Product Details

• Directors: John Burstein
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2001
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• ASIN: 1887028102
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #645,194 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Parent's Choice

"Appealing characters, lively music, gentle humor, and educational themes all add up to another winning series from PBS."

Product Description

Math Monsters™ is a brand new, beautifully animated public television series that is designed to help students, ages 3-7, learn mathematics at home and in the classroom. The series was produced in cooperation with The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to meet and support their newly released national standards for K-2 math instruction. The series is comprised of twelve 15-minute episodes and is accompanied buy a 128-page parent/teacher's guide. The episode titles are:

1. Data Collection
2. Measurement
3. Number Conservation
4. The Making of Tens
5. Geometry
6. Doubles and Their Neighbors
7. Mapping
8. Time
9. Patterns
10. Counting and Symbolizing
11. Computers
12. Parent/Teacher's Utilization Tape

The Math Monsters series is an entertaining gateway to in-depth mathematical thinking and reasoning involving meaningful real world problems. It is an educational opportunity for parents, teachers and students. Parents and teachers will become familiar with the recently updated NCTM national standards and practices that fuel the curiosity of young mathematicians. Young students who are beginning to develop their own understanding of mathematical concepts can find support and comfort in the humorous and questioning approach the Monsters use to solve their mathematical problems.

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