Anno's Math Games

Anno's Math Games #1

by Mitsumasa Anno

Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of multiplication, sequence and ordinal numbering, measurement, and direction

Genres: Mathematics, Picture Books, Childrens, Arithmetic, Nonfiction, Teaching

103 pages, Hardcover

First published November 20, 1982

About the author

His name is written as 安野光雅 in Japanese.

Mitsumasa Anno (born March 20, 1926) was a Japanese illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for picture books with few or no words. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1984 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature".

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Alyssa Bohon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant and fun. My first grader really enjoyed it and I did too. The drawings are great (though the book is old enough that no one reminded him to put in more non-white people, so the only diversity is various Europeans). I appreciated the idea of thinking mathematically beyond just doing arithmetic.

[Nakitah]

Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of multiplication, sequence and ordinal numbering, measurement, and direction

[Thomas Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not math. Chapters:
1. What is different?
2. Putting together and taking apart.
3. Numbers in order
4. Who's the tallest?

Preschool.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would be fun to use as a supplement for an elementary math class. Just to read, I found the pacing to be excruciatingly slow.

[Vo Khon · Rating 4 out of 5]

The review is in the end of the book too!
Chapter 1: finding difference
Chapter 2: adding and take apart with lots of shape (19) from a paper.
Chapter 3: number in order
Chapter 4: about graph and ratio
Within illustrated pictures and the right question to help us open mind.

[Deryk Rumbold · Rating 4 out of 5]

US Math would be in a better spot if more Elementary Schools tapped into this neatly illustrated narrative of approaching Math as being more than just arithmetic.

[Noelani · Rating 3 out of 5]

10-year old gives 3 1/2 stars. She said it was fun, but kind of young for her.

[Ashley Moser · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great, interactive book. I think it would be good to display a couple pages under the document camera and discuss either class.

[Heidi]

Rabbity Rec

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cool-- this is the kind of number-familiarity math training that I have always lacked. I love the idea of giving kids ease with the way numbers and information and mathematical ideas interact in the world. This would be a fantastic home-schooling resource... (I'm just sayin'. 3.5 days of instruction in my local public schools = not enough).

[Ted Parsons · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though, I think this book is geared for an upper elementary or middle school student, I believe this book could be adapted to 3rd grade to teach abstact thinking. Abstract thinking is sometimes a difficult concept, but this book has some great word problems to develop this skill.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Anno's illustrations and unapologetic approach to math in real life. It simply is and the puzzles and drawings make it approachable for even this math phobic. It's too long to read in a sitting so I will be checking this out of the library often.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun book that we've used for school. But we would've read it anyway.

[Jeniann · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book with fun math activities in it; would be great for teaching math concepts and making them fun

[Kimba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Taran and I had so much fun one morning with this book. Taran even decided to start making his own graphs to answer some questions we had.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Went above and beyond all of my expectations. A solid 5 stars. Can't wait to try some of these out with my kids!

[Tom R · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a fantastic resource for teaching maths from prep upwards. Brilliant explanations over a huge range of concepts

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute introduction to math. I think this book would be really helpful to a reluctant math student in their early years.

[Hillary]

Number and counting concepts