A little gecko surprises his mother by telling her that there are five reasons why he does not like the night: he hears creaking noises; a strange whooshing sound; there is a huge bright circle in the sky; chirping all around him; and, he does not want to be alone. His mother helps him patiently to understand and change how he feels. Practice counting one less than from five to zero together as the little gecko runs out of reasons one by one and, finally, goes to sleep."The Goodnight Gecko" is the third of the three books in series 4 of the CAMathoriesTM Folktale MathematicsTM curriculum (one more and one less 0 - 5) for children aged 3-4 years old. "The Goodnight Gecko" is a folktale from Hawaii. Readers will learn to count one less from five to zero as the little gecko runs out of reasons as to why he should stay awake at night, and falls softly and happily to sleep.
Author Biography:
Dr. Helen Bradford is a passionate lifelong early years educator. She has worked in the early years for almost 30 years, where her specialist area of expertise is developing childhood language and literacy 0-8 years. She worked at the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge between 2003 to 2015, where she co-led literacy on the Early Years and Primary PGCE course, alongside Mrs. Penny Coltman and Dr. David Whitebread. Dr. Bradford moved to UCL (University College London) Institute of Education in 2015, where she lectured for four years across early childhood Master's courses, working with diverse cohorts of students from across the globe. Her Master's Thesis, 'The Perceptions of Three- and Four-Year-Old Children as Writers' submitted to Cambridge received a top 'A' grade. Her Ph.D. research, entitled 'Co-Constructing Writing Pedagogy with Two-and-Three-Year-Old Children', won the 2019 United Kingdom Literacy Association prize for best thesis. Dr. Bradford is a member of CAMathories' Education Team, designing the curriculum for CAMathories(TM), and is a writer of the Folktale Mathematics(TM) Series of Books. Succeeding Dr. David Whitebread after his untimely passing, Dr. Bradford is currently the Chief Education Officer of CAMathories Company. Dr. Kit Cheung has lived, studied, and worked in different places, from the fun yet hustle and bustle cities of Hong Kong (China) and Singapore, to the awesome Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, then to fairytale-like Cambridge in England, and later to Baltimore, the crab cake capital of the world, before settling in the garden state, New Jersey, of the U.S.A. Dr. Cheung likes to travel to different places in Asia, Europe, and Australasia, to meet different people, to learn about different cultures, and is fascinated by different folk stories from different areas. Dr. Cheung is a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship (awarded by the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, U.K.) and Cambridge Overseas Trust (by the University of Cambridge, U.K.), and has obtained a Ph.D. degree from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Cheung is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of CAMathories Company.
