Reviews for Next to an Ant

The average rating for Next to an Ant based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-29 00:00:00 White Tower I think this is quick easy book that covers proportion and different sizes. This book covers everyday objects like a berry and an ant and compares the sizes. Then continues to compare more objects as it gradually moves up the proportion scale. I think this would be a great way to hook students or get them thinking about what is smaller and what is taller. This book would be a great book for a beginning activity to jump into how to measure to see which is taller. I love that this book used real life things that people know the size of. Like a berry, students can relate to this. I think that was defiantly the books strength. I think teachers can find this useful as a beginning task fro a math related lesson. This gets students minds working on what they think about size and then you can jump into how to measure those sizes. Great book with lots of bold print and colorful pictures, worth the read!

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-22 00:00:00 Jenson Zhao Next to an Ant is a quick and effective way to introduce proportion and sizes to young children. It starts with an ant and compares a berry to it, and so forth up the proportion scale such as a puppy next to a brother, etc. This book would be a good fit to introduce before a learning activity to get children thinking about size and proportion and how it is relevant to various objects around them. A fun activity would be for students to create their own proportion and size booklet where they measure various things around them or in the classroom and record their findings.