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This book is a very easy read so it is best for ages up to 8, however, this would be an awesome way to incorporate cooking into math. As a class or in small groups your students could follow the recipe given in the book and see how even cooking requires math. Students could be inspired by the book to make their own dishes!

Synopsis: This book tells the story of the Pig family as they try to cook a favorite dish for Mama, who is sick in bed. Papa and the piglets don’t know their way around the kitchen, and their attempt to make Mama’s favorite recipe results in the fire brigade coming to the house. The book features a full recipe and instructions as well as a list of cooking terms that Papa would have been wise to have learned beforehand. Grades K-5.

Response: To a mother reading this book, it seems to be a horrifying and tragic tale of a Mother’s woes; she cannot rest, even when she is ill, because no one in the house knows how to do anything competently without her. To a child hearing the story it will be a silly misadventure with Papa nearly burning down the house. This book can be a light-hearted way to introduce students to measurement and cooking terms.

Synopsis: This book tells the story of the Pig family as they participate in a community Square Dance. Papa Pig must fill in as a replacement Square Dance Caller and he really brings down the house. The story includes the rules of Square Dance calling, as well as some Square Dance terms and a diagram to help readers learn the basics of the dance. Grades K-5.

Response: This book could serve as a fun introduction to Square Dancing or any figure-based dance, and includes simple skip counting by twos. The jolly illustrations will appeal to young readers.

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A family of pigs are very hungry! They have no food in their house and have ran out of money. The pigs have to scrounge around to find enough money so they can eat out. This book gives children a fun way to learn how to count money, as well as practice subtracting, adding, multiplying, and dividing. The silly and colorful illustrations are great for capturing the reader’s attention. I also liked how there was a menu illustrating the cost of the food so children can see what the pigs can afford after totaling how much they have. This book would be great to engage children to be interactive with math and money.

I thought this book gave a cute way to show time or more of the lack of time in a day. At the end of the story it opened up discussion with the question, "How did the Pigs Run Out of Time?" and then it gave the answer in detail on how long all the activities took throughout the pigs day. Then to follow it offered the description of different time facts such as minute, hour, and day. This book was a little confusing to my students but I was able to better explain the concept of time after our discussion questions.½

This is a great children's book that has a story and counting in the process. I really love this book because not only is it funny, but it is educational.

This book is about a family of pigs searching the home for money in order to buy food. The book does an excellent job of integrating math and the use of money. It is a great book to read to children learning about money.

I liked this book because of the writing style of the author. The author takes a math concept, money, which is often hard to teach and creates a unique story to capture the readers attention. The author subtly mixes in the written form and standard form of numbers. She also uses dialogue with the characters to make it seem like this is something that could happen. Not that the pigs would eat at a restaurant, but that you may need money and find it where you least expect it. I also like the illustrations in the book. During one part of the book the Pigs go to the restaurant and the illustrator puts a picture of the Pigs sitting at the table eating. I also like that there is a copy of the menu in the book because this could lead to many discussions with children. The big idea for this story is money. However, I also want to point out the subtle message of the book in that you may find things where you least expect it.

A party is thrown for Mr. Pig at Sport-O-Rama. Because Mr. Pig doesn't have his lucky golf shirt, he never gets a whole in one. Soon, geometry becomes the answer to a successful game of mini golf.

fun for learning money

A perfect book to teach students about counting money. The illustrations highlight the story and the last page is perfect to see if students comprehend the illustrated story.

This gets an extra star because of its math integration. The Pig family is at a carnival. As they play the various games, we try to track the probability behind them. An introductory note suggests reading through the story first, then going back and solving the problems. Grades 4+ The problems are a good challenge. The story is fun with silly illustrations.

Extra star for math integration: telling time. The Pig family heads to the beach. From getting ready, to the drive there, to waiting in line for food, we calculate the minutes ticking by. At the end problems to solve encourage another close read.

Plus one star for math integration. The Pig family wants to go out for dinner but they don't have any money in their wallets. They scour the house for loose change - we try to add it up as they go. And, when they get to the restaurant, we see the menu with prices. What can they afford to buy? The menu makes a terrific feature for students to create their own problems.

Extra star for math integration: Measurement. Mrs. Pig is sick in bed, but her family treats her to a home-cooked meal nonetheless. We have the recipe (they're making chili) and watch to see what mistakes Mr. Pig makes as he prepares the dish. At the end are measurement conversions, an invitation to recreate the recipe in the metric system.

Bonus star for math integration: measurement, money, multiplication. The Pigs are all set for Halloween, but they forgot to buy candy (and a whole lot of other stuff, it turns out). We see the prices and weight measures of different types of candies. As Mrs. Pig fills her cart, we try to figure out the total prices depending on how much she buys of each item.

Great story involving time. The Pig family decide to go to the beach and then the book talks about how long it took to get to the beach and why it took so long. By the time the Pigs are ready to swim the beach closes.

this is a great book for keeping time and telling time.

The abstract concept of time is made delightfully fun here as the Pig family races the clock to get to the beach.

The pigs are going to have a Halloween party but the kids ate all the candy! So they go to the shopping mall to get some more, and they are the 100,000th customer and get to fill 2 trolleys for free! But on the way home, the kids eat all the candy - again! What piglets!½

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