MathStart level 2

A young girl uses data-collecting and problem-solving skills to determine where her family should go for a vacation.

Introduces simple addition through a rhyming text about animals being delivered for a merry-go-round.

Introduces the concept of nonstandard measurement as three friends compete in a sand castle building contest.

Lisa keeps a journal of her new kitten's first year.

Readers are introduced to the concept of probability in a story about a boy who has a day in which nothing goes right.

At the picnic on the last day of school, James, his friends, and the cafeteria lady make a variety of ice cream sundaes, using mathematics to figure out how many different kinds they can create.

On a car trip to the beach, the O'Malley family children compete by playing games together.

Hankie always does the same things at the same time. He even sneezes on schedule. The other horses tease him. What a bore! Hankie's determined to prove that he can be unpredictable if he wants to -- but can he? Or will he just end up being the same old Hankie? Horses, humor, and a great big sneeze all combine to explain how to look at past events and make predictions about the future, an important element of logical thinking.