THE FARMER'S DREAM
Author: Eun-Seon Han
Illustrator: Mi-Sook Yun
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Number of pages: 32
Publisher: big & SMALL Publishing (Australia) First published in: Unknown Translated into English in: 2015 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (TanTan Math Story) Preview and/or purchase this book on the Amazon websites: UK, USA, AUS, CAN Synopsis by the author/publisher
Farmer Han has a dream of growing roses. His roses are just blooming when a flood sweeps down on the roses. But he doesn't give up his dream. Finally, his roses bloom again, from zero (0) to one hundred (100) and to more than ten thousand (10,000), spreading the scent across the land. Let's follow the scent to see his roses. |
“Rain was pouring down for three days. The water in the river rose high and swept into the greenhouses. The flood had swept away all the roses. Nothing was left. The empty greenhouses ... 0 zero.”
Official review by MathsThroughStories.org:
Eun-Seon Han’s ‘The Farmer’s Dream’ is part of the world’s largest mathematical story picture book series, called TanTan Math Story (70+ titles). The English translation of this original South Korean version was done in 2015. The story is about a farmer who dreams of growing roses and see his roses blooming from just one rose to ten, hundred, thousand and ten thousand roses. However, a flood destroys all his roses, leaving him with zero roses. He does not give up and together with his wife, they plant more rose bushes, and the roses start to bloom again from zero to one and then from one to ten, hundred, thousand and ten thousand roses. While the storyline is somewhat weak, the story (through its page illustrations) does a great job in visually showing to children the concept of zero and large numbers as well as place value. All in all, ‘The Farmer’s Dream’ provides a meaningful context to introduce the concept of zero, large numbers and place value to children aged 6+ years old.
Recommended age range:
6 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Large numbers; Place value; Zero
Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.
Eun-Seon Han’s ‘The Farmer’s Dream’ is part of the world’s largest mathematical story picture book series, called TanTan Math Story (70+ titles). The English translation of this original South Korean version was done in 2015. The story is about a farmer who dreams of growing roses and see his roses blooming from just one rose to ten, hundred, thousand and ten thousand roses. However, a flood destroys all his roses, leaving him with zero roses. He does not give up and together with his wife, they plant more rose bushes, and the roses start to bloom again from zero to one and then from one to ten, hundred, thousand and ten thousand roses. While the storyline is somewhat weak, the story (through its page illustrations) does a great job in visually showing to children the concept of zero and large numbers as well as place value. All in all, ‘The Farmer’s Dream’ provides a meaningful context to introduce the concept of zero, large numbers and place value to children aged 6+ years old.
Recommended age range:
6 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Large numbers; Place value; Zero
Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.
