The Doorbell Rang

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins is about cookies and sharing. It takes less than five minutes for an adult to read every delightful word aloud to a child.  It is also a good book for beginning readers because it is filled with reliable repetition, and it is also sprinkled with a few interesting multi-syllabic words. Some words that do NOT appear in the text are mathematics, multiplication, division, or factoring. Still the book very cleverly helps children recognize all the factors of 12. Chiix Moses wrote in a review, "Something I firmly believe is that learning is best when it doesn't feel like learning, and that is precisely what this books accomplishes." This book almost effortlessly teaches students to think win-win, so it is also an excellent choice for reinforcing the Seven Habits. The puzzle below will requires knowledge of the factors of 12 as well as thirteen other numbers. It is a level five puzzle, meant to be completed by adults or very bright children.   Click 12 Factors 2013-11-21 for more puzzles. Related articles Using Children's Books to Enhance Mathematics (pulaskischoolslearningservices.wordpress.com)