"Written for all teachers of young children, the purpose of this book is to illustrate activities that promote early mathematics development for children ages three to five and to `showcase' mathematics for the young child. The thirty-five activities in this book, each of which has been tested in a variety of places with a diverse population of children, are distributed into five content areas: number and operations, geometry, algebra, measurement, and data analysis. The Content areas are connected by a continuing story, `Hanny the Honey Bear Discovers the World of Mathematics in the Big Zoo.' The experiences of Hanny are told through a variety of mathematical puzzles involving the five content areas. Teachers can use this book to help themselves teach mathematics, learn mathematics, and most important, osten to children think!"""