Sheila Cato

Background

Sheila Cato was born in 1936 in Tring, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

Education

Sheila Cato attended Wellington Teachers College, which is now called Faculty of Education of Victoria University of Wellington.

Career

Sheila Cato began her career as a schoolteacher with a particular interest in mathematics. Soon she started her career as a writer. Cato had lived in New Zealand for nearly forty years and in 1996 she returned to the United Kindom. She settled in Derbyshire, where she continued to write.

As Sheila Cato has always been interested in maths, in 1999 she published several picture book series to make math more child-friendly by combining various genres with a fun approach. The series ‘Question of Math’ for five-to-eight-year-olds has recently been published in the United States. The books cover the four basic operations and counting and measuring. Now she is working on a new series of books for an older age group.

Achievements

• Sheila Cato is known as an English school teacher and writer, famous for her series of books called ‘Question of Math’.

Works

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  • Counting and Numbers (Question of Math Book)

    (A group of children introduce the concept of counting and...)

    1999
  • Multiplication (Question of Math)

    (Introduces the concept of multiplication by presenting si...)

    1999
  • Subtraction (Question of Math)

    (A group of children introduce subtraction, using everyday...)

    1999
  • Measuring (Question of Math)

    (A group of children demonstrate how to measure weight, fl...)

    1999
  • Division (Question of Math)

    (A group of children introduce division, using everyday ex...)

    1999

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  • Addition (Question of Math)

    (A group of children introduce addition, using everyday ex...)

    1999

Views

Quotations: "All of the material I write is suitable for use in the classroom, library, or home. I am convinced that a fresh approach to math will enable many children to achieve greater success in this area."