MathsThroughStories.org Newsletter (Winter 2020 Issue)

Welcome to the Winter 2020 issue of
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THE 2021 YOUNG MATHEMATICAL STORY AUTHOR (YMSA) COMPETITION STARTS ON MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2021

The Young Mathematical Story Author (YMSA) competition is the world's first annual international competition set up to encourage young mathematics learners (8-15 years old) from around the world to embed their mathematics learning in a meaningful and engaging context through creating their own mathematical story picture book. This competition is organised by MathsThroughStories.org

Following the success of our 2019 and 2020 YMSA competitions, we very much look forward to reading high-quality mathematical story picture books from students all around the world.

Entries open on Monday 4 January 2021 and the submission deadline is Friday 26 March 2021 (17:00 UK time).

The winner in each of the two entry categories (8-11 and 12-15 years old) will receive an award of £100, and their school will also receive £100. (In case of homeschooled children, if they won, they would get £100 and their nominated local public library would too get £100.) The awards are generously sponsored by HarperCollins and Charlesbridge.

To learn more about our 2021 YMSA competition (including the Stuart J. Murphy Award and the Cindy Neuschwander Award), click here.

LATEST BOOK REVIEWS

Visit our Book Reviews page for our reviews of 100+ mathematical stories.

If you are a publisher or an independent author and would like us to review your mathematical story picture book, click here for more details.

Click here to read our review of Cindy Neuschwander’s ‘Sir Cumference Gets Decima’s Point’ (2020) with a focus on decimals (and place value) for children aged 7+ years old.

Click here to read our review of ‘Birthday Beeps and Boops’ (2020) with a focus on repeating patterns for children aged 4+ years old.

Click here to read our review of ‘‘Sleepover Similarities’ (2020) with a focus on generalising patterns for children aged 4+ years old.

Click here to read our review of 'Levels in the Library’ (2020) with a focus on growing patterns for children aged 5+ years old.

LATEST BLOG POSTS

We hope you will enjoy reading our blog posts below.

Visit the Blog section on our websites for more blog posts.

Storytelling Math: A Different Sort of Math Story
Authored by Alyssa Mito Pusey (an executive editor at Charlesbridge Publishing), this blog post is about Storytelling Math, a new series of board books and picture books that bring together math, diversity, and the power of story.

Integrating Mathematics and Children’s Literature for Preschoolers with Disabilities
Authored by Katherine B. Green (University of West Georgia) and Peggy A. Gallagher and Lynn C. Hart (both Professor Emerita, Georgia State University), this blog post is drawn from their research article, titled ‘Integrating mathematics and children’s literature for preschoolers with disabilities’ published in the Journal of Early Intervention.

Parent Preferences for Counting Books with Tactile and Narrative Features
Authored by Shannon Gaylord (Carolina Outreach), Connor O’Rear (Purdue University), Caroline Hornburg (Virginia Tech) and Nicole McNeil (University of Notre Dame), this blog post is drawn from their research article, titled ‘Preferences for tactile and narrative counting books across parents with different education levels’ published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

Booked on Math: Introducing Math Concepts to Young Children through Read-Alouds
Authored by Pat McGuire and Grant Clayton (University of Colorado), this blog post is drawn from research article, titled ‘Booked on math: Developing math concepts in Pre-K classrooms using interactive read-alouds’ published in Early Childhood Education Journal.

The Effect of Using Storytelling Strategy on Students’ Performance in Fractions
Authored by Charalampos Lemonidis and Ioanna Kaiafa (University of Western Macedonia, Greece), this blog post is drawn from from their research article, titled ‘The effect of using storytelling strategy on students’ performance in fractions’ published in the Journal of Education and Learning.

INTERESTED IN DOING YOUR PHD RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC OF USING STORY PICTURE BOOKS TO SUPPORT MATHEMATICS TEACHING AND LEARNING?

If you are interested in applying to do a PhD, why not focus on the topic of using story picture books to support mathematics teaching and learning? Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai (MathsThroughStories.org founder and Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Reading, UK) would be interested to hear from you.

There are a number of scholarships for both UK and overseas applicants to apply to do their PhD at the University of Reading. For more details, click here.

LATEST WEBSITE STATS

Since the launch of our website on 2 March 2017 (the World Book Day), MathsThroughStories.org has now been viewed over 670,000 times by more than 160,000 teachers and parents from over 200 countries around the world! This is truly amazing and a reflection of your growing desire to learn more about how mathematical story picture books can be integrated meaningfully in mathematics teaching and learning.

To find out more about these statistics, click here for a full Google Analytics report.

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MathsThroughStories.org is a non-profit and research-based initiative. It sets out to encourage teachers and parents globally to use stories to enhance mathematics teaching.

We firmly believe that the use of mathematical stories, particularly in the picture book format, can help mathematics learners develop their conceptual understanding in mathematical concepts and foster positive attitudes towards the subject.

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