Sir Cumference and All the King's Tens

A great way to introduce counting big numbers and learning the concept of the place value. Ages: 6+ **Like my reviews? I also have hundreds of detailed reports that I offer too. These reports give a complete break-down of everything in the book, so you'll know just how clean it is or isn't. I also hav......more

I didn't find this to be very helpful for my 5th graders when we were reviewing place value. I can see how it might be useful when covering CCSS.Math.Content.2.NBT.A.1 - Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundred......more

First introduction to this series. The names are clever. The story far fetched. And at least this math concept (idea of place values) was a bit hard for all but my older fifth grader to grasp as presented in the book.......more

This series is genial and I wish there were more books like this which combine math and good storytelling. This one was about how to deal with large numbers which was beautifully explained, but the story itself got a bit boring and repetitive and it was not as enjoyable as the other stories.......more