As a farmer tries to find the correct number of mittens for his various farmyard animals, the reader is introduced to odd and even numbers.

While a bunny and his mother shop in a grocery store for lunch guests, the reader may count and compare the amounts of carrots, peanuts, and worms in the grocery carts of other shoppers.

Uses a dialog between two friends, one who estimates, one who counts precisely, to show estimation at work in everyday life.

Readers are introduced to the concept of probability in a story about a boy who has a day in which nothing goes right.

As members of a swim team do laps to qualify for swim camp, readers can practice subtracting two-digit numbers to see how many laps are left to go.

It's About Time-to wake up-to learn, to play, to read-to cuddle up in the blankets and to dream. A twenty-four -- hour day is full of great things to do! Endearing illustrations depicting things kids do every day make this an easy introduction to the skill of telling time, perfect for very young readers.

A little boy works very hard taking care of five little ducks, then they go for a walk and each duck brings home a friend making double the work.

Two squabbling siblings learn about symmetry when their babysitter helps them build and fly a kite.

An old map leads the members of the Elm Street Kids' Club to a buried time capsule. Annotation. Matthew has found a treasure map, and soon the Elm Street Kids' Club is off on a quest. The map guides them into a wonderful, magical world, but it's the real-life math skills of understanding distance, scale, direction, and symbols that will help Matthew, Sheri, Meg, Danny, and Jed -- with some assistance from Petey the parrot -- find a treasure hidden...

Explains the concept of subtraction through a rhyming text about a descending elevator.