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I'M NOT SMALL provides exceptional context for young children to learn math skills. Just as the book’s character notices, observes, and measures his world, teachers can guide their students to explore math concepts such as measurement, organizing data, patterns, comparison, and problem solving.     

In this guide, teachers can find ideas for their PreK and Kindergarten classrooms. First grade standards are also included. 

Every writer or illustrator must face the challenge of how to make the exciting ideas that inspire them concrete for the reader. 

This isn’t always a simple task. The thoughts that set off sparks in the mind can easily fall flat when first put down on the page. Sometimes it is tempting to stop after the first attempts and decide that the idea wasn’t so good after all. 

But good ideas require hard work to become something that can inspire someone else. So how do professional creators tackle this challenge?

This "Growing Ideas" worksheet suggests some things you can do to help the work along.