Best Bug Parade: MathStart- Comparing Sizes: Level 1

MathStart Level 1

by StuartJ.Murphy

The Best Bug Parade [BEST BUG PARADE 1972/E] [Paperback]

Genres: Mathematics, Picture Books, Childrens, Animals

Paperback

First published March 27, 1996

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute. Probably three stars for me, but my five-year-old loved it. Not really educational about bugs, but it uses bugs to help explain size comparisons so it's good for teaching the mathematics concept to bug enthusiasts :-)

[Dianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read to me by my five-year-old. <3

[Sadie Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this story! It is a charming book that introduces young readers to the concept of comparing sizes. The story features an assortment of bugs marching in a parade while showcasing all of their different sizes. Big, bigger, biggest, small, smaller, smallest! In a kindergarten or first-grade classroom, this book can be a great tool for exploring measurement and size comparison. After reading this book with students, the teacher could have the students sort various objects by size or even create their own bug parade with drawings or cutouts. Kids can further order them from smallest to largest. This book has made a hands-on way to bring math into the classroom and help students understand relative sizes in a tangible and fun manner. This book further creates a great chance to incorporate cross-curricular activities such as science (learning about bugs) and art (creating bug illustrations). I will definitely use this book in my future teaching!

[Emily Boatwright · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good book to teach about different bugs and their proportional size, compared to other insects. Great supplement for a math lesson, for sure. All about bugs lining up with next to each other, finding to who is biggest, smallest and right in between. Illustrations are in pen, ink, water color and pastel

[Susannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little "math literacy" book teaches the concepts of size comparison with comparative and superlative adjectives. It also provides an opportunity for counting, addition practice and skip counting odds (by counting the bugs in the parade as they are added).

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book my 5 year old selected from his school library. I didn't even realize "big" "bigger" "biggest" and "small" "smaller" "smallest" were words we hadn't explained yet. This book introduces these comparisons in an easily understandable way and 5 year olds LOVE bugs much to my chagrin.

[Cori Dantio · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an AWESOME book to teacher comparative concepts to smaller children.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

A companion to the concepts of superlatives such as long, longer, and longest.

[Laurie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Big, small, short, long, etc. Too advanced for two year old

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book covers the early concepts of measurement and the proper grammar and terminology for explaining and comparing objects. This is a great book for early learners or reinforcing the concepts.

[Mari]

superlatives

[Lu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for teaching comparatives:

Short shorter shortest
Long longer longer
Big bigger biggest
Small smaller smallest
Good better best

The illustrations are simple and childlike.

[Y.Poston]

a very buggy parade and great exploration of size comparison

[☼Bookish in Virginia☼ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Time Machine
Best Bug Parade... 2.5 Stars, April 22, 2005

I like the MathStart Series *in general* but I wish there was more consistency from book to book. "Henry the Fourth" which explored ordinal numbers was great. The story had a cute plot and it kept my children's interest. "Missing Mittens" (which was all about even and odd numbers) had a clumsy rhyme and it wasn't nearly as good. This book about comparing-and-contrasting sizes is different still. It has too few words and virtually no plot. Take a look at the sentences from the first *3 pages*:

"I am big."
"I am bigger than you are."
"I am the biggest bug by far."

Not much plot development there, and while the pictures detail more activity, it is insufficient for young readers/viewers.

On the bright side the `summary' pages are good. They show the 3 bugs currently under discussion (small, smaller, smallest, for example) in juxtaposition which makes it easy to talk about the concepts.

So I would say that if you are willing to compose a story to go along with the pictures you can use this book to successfully teach your children about relative size. Without your input though they aren't going to get much out if it.

Material covered in "Best Bug Parade":

Big, bigger, biggest
Small, smaller, smallest
Long, longer, longest.
Short, shorter, shortest.
Good, Better, Best.

And as usual there are 2 pages of related activities suggested at the end of the book.

Pam T~

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Text to Self
This book reminds me of the Springtime. It has pictures of beautiful flowers and bugs that I would often see. I liked to draw pictures of butterflies and flowers and color them based on what I would actually see.

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another fun story in the MathStart series by Stuart J. Murphy. We like these books; they incorporate math principles into the story and show how math is fun and necessary for everyday life.

A fun book about bugs that also teaches about relative sizes and opposites. It's colorful, fun, and educational, without being too overbearing. And the narrative is simple enough for beginning readers. Our girls enjoyed this book.

[Chloe Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Best Bug Parade is a cute fun book that talks about length. The bugs in the story are having a parade but some bugs are bigger and some bugs are smaller. This is a great book for talking about comparison with your students. You could even incorporate science into the lesson by talking about the different species of bugs in the story. The children could even make their own bugs and then compare it to their classmates.

[Julia B · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a good resource for K and 1st levels in the beginning stages of learning measurement. The book discusses "big/bigger/biggest" and "small/smaller/smallest", and students could practice comparing sizes and lengths of various objects to create a fundamental knowledge of comparative sizes.

[Linh Tong · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would use this book to teach about comparison. I would let students draw their own imaginary bugs. They would then cut it out. We would arrange the bugs in order of size, and we would create our own bug parade.

Extension: We can also compare the students in class. Who is bigger? Who is smaller? Who is older? Who is youngest?

[Melanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wished there was a little more story to go along with the comparisons the book makes. My daughter, a first grader, proclaimed it a "baby" book and could not be interested in it at all. It did not interest my preschooler much either.

[Tricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Best Bug Parade" is a wonderful book to use for teaching measurement to children. The pictures in this book are great, and make for easy comparisons in regards to comparing sizes. I would use this book in first grade.

[Christina Camp · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an adorable book about bugs having a parade. It compares the sizes of bugs. It also rhymes. Each page compares more and most (small, smaller, smallest). It is a great book to use when trying to get studetns to understand size.

[Alesha Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to read to children when teaching about size, length, or maybe even species of bugs. The illustrations are great and very colorful. This book can be used for Science and Math. This book is great for younger children.

[Christine Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love it when I can bring math into storytime, and this book does exactly that. It is a good choice for those who are learning "size perception."

Subjects


Insects -- Juvenile fiction


Size perception -- Juvenile fiction.


Parades -- Juvenile fiction.

[Rose]

E Mur

[Theresa · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Best Bug Parade (Paperback)
by Stuart J. Murphy
a young resource book on organization an category, used for kindergarten as a math sorting lesson.

[Noel Echols]

great way to cross content (science & math)

number relationships
comparative language (big, bigger, biggest, smaller, etc.)

insects/bugs (2nd grade)

[Kelly Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is so cute . It discusses the sizes of bugs. I would use this book in math, when the topic weight/ size is being presented. I live the pictures. This book is so engaging.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would be a good book for insect storytime. It has some math concepts but they are well incorporated in the story so kids won't get bored.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

A variety of different bugs compare their relative sizes while going on parade.