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Four first grades engaged in diverse numeracy encounters using children’s literature bags. This home-school project involved child and family in interactive math learning.
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Merenda, R.C. Numeracy encounters in a book bag: Meeting the NCTM standards. Early Childhood Educ J 27, 151–157 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694228
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