Miss Anna's Number Story 7 & 8 is an absolute treasure! All of Miss Anna's Number Stories serve to introduce number concepts in a different light, and this is no different. Her fourth book in the educational fiction Number Story series, Number Story 7 and 8 are two stories that sweep children into the world of clocks. As they walk around the Clock Museum with Dr. Zee (Zero) and the Numbers, children not only get to learn the rich history of the beginnings of clocks but also indirectly get to learn how to read the clock hands all the while getting their WHYs answered. WHYs such as:
"Why do clocks have numbers that go from 1 to 12?"
"What is a 24-hour clock?"
"Why do clocks have a minute and a second hand?"
"Why are the 'minute' and the 'second' divided into 60 parts?"
"Why does a new day start at midnight?"
Parents/educators are invited to be the chaperone, exploring with the children the many rooms in the museum. No more simply going through the motion of reading the hour hand and the minute hand! Here in the Number Story 7 & 8, children are introduced to the reading of clocks within a framework of a bigger picture! This, indeed, is a new approach of teaching children how to tell timean approach that is more meaningful to children and altogether memorablehighly enjoyable and empowering. This is yet another of Miss Anna's gift to all children and to parents/educators. The Clock Museum is now open to the public and bids you and your children to enter. Do come in and enjoy all that the museum has to offer! The Numbers are peering out of the museum windows, and they are very much looking forward to your visit!
There is a Number Story for all children:
Number Story 1 & 2 - Learn numbers 0-10 and learn to count
Number Story 3 & 4 - Learn numbers 11-12 and learn the ordinal numbers (first, second, third)
Number Story 5 & 6 - Learn numbers 0-100 and learn about place values: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands place
Number Story 7 & 8 - Learn the history of how people told time long ago and learn to tell time on analog clocks