Category : Math Skills”How many grapes are on the vine? Counting each takes too much time. Never Fear, I have a hunchThere is a match for every bunch!”Greg Tang, a lifelong lover of math, shares the techniques that have helped him solve problems in the most creative ways! Harry Briggs’s vibrant & inviting illustrations create a perfect environment for these innovative games. So open your mind-and have fun!”This…clever math book uses rhyming couplets… riddles…visual clues to help the reader find new ways to group numbers for quick counting…A winning addition!” –Kirkus

5 Responses to “Grapes Of Math (bkshelf) (Scholastic Bookshelf)”

1. Mary A. Sapp says:

   March 22, 2009 at 12:00 am

   Although the book is very elementary,as a middle school teacher I have used it with my ESL students that have only been in the US for just 15 months. A few of these students have never had any formal education so their skills are still on a very low level. They have enjoyed the book and done well.
2. P. OBrien says:

   March 8, 2009 at 12:00 am

   I will look into other ways to puchase my books rather than have Amazon sit on my order while they process other orders. If the only way to get an order in a resonable time is to pay for PRIME, I will shop elsewhere. I will not pay to a company to be a customer.
3. V. McKinney says:

   January 14, 2009 at 12:00 am

   I bought this for my second grader. She likes the rhymes and the riddles, and is enjoying the math challenges. A great way of making math fun!
4. Stitch in Time says:

   November 23, 2008 at 12:00 am

   The Grapes Of Math by Greg Tang is a book that encourages groupings of numbers in order to assist in quick addition. It shows a different way of looking at a group of objects – snails, grapes, fish etc. and looking for ways to group them into smaller numbers that are quicker to add together instead of just counting them by ones. A great sequel to Tang’s book Math Fables, and perfect for when your child is progressing to more advanced work with numbers such as counting by 2, 5, etc. as a precurser to multiplying numbers. It will become easier for a child to grasp that 5 each in 4 rows becomes 5, 4 times becomes 5 x 4. This is the place in math that this book fills.
5. M. A. Jameson says:

   October 16, 2007 at 12:00 am

   This book is “cute”. It forces students to look at arrays of objects and find shortcuts for finding totals. I teach in the middle school grades and have this on my bookshelf for kids looking for something to read during a study hall. Might be a nice supplement to an elementary math program. My two year old son really liked the poems (of course couldn’t do the math) and the pictures were really interesting for him to look at.