** OH, DUH! Just as I wrote this review, I noticed that the back cover has the answers to all the math problems inside. More likely, I think this is a great book for a school or classroom library, for 2nd or 3rd grade. If there’s a child in your life who enjoys math puzzles, perhaps they would enjoy this momentary diversion into the silliness of logic.
The book also makes the point that math is everywhere, and in that way, it serves the purpose of perhaps removing math fear at an early age.īottom line is that this is simple a fun children’s book, by an author who usually writes humor for older kids. For example, “If mail + box = mailbox, does lipstick-stick = lip?” The whole children’s book is done tongue-in-cheek, to play with concepts, and not necessarily to come up with right answers.** Why read it, then? Some of the math content relates to logic problems, and those are always fun to chew on. It has silly ways to describe math problems, but they are intriguing nonetheless. Is there enough time You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. But it grabs the attention of any young person, as there is so much to see in each page. Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes until your bus leaves. This illustrated children’s book is wildly laid out, almost yelling at the reader. Everything I look at or think about has become a math problem.” Fibonacci has obviously put a math curse on me. This title can certainly be used as lighthearted relief in math class, but the story will be heartily enjoyed simply for its zany humor and nonstop sense of fun.By Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, published 1995 Numbers are everywhere, but so are whimsical touches such as the individual expressions on the 24 cherries that adorn the class's cupcakes. Regener is reading this amazing book Check it out AboutPressCopyrightContact.
Combining drawings with collage, he creates a multi-textured school scene that reflects the narrator's confusion. The Math Curse is written by Jon Scieszka and Lane SmithIt's story time and Mr. Smith's illustrations are wild and rollicking. This episode, Math Cure, based on the book Math Curse by Jon Scieszka is a zany and hilarious look at how most everything in our lives is math related.
Scieszka and Smith triumph … at the top of their class as artists and entertainers, their distinctive voice and original vision creating a child-centered, witty picture book about the woes of math anxiety. It’s a curse! I can throw all formal rules, straight lines, and perfect charts out the window and create a surreal dreamscape.Ī number one Publishers Weekly bestseller. The Math Curse is such a fun book for upper elementary and middle school math. As students listen to the story Math Curse they will use it as a springboard for writing their own word problems. A great premise but not much fun to illustrate. I have to admit I was a bit dumbfounded over how to tackle a parody of a math workbook.
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