If you have seen me speak about math at a workshop, you know that I have major math baggage. I was terrible at math growing up and was so nervous about having to learn how to teach math to 6th graders ( my first degree is K-6) that in my first university class about math methods, I burst into tears. What I needed was a good teacher and my professor was fantastic, and now I am passionate about teaching math. We know that when we talk about math, children learn more effectively. One way to do that is to bring math and math concepts into storytime. Here are some of my favorite math picture books that teach math in fun, engaging ways.
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Basic Math Operations and Counting Books for Preschool and PreK
These math picture books are packed with learning about counting, and some even go into basic addition and or subtraction.
Big Fat Hen
Quack and Count
Doggies 
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
On the Launch Pad: A Counting Book About Rockets
Pete The Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by James Dean
Dog’s Colorful Day
This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
Feast for 10 by Catherine Falwell
The Last Marshmallow by Grace Lin
Ten on the Sled
Grandmas’s Tiny House; A Counting Story by JaNay Brown Wood
Math Picture Books About Shapes
Alma’s Art by Rhoda Ahmed
Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder
My Heart Is Like a Zoo
Perfect Square
Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth
So Many Circles, So Many Squares
Walter’s Wonderful Web by Tim Hopgood
Bindu’s Bindis by Supriya Kelkar
Tangled by Anne Miranda ( Prek and above)
City Shapes by Diana Murray
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Mouse Shapes
Books About Measuring, Sorting and Comparing Sizes and Amounts
The Mitten by Jan Brett
How Long? by Jessica Gunderson
Brontorina
What Will Fit by Grace Lin
Up To My Knees by Grace Lin
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
How Big Is A Foot? by Rolfe Myller
Big Bot, Small Bot by Marc Rosenthal
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs: As Retold by Mo Willems
More More More Said The Baby by Vera B. Williams
There is so much research to support talking about math and giving our students the vocabulary to think more about math instead of just spitting out facts so I hope these math picture books help you do just that! For more detailed reviews of these books and more scroll through my whole library or reviews.
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