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!
My candy story is short and simple. I have three children of my own (all in their twenties now) and I have been a registered home childcare provider for twenty years.I have always used MandM chocolate candies to teach the children colors and counting. It works and they love the reward. I have had some of my former daycare children tell me they teach their own kids now with the M and M candies as a learning tool.
CANDY!! "¦ the perfect incentive to help students remember their library card! As the librarian in a small elementary school, my candy of choice was Jolly Ranchers. This tempting little bribe worked quite well for many years. Until last year.
Over a period of just a couple weeks, two students on the playground accidentally swallowed their Jolly Rancher. Tragedy was averted, but it did involve the Heimlich maneuver! Last summer, during our Red Cross training, the instructor gave us scenarios to act out, to see how we would handle the emergency. My group came to me with this: “A student was running down the library stairs and fell, now he has stopped breathing, what do we do?” Of course we all got a laugh when the alleged culprit was a Jolly Rancher in his throat! But also a serious lesson"¦ I now have gum drops on my desk for those younger kids!
What have i learned from (or through) candy? That too much of it DOES NOT give me a stomach ache! :-)
I have six children. I homeschool all six for different reasons. I always tell my children that eating a lot of candy isn’t very healthy for them. As we were doing our work one morning, I saw one of my children with a handful of M & M’s. I said why do you have all of those M & M’s and where did you get them? His reply was… “They are over there in the candy dish, and I’m helping Eli learn her subtraction.” He continued to say, " See, if Eli has 10 M & M’s and I take 4, then she only has 6 left." He worked all the way down to zero! Pretty smart kiddo-don’t you think? Well, it worked! She’s very good at her subtraction, but she would rather work on her addition, if you know what I mean! I love candy, and didn’t realize just how much I have around the house until then. So now I teach my kids that candy is okay- as long as we brush our teeth, and most definitely do other things to stay healthy and active! We continue to use candy as a math tool as well as bribery!!!!
My candy story is a little different. When I was born, my parents were going to name me "Dolores" for my grandmother. But Grammie said “Oh, no. Name her for something like chocolate candy.” So I was named Candace, but everyone has always called me Candy.