Writers Fest runs Sep 25-29, 2019. The program includes Youth Programming. See the website for details at: https://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/kids-teens/festival-field-trips/ The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) Kids Book Fest will be held in Brampton, Ontario on Sep 27-29, 2019. Information is available on the festival website: http://thefoldcanada.org/kids/ Canadian Children’s Book Centre to start a YouTube Channel According to the CCBC Website: “Plans are underway for a YouTube channel to showcase videos and links to resources about Canadian books for children and youth. Currently the CCBC is collecting videos for the channel. If you have ready-made videos that relate to Canadian children’s books you can email [email protected] with a title, video length and video description and she’ll include it in her database of prospective videos. The project is being funded by the Canadian Council for the Arts with an anticipated launch in 2020.  Book Banks for Teachers and Parents With the new school year underway, I thought it would be worthwhile to highlight a couple book banks offered by the CCBC. The History Book Bank highlights children’s books by subject, and is broken down by centuries. The Social Justice Book Bank enables searching titles by wide variety of categories that include Indigenous, me too, diaspora and immigration, physical handicaps, mental health, etc. Both these book banks offer great ideas for reading based on subject matter.  Some readers may enjoy this interesting article in The New Yorker about Margaret and Hans Rey, the creators of the Curious George series.  To conclude, this issue of Deakin will be my last issue as the Communications Editor. For the past several years it has been a pleasure to serve on the editorial team of this journal. I have learned a great deal and I believe this journal provides great information about current children’s books and literature within the Canadian context. I wanted to thank our managing editor Robert Desmarais for his guidance and patience over the past few years. I also want to thank all the other editors on our team: Kim, Debbie, Allison, and Janice, and our reviewers and readers. I look forward to submitting book reviews in the future as my time permits.  Best wishes,  Hanne

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