Now even the youngest math learners can enjoy math the Greg Tang way. Through charming fables, kids are encouraged to think about the basics of add...
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Jul 13, 2011
Zach
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This book is filled with poems about animals. As the book progresses the number increases. The poems are creative and comical, with many different animals in situations that could occur for an animal. Each poem also has a creative title that refers to the content of the poem. All of the poems also end with a little moral to the story. One of the poems is about two birds learning to fly. They fall over and over but they keep trying, until the finally learn to fly.
Jul 23, 2011
Dolly
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We've read many of the books about math by Greg Tang and we've enjoyed them all. This one is designed for younger children, as more of a counting book, although addition and grouping are used to help depict the sums. The illustrations are great and the narrative is simple enough for younger children, but still engaging enough for our oldest too.
Jun 06, 2011
Isabel
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This book is a great resource to introduce math facts of ten to our students. I love the way in which they decompose the numbers and show them represented in different ways. A great way to increase math fluency, and help students see how to use math facts in a real world setting.
Dec 07, 2010
Kati
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A very cute book with 10 different rhymes for the numbers 1-10. For each number all related addition problems are included in the poem. A great way to show children how all numbers are made up of other smaller numbers.
Jul 29, 2009
GAhome2mom
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Greg Tang's Lessons That Count Math Fables is a wonderfully illustrated book by Heather Cahoon. Math Fables teaches character building by sharing colorful stories that teach appreciation, cooperation, and friendship, along with teaching our children how to count.
Why not check out some of his other titles? Math for All Seasons, The Grapes of Math, The Best of Times, Math Appeal and Math-terpieces. Have fun!
Why not check out some of his other titles? Math for All Seasons, The Grapes of Math, The Best of Times, Math Appeal and Math-terpieces. Have fun!
Sep 04, 2010
This book encourages kids to see numbers creatively (such as 7 may be a group of 3 and a group of 4). It is told in rhyming verse, each of which ends in a one-line nugget of wisdom.
Feb 16, 2010
Catherine
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My five- and two-year-old daughters love this book. Now they play math games with me. "Mommy, what's three plus one?" Awesome.
Jan 25, 2011
Kristen
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Rather disappointed in Greg Tang on this one. Not as helpful, fun, or educational as I expected. =(
Jun 29, 2009
INFORMATIONAL
A cute way to add up animals in order to practice addition with all numbers 1-10.
A cute way to add up animals in order to practice addition with all numbers 1-10.
Jan 28, 2012
Megan
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Learning about poetry and numbers? This is a great book to use the two together. It is a book full of poetry about each number.
May 18, 2010
Deanna
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I don't know how many times we've read this, but we like it! This book is a great "living math" book for emerging math children.
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