Mother Goose Math

Mother Goose Math: Rhyme & Arithmetic is a hands-on, interactive exhibit that brings to life scenes and images from popular nursery rhymes. In the various components of Mother Goose Math, children will use reading to explore mathematics. This exhibit, and the nursery rhyme theme, provides an excellent tool through which complex topics can be simplified and taught to children of all ages. The components, complete with interpretations and curricula, include:

London Bridge

Fit stones of various shapes and sizes as you build, knock down, and then rebuild the famous bridge.

 

 

Three Young Rats Sorting Wall

Where the concept of multiples is explored by sorting hats, tails, veils and wigs while tracking them to the appropriate animal.

 

 

The Calendar Wall

Help a child learn the days of the week and months of the year while identifying the seasons and exploring patterning and sequencing.

 

 

Humpty Dumpty’s Wall

A perfect place to act out your favorite rhymes with puppets.

 

 

Knight’s Pear Tree

Solve the riddle of the pears and explain the homophone “pear” and “pair.”

 

 

The King’s Counting House

Where you can count and sort money, learn simple fractions using blackbird pies, and count and graph blackbirds, bread and honey.

 

 

Peter Piper’s Picking Patch

The activities in “Peter Piper’s Picking Patch” deal with quantification. Children are asked the question of how many peppers are in Peter Piper’s peck, and by filling and dumping peck bushels with peppers, children can find the answer.

 

 

Mary, Mary’s Garden

In Mary Mary’s Garden, children can use their imagination to arrange magnetic flowers, garden tools, butterflies, and more or match pattern cards.

 

 

Hickory, Dickory Dock

The rhyme comes to life with an over-sized, child-friendly clock. Children can slide a mouse up a track on the clock, while trying to tell time with egg timers, hourglasses, digital and mechanical clocks.

 

 

Hey, Diddle, Diddle

Explore weight with this widely recognized favorite nursery rhyme.

 

 

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