Reviews for Penny Pot (MathStart)

The average rating for Penny Pot (MathStart) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-08 00:00:00 Darrin Kreb Stuart J. Murphy's The Penny Pot basically and for all intents and purposes simply but wonderfully features a standard but in my opinion also generally engaging little anecdote of how young Jessie is able to use (and count up) the change left in a so-called penny pot in order to obtain enough cash to get her face painted at the June School Fair (it costs fifty cents, but she only has thirty-nine cents in her pocket and thus she requires eleven cents more). And not only are different types of coins featured and depicted (for basic recognition patterns, pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, all American currency though, as The Penny Pot is printed/published in the USA), but different combinations of said coins are also shown in order to practice actual, mathematical counting (and by extension, of course, also making monetary change). Now as to Lynne Cravath's accompanying illustrations for The Penny Pot, they are bright and imbued with much lively and humorous fun, a bit too exaggerated and cartoon like for me to completely enjoy them on an aesthetic level, but still and nevertheless a delightful mirror of Stuart J. Murphy's featured narrative (thus indeed, presenting a rather sweet and engaging marriage of text and image, one that while not spectacular and with a major "wow" factor does in an entertainingly engaging and informative manner teach both basic numeracy and financial literacy). Recommended for both at home and in-class use (and with the activity suggestions, math games and suggestions for further reading on pages 32/33 being an added and much appreciated bonus, greatly enhancing the already stellar teaching and learning value of The Penny Pot and showing both children and adults that mathematical concepts are indeed not only an important but also a fun and interesting, engaging part of our lives).

Review # 2 was written on 2012-04-18 00:00:00 Jonathan White -a girl wants to get her face painted, but she doesnt have enough money -but the solution is that people that have extra pennies would put them in the penny jar -finally, the girl had enough money by adding the pennies and extra change to what she originally had -this would be a great follow along where the kids would have their own money manipulatives and would follow with the book -great book to show addition and subtraction with dimes, nickels, and pennies -it would be very fun to have a penny jar in the class where the students could place extra pennies, and keep track of the pennies on some kind of graph; then when the jar is full, the children teacher will buy something and have a "party" (ice cream or popcorn party)