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Grandfather Tang's Story
by Ann Tompert
In this story within a story, Grandfather Tang and Little Soo use tangrams to illustrate the lively adventures of two shape-changing fox fairies.
Mathematical topics to explore with this book: geometric shapes, size, position
Book Guide for Grandfather Tang's Story:
Discovering the Math: Book Guide (English)
Activities for Grandfather Tang's Story:
Tangram activities and festival activities from the Early Math Project Website
Use two triangles to make:
1. A larger triangle
2. A square
3. A quadrilateral
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