Math for All Seasons

Math for All Seasons

Written by: Greg Tang

Illustrated by: Harry Briggs

Scholastic Inc., 2002

40 pages

Picture Book

 

 

This book is great for getting students to think outside of the box. Problem-solving is a big part of our everyday lives. Math for All Seasons help teach children to solve problems, add, subtract, and even identify patterns within its pages. Within this book, there are many riddles, rhymes, and activities to solve before moving to the next page. This allows children to use their critical thinking skills. Can you take the pages on by one? Can you solve the riddles until you are done?

The illustrations are very important in this book. The illustrations help children to see and visualize the problems that are being asked. The illustrations may even have certain characteristics that a child must count, add, or subtract to get to an end result written. Harry Briggs, the illustrator, did an excellent job with the illustrations. He made each page a different theme that exploded with the exact colors associated with each of them. However, it was hard to believe that the illustrations were all done on the computer. All in all, the illustrator did an amazing job combining the illustrations with the activities and rhymes.

I would recommend using this book in a kindergarten or first grade class. This book can be tied to the classroom in several different ways. Right of the top, this book is great for helping children to practice their adding, subtracting, and counting skills. This book is also great for showing students how to problem-solve. Rhymes and rhythms are all through this book and can also be introduced while reading this book to children. Each page has an answer page located at the back of the book. This book is full of so many different resources and I strongly recommend this book by Greg Tang.