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"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a popular British folktale. The three bears living in a forest had a surprise visitor who had eaten their porridge! Find out how Goldilocks, a young girl in Britain, went into the Three Bears' Cottage and gave a surprise to herself and the three bears! Count from 1 to 3 and learn the stable principle that it does not matter how the three objects are arranged, the number stays the same.
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is the first of the three books in the first series of the CAMathories¿ Folktale Mathematics¿ curriculum (3-4 years old). Series 1: Count and Recite 1 to 5. Two other books in the same series are: "Paco and the Giant Chili Plant" (from Mexico), and "5 Little Monkeys Catching the Moon" (from China). This series helps readers to develop an awareness of the principle of 'order irrelevance' - we can count things in any order but the number stays the same.
CAMathories¿ Folktale Mathematics¿ Series books are fun math-learning folktales designed, written, and peer-reviewed by renowned (current and previous) researchers and faculty members of mathematics and early years learning from the University of Cambridge.
About the author
Dr. Lorna Ayton is a lifetime mathematician. She is currently a researcher in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics in the Waves research group at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Ayton has set Cambridge admissions tests of mathematics, marked admittance exam papers of STEP (Sixth Term Examination Papers), and interviewed over 200 candidates for entry into the Mathematics Undergraduate Course at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Ayton was admitted to Churchill College, University of Cambridge, in 2007 to study B.A. Mathematics (graduated with First Class Honors), followed by Part III Mathematics (graduated with Distinction), and then a Ph.D. in Mathematics which she completed in 2014. Dr. Ayton's Ph.D. thesis: "Asymptotic Approximations for the Sound Generated by Aerofoils in Unsteady Subsonic Flows" is awarded "The Outstanding Thesis Prize" by Springer. Dr. Ayton is a co-founder and Mathematics Advisor of CAMathories Company and a member of the Education Team that designs the curriculum for CAMathories¿. Dr. Ayton ensures that mathematics is well-applied in our games and that learning mathematics can be fun and rewarding!
