Pepper's Journal : A Kitten's First Year

Help kids with their math skillsplustheir reading skills with the engaging and fun MathStart series!

Pepper's Journalis perfect for teaching calendars to first, second, and third graders.In her journal Lisa writes down all the important events of Pepper's first yearand readers will learn all about days, weeks, months, and years as they find out just how much fun a new kitten can be.

Kids will love the story and the funny illustrations by Marsha Winburn.Parents and other educators will love how the story and pictures make understanding comparisons a breezeas well as the concrete examples of how math works! The book contains activities for adults to do with kids to extend math into their own lives! Math = Fun!

MathStart is an award-winning series by Stuart J. Murphy that teaches math through stories and visual models. Young readers find the stories engaging and relatable, because each story revolves around practical applications of the math concept being presented and features lively art from top-notch illustrators.

Charts and other visual representations help children understand how the math works and promote deeper comprehension. This unique combination of stories, illustrations, and visual models helps teachers and parents in the teaching of math and provides all children with the opportunity to succeed.

The 63-book series is divided into three levels with 21 books in each.The math concepts taught in MathStart books conform to state and national standards. Level 1 is Pre-KKindergarten; Level 2 is Grades 13; Level 3 is Grades 24. The series follows math topics across grades so there is a foundational path to learning that runs through the levels.