Here I Am: My Brain Is Open!
- School:
- Seacrest Country Day School - Lower School
- Subject:
- Mathematics
- Teacher:
- Angela Burchett
- Terry Dalton, Justyna Pohl
- Students Impacted:
- 175
- Grade:
- Pre K - 5
- Date:
- July 27, 2021
Investor
Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.
Schoen Charitable Foundation - $1,301.73
Original Grant Overview
Goal
The brilliant mathematician Paul Erdos approached all mathematical work with this mantra, “Here I am: my brain is open.” One of the best ways of helping young children become more present with brains open to understanding connections between mathematical problem solving and real-life situations is through literature. Seacrest endeavors to create a math literature collection to support mathematicians from Preschool through Fifth Grade.
What will be done with my students
The introduction of math concepts, ideas, procedures, patterns, and interrelatedness through literature brings abstract ideas down to the "lowest common denominator" upon which new learning can be "exponentially multiplied" for mathematicians from Preschool through Fifth Grade.
Benefits to my students
The gift of this math literature collection will benefit the Seacrest Lower School students by supporting the math curriculum. Math concepts explored through a variety of stories will provide connection-making opportunities for discussion and hands-on math work.
Budget Narrative
The grant request is for a math library collection of 80 books and the Bodart film and Scotch book tape to cover and protect the books. The books and book covering supplies will be purchased through Seacrest's Amazon Prime Account or purchased used through ThriftBooks; therefore, the purchases will be tax-exempt.
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorting (Math Counts) - Pluckrose | $5.95 |
| 2 | My Very First Book of Numbers - Carle | $11.37 |
| 3 | The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes - Heyward | $8.29 |
| 4 | Wild About Shapes - Fischer | $8.99 |
| 5 | My Very First Book of Shapes - Carle | $13.15 |
| 6 | The Shape of Me and Other Stuff - Seuss | $9.99 |
| 7 | Butterfly Colors and Counting Book - Pallotta | $14.49 |
| 8 | Mouse Shapes - Walsh | $10.99 |
| 9 | Hop, Jump - Walsh | $12.38 |
| 10 | Three Little Fire Fighters Sorting - Murphy | $12.63 |
| 11 | Inch By Inch - Lionni | $13.79 |
| 12 | Pitter Pattern - Hesselberth | $13.99 |
| 13 | Five Little Ducks - Fleming | $14.29 |
| 14 | Sorting at the Market (Math Around Us) - Steffora | $18.60 |
| 15 | Bear Counts - Wilson & Chapman | $14.62 |
| 16 | Shape by Shape - MacDonald | $14.69 |
| 17 | Arithmechicks Take Away - Stephens & Liu | $14.80 |
| 18 | Ten Black Dots - Crews | $14.89 |
| 19 | A Pair of Socks - Murphy & Ehlert | $14.99 |
| 20 | One Duck Stuck - Root | $17.49 |
| 21 | The Shape of My Heart - Sperring & Paterson | $14.99 |
| 22 | Super Sand Castle Saturday - Murphy & Gorton | $14.99 |
| 23 | Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse - Wise & Chess | $14.99 |
| 24 | Construction Countdown - Olson & Gordon | $15.99 |
| 25 | Tally O'Malley - Murphy & Jabar | $16.18 |
| 26 | The Greatest Gymnast of All - Murphy & Jabar | $16.80 |
| 27 | Jack the Builder - Murphy & Rex | $16.80 |
| 28 | Teddy Bear Patterns - McGrath & Nihoff | $16.95 |
| 29 | 100 Days of School - Harris & Johnson | $16.95 |
| 30 | Sort It Out - Mariconda & Rogers | $17.95 |
| 31 | Crayon Counting Book - Munoz & Pallotta | $17.15 |
| 32 | Much Bigger Than Martin - Kellogg | $17.20 |
| 33 | Who Sank the Boat? - Allen | $17.20 |
| 34 | 1 to 20 Animals Aplenty - Viggers | $17.74 |
| 35 | Toasty Toes - Dahl | $17.90 |
| 36 | Shapes, Shapes, Shapes - Hoban | $17.99 |
| 37 | Cook-a-Doddle-Doo! - Stevens & Crummel | $17.99 |
| 38 | Each Orange Had 8 Slices - Giganti & Crews | $17.99 |
| 39 | Ten Red Apples - Hutchins | $17.99 |
| 40 | Anno's Counting Book - Anno | $17.99 |
| 41 | Arithmechicks Add Up - Stephens & Liu | $17.99 |
| 42 | The Icky Bug Counting Book - Pallotta & Masiello | $18.40 |
| 43 | One Big Building: A Counting Book About construction - Dahl | $18.57 |
| 44 | Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? - Wells | $18.80 |
| 45 | Counting Crocodiles - Sierra & Hillenbrand | $18.80 |
| 46 | Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten - Slate & Wolff | $18.80 |
| 47 | Hippos Go Beserk! - Boynton | $19.99 |
| 48 | 12 Ways to Get 11 - Merriam | $19.99 |
| 49 | Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger - Nagda & Bickel | $24.64 |
| 50 | Over in the Meadow - McDonald & Reed | $20.80 |
| 51 | Bar Graphs - Edgar | $21.65 |
| 52 | Pattern Fish - Harris & Green | $22.65 |
| 53 | Pattern Bugs - Harris & Green | $22.65 |
| 54 | The Button Box - Reid & Chamberlain | $6.02 |
| 55 | My Shapes - Emberley | $17.92 |
| 56 | A House for Birdie - Murphy & Miller | $17.01 |
| 57 | The Best Bug Parade - Murphy & Keller | $6.85 |
| 58 | Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes - Swineburn | $12.31 |
| 59 | The Long and the Short of It - Nathan & McCourt | $17.73 |
| 60 | Just a Little Bit - Tompert & Munsinger | $7.99 |
| 61 | Eight Silly Monkeys - Haskamp | $10.95 |
| 62 | Giraffe Graphs - Stewart | $6.12 |
| 63 | Pictographs - Edgar | $5.99 |
| 64 | Let's Count It Out, Jesse Bear - Carlstrom & Degen | $6.47 |
| 65 | The Great Graph Contest - Leedy | $8.60 |
| 66 | When Sheep Cannot Sleep: The Counting Book - Kitamura | $8.62 |
| 67 | Mama Cat Has Three Kittens - Fleming | $9.62 |
| 68 | 20 Hungry Piggies - Harris | $7.91 |
| 69 | How Many Snails? - Giganti & Crews | $12.13 |
| 70 | Bears at the Beach - Yektai | $18.99 |
| 71 | Emily's First 100 Days at School - Wells | $9.00 |
| 72 | Quack and Count - Baker | $18.80 |
| 73 | Elmer's First Counting Book - McKee | $14.47 |
| 74 | Ten Terrible Dinosaurs - Strickland | $16.33 |
| 75 | Nanna's Button Tin - Wolfer & Potter | $15.99 |
| 76 | What Can I Buy? - Vaughan | $14.95 |
| 77 | Fat Frogs on a Skinny Log - Riches | $5.99 |
| 78 | Over, Under and Through - Hoban | $25.87 |
| 79 | Me Counting Time - Sweeney | $15.33 |
| 80 | Last to Finish: A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math Class - Esham | $16.19 |
| 81 | Scotch Book Tape Value Pack | $45.30 |
| 82 | 15 Yards Brodart Fold-On Book Jacket Covers Large Roll Combo 10, 12, 14" | $29.95 |
| 83 | 15 Yards Brodart Just-a-Fold III Rolls 3-Pack Combo 9, 10, 12" | $28.49 |
| Total: | $1,301.73 |
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