Math For All Seasons

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		Math For All Seasons
		Math For All Seasons

Your challenge is to find the sumWithout counting one by oneWhy not count? It's much too slow --Adding is the way to go!Make clever groups before you start --Then add them in a way that's smart! MATH FOR ALL SEASONS will challenge every kid -- and every parent -- to open their minds and solve problems in new and unexpected ways. By looking for patterns, symmetries, and familiar number combinations within eye-catching pictures, math will become easier, quicker, and more fun than anyone could have imagined!

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Amazon.com Review
Believe it or not, math doesn't have to be a torture device teachers use to punish their students. In fact, with a few simple tricks, math can become--dare we say it?--fun! Greg Tang, creator of the popular The Grapes of Math, bestows his considerable wisdom on a slightly younger audience (ages 5 to 8) with Math for All Seasons. This collection of rhyming math puzzles encourages kids to think through problems, rather than relying on memorization and formulas. Each of illustrator Harry Briggs's computer-generated, color-saturated spreads features seasonal treasures such as clusters of tulips or spikes of icicles. Readers study the verse and picture, strategizing and looking for patterns in order to add up the objects without counting one by one. Soon, their eyes and minds will open to consider many ways of problem solving, not just the obvious ones. Solutions and explanations are provided in the back of the book. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly
Move over, worksheets and pencils! The team behind The Grapes of Math once again proves that posing number problems through verse and vivid pictures is a powerful path to math learning. With titles like "Raining Cats and Frogs" and "Amazing Grain," the poems span the seasons, encouraging readers to look for patterns and symmetry in the playful illustrations. Each poem poses a "how many" question about the accompanying picture of seasonal items, from acorns and hatching chicks to dandelions and icicles. Several creatively convey facts about their timely topics, as in "Not-So-Dandy Lions": "These lions are a stubborn breed-- / There's never just a single weed./ The trouble starts when they get loose,/ They catch a breeze and reproduce!" the simple verse then hints at effective strategies to make counting faster and easier. With 10 dandelions pictured on the opposing page, Tang poses the question "How many plants are still in bloom?" then suggests: "Count by fives the plants you see,/ Then subtract the seedy three!" Briggs sprinkles his computer-generated artwork with fun-loving graphics throughout. Summer-themed poems show a pigeon wearing swim goggles diving into a bird bath and a lemonade-drinking butterfly. Any time of year is a good time to delve into these pictorial puzzles. Ages 7-10.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
Grades 1-3--Another calculated success from the creators of Grapes of Math (Scholastic, 2001). Each spread features a crisp, bright illustration with a rhymed couplet that poses a counting task and gives a suggested strategy. The 16 riddles take readers through the seasons beginning with tulips and hatching chicks in springtime and ending with snowflakes and gift boxes in winter. This ambitious work encourages creative problem solving in several ways. Youngsters learn to pair or group items to make adding easier, subtract to add (such as two 5s are 10 minus 2 equals 8), and to look for patterns and symmetries that provide further shortcuts to addition. Since most children are inclined to count items one by one, Tang's book will present them with a new tactic: recognizing visual groupings (twos, threes, and fives) to make adding faster and more accurate, and provide them with some training in it. Another plus is that the strategies learned early in the book are used more than once, thereby reinforcing the skills. Solutions are illustrated and explained at the back of the book. Though only one is offered for each scenario, it is possible that readers might find alternate, yet equally valid groupings. Math's appealing computer artwork, poetry, holiday and seasonal themes, and challenges add up to a winning combination.
Barbara Auerbach, New York City Public Schools
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Ages 6-8. From flashing fireworks and blowing leaves to multiple scoops of ice cream, a bright, clear, computer-generated illustration sets the scene in each double-page spread, and a playful rhyme asks a counting question about the picture ("Can you count up all the scoops?" "Just how many leaves are there?"). With each riddle, there's also a clue to the math ("Try counting in groups of two"), and the answers at the back not only give the correct number but also show how to get the answer faster than by counting one by one. As they look at the pictures with an adult, children will enjoy learning the quick tricks of arithmetic, especially multiplication ("if it's symmetrical, count one and double it") and discovering the sets and patterns, vertical, horizontal, and diagonal, in the world around them. This is math, not by rote but in the things children do. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

作者简介

Tang earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from Harvard University, he also holds an M.A. in math education from New York University.

Briggs serves as Editorial Director of Sage Publications, Inc.

网友对Math For All Seasons的评论

I was looking for something that would challenge my mathematically gifted 2nd grader who loves riddles/puzzles. However, the challenges are actually kind of confusing - probably because they are so simple I think my Kindergartener can figure them out (which is probably why I find them confusing because I am thinking there must be a catch). Hopefully there is a second edition of Bedtime Math as that has been our favorite math story/puzzle book so far.

This book is meant for 5-8 year old children. But my 4-year old grandson is having fun with it. I can see how he will be able to get more out of it as we read it more and more. He can even learn to read it eventually. I recommend this book for learning to count and add. It helps to read the answers in the back to give you ideas on how to use it.

This is a beautiful book, an important factor to consider when attempting to interest a child in working with numbers in general and solving equations in particular. The illustrations are eye-catching, the colours are bright, the paper is thick and glossy, and the book is a nice size for parent and child to read together at bedtime. My child has no interest in math, and I found that appealling to her more imaginative side as this book does sparked her curiosity. The method the author has used to pique children's interest in solving basic mathematical problems is creative and engaging.

The reason I have given this book 4 stars rather than 5 is that after going through the book twice or three times and, more importantly, solving the problems, the book no longer held my child's interest. It has been sitting on the shelf untouched for months.

Greg Tang's are the only math books that my preschooler and young elementary student pick up on their own to look at. The puzzles are fun, and the lively illustrations are engaging.

If your children are already familiar with Math Appeal, please note that the exercizes in this book are significantly easier that the exercizes in that book. Most of the grouping in this book is done by 5's or 10's, rather than the 7's and 11's that are often used in Math Appeal. This makes it easier for younger kids to count by groups, rather than just straight counting.

The book is pretty and all and teaches good tactics, but should be targeted to 5 or 6 year olds. My 7 year old was bored and went through the whole book in 10 minutes. She is a very good math student. She might have enjoyed it at age 5 but not now. Learning about sets starts in kindergarten.

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