Candy Favorites is delighted to be partnering with Chronicle Books to announce the release of Candy 1 to 20. This colorful new board book, published by Chronicle Books, uses vibrant photos of classic candies to teach basic counting skills.
To celebrate Candy 1 to 20, we'll be giving away 5 copies of the book. Each of them is signed by the author! To enter, just share your experience of candy as a teaching tool.
Did you learn probability through the colors of M&M's? Are you a teacher who uses the squares of Hershey Bars to teach fractions? Or was your favorite candy used as a reward as you learned important life lessons?
Since candy is a powerful motivator and positive reinforcement for all ages, the possibilities are endless. Send us your most memorable candy-fueled learning experiences, and you'll be entered to win one of 5 signed copies of Candy 1 to 20. You can
email us or submit the form below.
Winners will be announced Friday, October 28.
Submit Your Story!
One of my most memorable candy stories was not as much a learning experience for my nephew as it was for us grown-ups. One winter, we were staying at an indoor waterpark. When we were not swimming, we were playing in the arcade. One of my nephew’s favorite games involved a dump truck and a candy-o-meter. The smaller dump trucks could be manuvered to drop small pieces of candy into the prize slot. The candy-o-meter kept track of the plays and the amount won. When the highest point was reached on the candy-o-meter, a large dump truck would drop the grand prize. The grand prize was a bucket of candy of all shapes and sizes. We ‘adults’ told my nephew that he could only have 1 piece of candy before supper. He pulled out his piece and to our surprise, it was one-pound Hershey bar!! He exclaimed “I have my piece”! We then had to explain that the pounder was more than just 1 piece. It did help us ‘grown-ups’ see things more from a child’s perspective. What a nice memory.
Candy has taught me to count calories!
All four of my children learned to count using candy. M&Ms, Skittles, Smarties, etc were all easy to count. They loved being “rewarded” by getting to the candy the counted.
I am a teacher and use candy as a motivator in the room. I give smarties on test days and tootsie roll pops as rewards. My favorite lesson is with m and m candies when we graph and do fractions, decimals and per cents for a 7th grade math lesson. They use extimation,line graphs,measurement,fractions,decimals and per cents all with that little bag of candy. When they are all done, they can eat the candy. A lesson they all love.
I have 2 children who excel at math, and 2 that need all the help they can get! I’m guessing this book would make a HUGE impact in my house "¦ we are all candy lovers!!