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It is time once again for Poppins Book Nook and this month’s theme is School! Hmmm, that’s a tricky one for homeschoolers, so we decided to go with an education theme.
One of the books we have loved over the years is Mathematickles!, a book of Math poems found in nature.
Mathematickles! takes words, math, and seasons, and rolls them all up into beautiful word pictures. For example:
“holes + nuts – nuts = squirrel hide & seek”
and
“maple leaves + puddle = crimson ships”
I love how these poems combine creativity with logic, so I made an October Math Poem worksheet to help my kids create some seasonal poetry equations of their own.
A few of the ones we wrote:
stick + sticky – dental fillings = caramel apple
1/3 moonlight + 1/3 sunset + 1/3 sunrise = candy corn
pumpkin ÷ imagination = jack o’ lantern
trick x treat = candy ’til Easter
Feel free to download the October Math Poems worksheet, and PLEASE share some of your creations in the comments!!
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Each month the Poppins Book Nook members will be hosting a book giveaway. This month it is for It’s Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around the World. The giveaway is open to US residents only.
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I have never heard of this storybook before but now I am off to go request it at our library 🙂
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
What a great idea! I love seasonal books and since I have a child who loves to read but isn’t too keen on math, this is perfect 🙂