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Learn about Storytelling Math, a set of English\/Spanish board books and picture books that combine authentic cultural diversity, emotionally resonant stories, and deep mathematical ideas. Storytelling Math is a collaboration among Charlesbridge Publishing, Marlene Kliman of TERC, and a host of authors and illustrators from varied cultural backgrounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/storytelling-math-series<\/a> for books and other resources, and https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/storytelling-math\/<\/a> for project rationale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award: The Heising-Simons Foundation<\/a>, with substantial in-kind contribution from Charlesbridge Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":1168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"106,139,1,218","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_eb_attr":""},"grade_level":[47,6,32],"keyword":[9,24,25],"funder":[45],"class_list":["post-1159","videos","type-videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grade_level-prek-kindergarten","grade_level-grades-k-6","grade_level-informal-multiage","keyword-mathematics","keyword-informal-learning","keyword-instructional-materials","funder-the-heising-simons-foundation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Story Behind Storytelling Math - 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