This goes far beyond the usual simple counting book. Most rhymes are about foods-including pickles, potatoes, and 'flat- jacks'7-and the clear, bright, computer-generated pictures are as playful as the words. On each double-page spread, a rhyming verse has fun with a variety of subjects. Greg Tang currently lives in Belmont, Massachusetts, with his family.īooklist 5/1/5-05 The seventh in Tang's math series, which includes The Grapes of Math (2000),this picture book uses all kinds of visual tricks to demonstrate how to makearithmetic faster and easier. He has applied his problem-solving methods in building successful companies and products in a variety of industries. degree in Math Education from New York University. degrees in economics from Harvard, and he also holds an M.A.

His books challenge and encourage children to use creativity and common sense to solve problems, rather than formulas and memorization.Greg Tang has an impressive mathematics background. Grapes of Math and Math for All Seasons are part of a series of books that will help children gain the range of skills needed for higher math. He has successfully taught his method to children from ages five to ten. His method teaches both computational and problem-solving skills, and is so fun and challenging that children forget they are learning math! He believes that all kids are capable of doing well in math, and he has a mission to make math a natural part of every child's life. From there, he developed a new method of teaching arithmetic in a visual and spontaneous way. Tang taught them to look for patterns instead, and to add and subtract groups of dots in order to calculate the dominoes' value quickly.

Each white dot had a pencil mark on it, which meant the children had been counting them one at a time. Greg Tang was tutoring math in his daughter's class when he noticed something interesting about the dominoes they were using.

The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang