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Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers In Nature (2010)

by Sarah C. Campbell(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1590787528 (ISBN13: 9781590787526)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Boyds Mills Press

review 1: This is a difficult concept presented well in this book. I think some preschoolers could handle it up to about the pinecones. Swirls growing in a variety of directions. as they do on pinecones, sunflowers and pineapples, will lose many children. Overall this book is probably best for older elementary ages. That doesn't mean the first part of the book can't be used with younger children since it starts simply. It won't work well for groups as the photographs are very small for the first six pages.
review 2: Numbers in nature! I love the integration of math and science concepts in the book. Children are so curious about the world and this book introduces names of flowers and their parts, such as stem and seed. Most of us are familiar with sunflowers, but we... more never stop to think about how many disk flowers are in the middle. I loved how this book introduced counting petals and counting spirals of things, such as seashells and snail shells. The activities that could correlate with this book are endless! You could take children on a "numbers and nature" walk outside and have them investigate and count things they notice in their own backyard/playground and I would say that this could be done with children in kindergarten through third grade. less

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