Dandelion Math

Exploring dandelions outdoors is an enjoyable spring experience that children love to do! Picking and playing with dandelions captivate children's interest and these adventures are often filled with rich, authentic math. In this book readers explore the math that exists in the natural plant world using the 'see, think, and wonder' thinking routine. Colourful photos and an easy to access text invite both children and adults to explore the fun and excitement of carefully observing common plants like dandelions outdoors. This book can spark mathematical conversations with children, and be used as a guide for discovering the rich math that exists in nature-based activities. Photos can also be used without text to engage children in math talks as they observe and discuss what they see on each page.

Educators will find this book to be an effective resource to inspire math talks within the classroom or before heading outside to play and explore. Often educators are asked to justify children's open-ended explorations in nature. Exploring Dandelion Math: See, Think and Wonder before heading outside will help empower children to notice and name the learning they are experiencing while studying living things. Families can use this book as a tool for helping inspire math thinking and conversation with children during quality reading time together or before heading outside to play and explore.