이 책은 “초등 4학년, 수학의 원리를 잡아라”라는 책을 동화로 각색한 “수학천재의 탄생”의 영어판입니다. 수학동화에 나와 있는 재미있는 수학지식과 스토리를 영어로 동시에 공부할 수 있도록 편성하 였습니다. 이 책은 도형을 본격적으로 공부하기 전에 길이 개념을 명확하게 잡을 수 있게 도와줍니다. 통나무와 실을 사용하여 선분이라는 길이 개념을 명확하게 심어주려고 했습니다. ‘길이’ 개념을 이해하면 수를 분해하고 조작까지 할 수 있는 수의 운행 능력을 기를 수 있습니다. 아이가 몰라서 틀렸던 문제 속에 담긴 개념을 알려주고 교과서에서 어렵게 느낀 부분을 쉽게 이해하게 하여 자연스럽게 학교 교육과 정과 연계할 수 있도록 구성했습니다. 한글판을 번역본으로 사용하여 공부하면, 수학의 원리, 동화의 즐거움, 영어 실력을 한꺼번에 기를 수 있도록 하겠다는 것이 이 책의 목적입니다.

Dear Parents: “A Math Book that Your Child Can Solve on Their Own” 3
Dear Students: “If Possible, Can You Solve the Problems Alone?” 5

Part 1??Tree Log 10

I Met a Math Zombie 13
My Deal with the Math Zombie 34
How Many Pieces? 40
I Can Cut Several Logs at Once 58
Mom Signed Me Up for the Math Club 68
Teacher Cho’s Talk Talk: Cut and Leftover 73
Meeting Eunbi Again 74
How Much Remains After Cutting? 78
I Was Almost Late for the Math Club 84
Teacher Cho’s Talk Talk: It’s Multiple Questions 88
Special: What Would It Look Like If You Draw Like this? 89
Tree Logs of Different Sizes 90
The Rising Star of the Math Club 111
Special: It Has An Interesting Shape 116
Teacher Cho’s Talk Talk: There Are Identical Tree Logs 117
Let’s Change the Tree Log! 118
Special: Did You Realize the Problems Are Similar to the Tree Log Problem? 138
Math Club: Still a Chill Vice President 139

Part 2??Can You Fold It? 144

Teacher Cho’s Talk Talk: Let’s Cut the Thread 146
Focus on How Many Times the Thread is Cut 147
Special: Wrap the Thread Around the Scissors and Cut 163
Awaiting the Math Club 165
Special: You Have to Solve with the Definition of Line Segment 169
Teacher Cho’s Talk Talk: Do You Know the Difference in Counting Numbers Starting at 0 and 1, Respectively? 170
Teacher Mole Knows My Name 171
Counting Numbers from One 179
Special: Solve by a Definition of Counting 186
Counting from Zero 187
Oreum Even Solves Difficult Problems! 192
Special: It’s Not a Nonsense Problem 195
Teacher Cho’s Talk Talk: Fold the wire to Make the Shape 196
Finally Learning Shapes 197
Teaching Minseok 214
Special: The Sheep Wants to be Free 218
Teacher Cho’s Talk Talk: How Many Stakes Are There? 219
Support with a Stake So That It didn’t Line Up 220
Even Minseok Gets a Hundred 243
Special: It’s a Nostalgic Matchstick Problem 254
Answers 255