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Four Mathology book covers: ‘Acorns for Wilaiya’ showing a child holding acorns on a green background; ‘Canada’s Oldest Sport’ featuring an illustration of a lacrosse game; ‘Planting Seeds’ with a close-up of hands holding soil and a sprouting plant; and ‘Pattern Quest’ displaying a circular Indigenous-inspired design on a blue patterned background.

Celebrate and honour Indigenous culture! Support math learning in your classrooms with sixteen Mathology Little Books written by Indigenous authors and educators.

Grade-specific bundles of four to five Mathology Little Book books are available for grades K-3. Each Little Book includes an accompanying Teacher's Guide that provides extra support to help you make relevant Indigenous connections, as well as math connections in your classroom.

*Each title is also available in French 

View our entire selection of Indigenous Mathology Little Books

Read and listen to the books below to see how each text focuses on a specific Indigenous connection while also helping students understand math big ideas and key math skills.

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Two illustrated scenes: one showing a child sitting on the ground with acorns arranged in patterns and numbers written nearby, and another showing a child outdoors with an elder, discussing leaving acorns to grow into trees.

Let's Play Waltes!

Learn history from an Elder through a game that reflects the available resources. Explore the math big idea of numbers relating in many ways. 

Colourful illustration of an indoor lacrosse game with players wearing helmets and holding sticks, scoreboard showing Eagles and Bears tied at 6–6, and text boxes with dialogue and score notes.

Canada's Oldest Sport

Find out how engaging in activities that relate directly to one's culture builds a strong sense of personal and cultural identity while learning how quantities and numbers can be added or subtracted to determine how many and how much.

Collection of Indigenous cultural items including moccasins, a cellphone case with beadwork, a decorative barrette, a wooden mask with sun motif, and an acrylic painting of a fish in vibrant colours, alongside descriptive text about their origins

Pattern Quest

Learn how First Nations, Métis, and Inuit art reflects the culture and values of Indigenous peoples while exploring how patterns can be described mathematically.

Page with handwritten notes about measuring tree shadows using giant steps, a photo of a forest path near a lake, and a small note card with tally marks and a cricket drawing explaining how to estimate temperature by counting chirps.

Goat Island

Students learn that traditional teachings happen when you engage with the land along with elders and community members while exploring units of measure and their relationships.

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