Blog post number 3

A) In grapes of math the author uses real life examples that kids would be able to relate to in an attempt to teach how to count through grouping. The reader see that there a many reasons as to why counting by grouping is much better and easier as apposed to standard counting. This includes counting ants that are moving too fast to count individually. This teaches kids that it is possible to count to much higher  numbers quicker than they ever could have imagined.

B) The concept being portrayed in this book is symmetry. This concept is when you group certain amounts of this in the same number of units. This example is best exemplified when the authors shows that counting fish in groups of four is much better, quicker and more efficient as opposed to counting each one individually. Instead of adding each fish 1+1+1+1+1 etc, it is possible to count through symmetry to count each group of fish in intervals of four.

C) Picture books are in my opinion the best way to teach kids math because it is hard to imagine something one doesn't know for someone who is so young. By seeing pictures, kids can much easily see what is being explained rather than trying to explain a concept without any visual aids. Kids this young need to see what they learn because it is the easiest way to explain what they are learning.