Pi Day Math Read Alouds + Blueberry Pie
It’s Pi Day! An excuse to talk about math, ratios and eat pie.
Here’s a pie recipe and math read alouds we’ll be watching on Youtube to celebrate!
This book list is a few we’ve already read before and some titles listed on Read Aloud Revival! Books about how numbers work for early to mid elementary kids ⬇️
Give Me Half by Stuart J. Murphy https://youtu.be/GbWFfWwyB5s
Anno’s Magic Seeds by Mitsumasa Anno https://youtu.be/O_bXp_3pcVE
Billions of Bricks by Kurt Cyrus https://youtu.be/q12yD3YUbhc
7 Ate 9 by Tara Lazar https://youtu.be/RADhEMD2lcM
Equal Shmequal by Virginia Knoll https://youtu.be/vOGG5MF3i54
Snowman – Cold = Puddle: Spring Equations https://youtu.be/QpNjK3RRD3Y
What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? By Julie Ellis https://youtu.be/Wr5LkwVYdwc
One Grain Of Rice by Demi https://youtu.be/_-jCk8_kDt4
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table https://youtu.be/qXoNd22iVBU
Books about people who made a difference with math ⬇️
Girl With A Mind For Math The Story of Raye Montague https://youtu.be/maBiBjirKwk
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci https://youtu.be/Uz0fm1WLRF4
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly https://youtu.be/H1V8NcvSy9Q
I hope you get a chance to enjoy these math titles along with your children over perhaps your favorite piece of pie! Here’s a easy recipe for the blueberry pie shown above 🥧
🫐 BLUEBERRY PIE 🫐
+ 2 pie crusts (I made a simple butter crust!)
+ 6 cups blueberries
+ 1/4 cup of flour
+ 1/2 cup of sugar
+ 2 tablespoons cornstarch
+ 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
+ 1 tbsp butter (cut into small cubes)
+ optional: egg wash, one egg beaten and spread over crust before baking
➡️ In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together expect the butter. Pour the mixture into pie pan with 1 crust in it. Then put the cubes of butter over the top. Cut the 2nd crust into strips to create a criss cross pattern or really whatever pattern you like! Apply egg wash.
➡️ Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes and then lower to 375 degrees (cover crust with crust cover or foil) and bake another 40 minutes (or until the internal temp of the pie reads around 200 degrees!)
✨ this recipe is a bit modified but originally found @sallysbakingaddiction 🤤