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Ruggles, JoLean; Slenger, Barbara Sweeney – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Presents the steps and lessons for making the "Measure Me" doll in which students experience numeracy when they use their own birth statistics to create a doll. Through this sequence of activities, learners relate what they already know about themselves to new situations where they compare their heights and weights with those of other children.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement

Wickett, Maryann – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Presents an activity introducing probability and patterns to multigrade students. Uses the storybook "The Thirteen Days of Halloween" to demonstrate numbers, patterns, and probability. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts