About the Book

The Haese Mathematics Reader Series Year 1 has been written to share mathematics and literacy with primary students in a beautifully illustrated format. The international stories are acted out by a cast of geographically diverse animals, depicting mathematical concepts in a friendly, accessible way. 

Each Reader explores a concept, such as place values or fractions, with key mathematical words, phrases, and symbols introduced and used in the story. The readers use clear, age-appropriate language and pose questions through the stories that allow students to apply their understanding. While these stories have been written with Year 1 students (ages 5 - 7) in mind, they can be flexibly used by students both younger and older than this.

The Reader Series School Pack contains material for the readers to be used in a classroom setting, including:

  • Extra-large teacher copies of each of the 14 readers 
  • 8 student-sized copies of each of the 14 readers
  • Detailed teacher notes to help turn stories into lessons
  • Interactive digital Snowflake subscription for each title
  • Robust storage bags 

Please refer to the Table of Contents for titles, the main mathematical concept, and the Country of each title. 

For sample access to our reader "Fruit From the Garden" and its teacher notes, please follow this link. 

Year Published: 2025
ISBN: 978-1-922416-84-1 (9781922416841)

Table of Contents

Reader Series Year 1 School Pack

1 Fruit from the Garden  
    Kenya  
    Number: partitioning, place values (units and tens)  
2 Climbing Home  
    Nepal  
    Number: counting in 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s (skip counting)  
3 In the Kitchen  
    Sweden  
    Position and direction  
4 So Many Shells!  
    Australia  
    Addition: adding two numbers, adding three numbers, adding zero  
5 Polar Pairs  
    Greenland  
    Addition: pairs, doubles  
6 Builder Bee  
    Chile  
    Shape  
7 The Old Oak Tree  
    Canada  
    Number: subtracting single-digit numbers  
8 Which Bottle is Best?  
    Madagascar  
    Measurement: language of measurement, comparing measurements  
9 Hide and Seek  
    Costa Rica  
    Multiplication: counting in 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s, 2 times table, 5 times table, 10 times table  
10  Don't Miss the Boat!  
    Iraq  
    Data: collecting data using a tally, comparing frequencies, displaying data using a pictograph  
11 Let's Share a Picnic  
    India  
    Division: dividing into equal groups, dividing by 2 and 4, fractions  
12 Party Time!  
    Bahamas  
    Time: fractions (half, quarter), reading an analogue clock face  
13 Put it in the Money Jar!  
    Germany  
    Money: adding up to four coins and/or notes  
14 What Will the Weather Be?  
    Ireland  
    Chance: language of chance   

Authors

Author

Eloise Quinn-Valentine

Eloise completed a Bachelor of Arts (Advanced) at Flinders University before joining Haese Mathematics in 2019, during her Honours year in English Literature. Since then, she has been undertaking further study in theology and ministry alongside her work at Haese.

Eloise was delighted to find a natural fit at Haese for her unusual combination of an English major and a Mathematics minor. She has been involved in a variety of projects with the company, all to communicate mathematics well to students and teachers, and help them understand the connection between mathematics and language. This has included writing and voicing tutorial videos, compiling dictionary entries of mathematical terms and, most recently, writing maths-themed readers for primary students. Eloise is passionate about education and is grateful to play a part in helping students around the world to learn.