Pre-K Math Book Bag Project

Pre-K teachers, Jaime Parse and Mary Glabach, host families twice a year to come and engage in mathematics together. Come see what it's all about!

Thanks to Mackensey Bailey and Jane Urban who researched and found grants for us, we were able to get support from Communities that Care (click on the Communities that Care picture to the left to go straight to their site). "The Communities That Care Coalition (CTC) brings together youth, parents, schools, community agencies, and local governments to promote the health and well-being of young people in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region." The grant has allowed us to buy books, get math materials, and have family evenings of reading, doing math, and eating dinner together. These events have launched the math book bag project so families know what to do with the bags when their children come home with a new math book bag. Families have opportunities to engage with books and mathematics all year long! Here is the letter introducing families to the project. My question is why stop at PK?!

Scroll down to see years of pictures from our events!

Sharing Math Book Bags with Families

For the last three years the pre-k teachers have invited families to come to school in the evening to engage in mathematics with their children. In each bag is a book, some connected math activities and directions for continued engagement in math-talk at home. We meet in the school library where families and their children get cozy, reading books together and engaging in fun math activities related to the mathematics in each book. Afterwards, families meet in the cafeteria for a pizza dinner!

November 19, 2019, October 22, 2018, April 30, 2018, October 24, 2017

2019 - 2020 School Year

2018 - 2019 School Year

Sequencing and Ordering

Organizing and counting

Counting ducks

Monday October 22, 2018 - Comments from Families:

"We had a great time. Thanks!
"It was nice to have activities that older siblings could help with."
"It worked well for us to look at the pictures on each page and count all the different objects."
"I love this idea of math book bags and enjoy each new one!"
"My Truck is Stuck was my child's favorite book tonight! She loved putting the trucks in order."
"My child loved Ten Little Caterpillars. She had fun counting, adding, subtracting and grouping the caterpillars."
"Thank you for giving us the opportunity to have family learning and social time at school!"

2017 - 2018 School Year

Pre-K teachers, Mary and Jaime, along with Julie, Sam, and Mackensie, created "math book bags" for students and families to enjoy reading together. Each bag has a book and math materials that go along with the book. Directions are included to help families explore the mathematics of the book as well as around their home. Here are pictures of families coming to school to read and explore math together with their children.

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