Teaching Mathematics Creatively: Book Review

“Creative teachers remember the importance of fun” (Pound and Lee, 2011, page 138) Thinking about mathematics in a positive way is a crucial step for catching its beauty and power. Linda Pound and Trisha Lee developed a book permeated by positive concepts like creative teaching, positive feelings, motivation, playful teaching which lead the reader through a relaxed trip into teaching mathematics creatively. Quoting Joubert (2001, page 21) cited by Teresa Cremin, the Editor of this series of books related to “Learning to teach in the primary school”, “Creative teaching is an art. One cannot teach teachers didactically how to be creative; there is no fail safe recipe or routines. Some strategies may help to promote creative thinking, but teachers need to develop a full repertoire of skills which they can adapt to different situations.”