Picture books can be an opportunity to develop children’s math and reading skills at the same time. Many storybooks have pictures and storylines that feature important early math concepts, such as numbers, shapes, patterns, and measurement. Talking about the math found in picture books can support children’s curiosity and enjoyment of math.

Click here for the Activity Directory at Dreme Math on books and activities that you can do with your child while reading!

Tips on how to turn reading time into math learning time also! Suggestions for finding and talking about math in picture books.

Building math identity is so important for students to become confident in their mathematical abilities. Check out some activities for books that build math identity! 

Example Activity:Counting on Katherine

Parents know to read to their kids at night, but what about math? Bedtime Math goal is simple: to make math a fun part of kids’ everyday lives, as beloved as the bedtime story.

Bedtime Math sends parents a fun, new math problem every day, on everything from electric eels to chocolate chips to flamingoes. Targeted for kids ages 3-9, it begins with a short, fun set-up story, followed by three math problems at three levels of challenge. The founder, Laura Overdeck, did this for years with her own young children, until one day her third child, age 2, ran in yelling that he wanted his own fun math problem, just like his big sister and brother!