Innovation: Teaching ideas for using children’s literature in mathematics lessons

Abstract

The use of children's literature in mathematics lessons has received widespread attention recently, with a growing collection of articles written about it. Many of these articles discuss the benefits of integrating literature and mathematics. Hence there seems to be ample reasons for using children's literature as a vehicle for mathematics learning. Given the fact that using children's literature in mathematics lessons may not be a common practice in Singapore schools, this paper aims to offer teachers some teaching ideas for designing a mathematics lesson around literature.