Monster Math Picnic

Hello Reader! Math Level 1

by Grace Maccarone

Those lovable Math Monsters return to teach children the combinations of numbers that add up to ten in a math book that includes activities and a note to parents from acclaimed math educator Marilyn Burns. Original.

Genres: Mathematics, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Grace Maccarone is an American children’s book editor and author, notably of Miss Lina’s Ballerinas, illustrated by Christine Davenier, and its sequel Miss Lina’s Ballerinas and the Prince. She has also worked as an editor at Scholastic, Wireless Generation, and currently Holiday House.

Reviews

[Sidney McQuade · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book teaches a tough concept for young children to grasp, which is combining and grouping numbers. This book in particular teaches about 10 little monsters and that there is still the same amount of monsters no matter how you split them up.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute book about making 10 using different combinations. AND it's got extra activities and riddles for children to continue working with combinations in the back of the book!

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fun for children and has simple math counting skills in it.

[Missmath144 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not an exciting book to read, however I have read it dozens of times for my storytime kiddos because it teaches an important concept which is actually very difficult for preschoolers to grasp. It is a simple story about numbers that add up to ten (and the conservation of numbers). There are ten monsters. No matter how they are divided up (9+1, 8+2, etc.), they still add up to ten. I use feltboard monsters that I made to illustrate the point, but it's amazing how difficult it is for little ones to grasp the idea that there are still ten, no matter how I group them.

[Jennie Park]

This is a great text I would use for elementary mathematics. It tells a story about 10 monsters and the activities they enjoy on a picnic. It can be used to teach the skill "make a ten" because throughout the story it divides the monsters 9 and 1, 8 and 2, 7 and 3, etcetc. It helps you come up with different ways to literally make-a-ten.

[Quynh Le · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice book with bright and colorful pictures that I would use to teach part-part-whole and how the number 10 can be divided into many different parts, such as 9 + 1 and 3 + 7, etc. The picnic idea also ties into things that my students might be familiar with, and younger students can have fun counting all the different things at the monster picnic.

[Asheley Frazier]

This book is a fun book for young children. It describes different combinations of ten monsters going a picnic. This book would be good to teAch a lesson on numbers and operations and how to Add and subtract within 10

[Sheila · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute book. A bit too young for my boys, but I liked the playful way the book brought up math concepts.

[Jermaine]

This book will be great for add ..sub...and counting 1 thru 10

[Sophia Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Monsters love to eat! Monsters love to play games! This is a beginning math book. Students can learn addition and subtraction from this and ways to make ten.

[Meg McGregor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story about 10 monsters that on a picnic. After reading parents can extend the learning with number sentences, riddles, etc. at the back of the book.