Sir Cumference and the First Round Table. A Math Adventure

Customer Reviews

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table

2006-06-29
This little book appeared to be very clever and well illustrated, however the quality, colors and illustrations were not what I had expected.

This is a great book!!!

2005-08-18
I love this book because it has such a great way of explaining about circumfrences, diameters, and radiuses. It's so easy to unterstand that I learned in Kindergarten or 1st grade what I would have learned in 4th. Definitly worth it.

Classroom Friendly

2005-04-11
I have used this book with 6th, 7th and 8th graders. They all enjoyed it and always seem to remember the circle concepts now. Great for middle school teachers to use!

Unbelievably Cute!

2005-03-29
I can remember reading this when I was in elementary school--maybe fourth or fifth grade--and I absolutely loved it. The puns are bad, yes, but wonderfully so. Buy this book because it has a wonderful, cute story, even if you don't need any help with circle math.

Sir Cumference Book Review

2004-11-10
I read this book to a 1st grade class. Although they followed along, they were not very impressed with the book. In fact, one student commented that "The King gives me a headache everytime he asks for a new table." And then rolled his eyes. This book is meant for a higher grade, and would probably be better understood if read to higher grades.

Clever book

2008-01-23
Very clever - the story, the characters' names - all of it. Perfect for a grade school student! I bought it for my seven year old and it got a big thumbs up from both him and his dad.

Geometry and Camelot

2007-08-10
This 32 page children's book tells how Sir Cumference, his wife the Lady Di of Ameter, and their son Radius solve the problems of the king's table. King Arthur and his knights needed to have a council, but there was a problem with the table around which they met. It began as too long; after that was fixed, the table had too few sides, and other tables produced more objections. Geo of Metry makes tables in several shapes before a round table solves all the problems. The illustrations are great, with medieval pageantry and geometric explanations. A few other characters from Camelot appear, such as Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain.

This is a great book to introduce geometry to the young, making it fun and easy. Shapes and measurements are explained in the quest for the perfect council table for the king and his knights. When the round table is finally found to be the perfect shape, the king names certain measurements after Sir Cumference, Radius, and the Lady Di from Ameter. Very cute!

Led to instant recall of proper geometric terms

2007-04-28
My kids (9 and 6) , who are homeschooled, loved this story and it resulted in them being able to instantly recall the proper names of geometric elements and classes (e.g., radius, circumference, obtuse, acute). This is probably due to the clever visual and contextual associations provided. We bought another book in the series right afterward with the same results. Plan to get them all.

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure

2007-02-20
Very cute story and a nice way of using word play to describe geometric vocabulary. Great for an introduction to the concept and as a review for older children.

Great Way Of Sneaking In Math!

2006-08-05
My daughter has always had a problem learning Math but reading this book (along with the others in this series) has helped her immensely! The books themselves are a bit young for her but the concepts in them (Pi, Geometry, etc) are explained in a way I think she needed.

I would recommend these to anyone who has a child with problems in math concepts.