Geometry in the sand

Sand Spiral

This is a guest post by Joseángel Murcia of TocaMates, translated from Spanish by Ever Salazar. Sand has always been a good place to do geometry. In fact, ancient Greeks used it instead of the “modern” blackboards to show their ideas and schemes. It is also said that Archimedes died while drawing in the sand from […]

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Isobel’s thoughts on the Universe

Ask your children what they think about the life, the universe, and everything. Amazing stories can unfold. Here is what one seven-year-old has to say.   ~*~*~*~*~* Here’s how I came up with this theory. I saw the globe and was wanting to go on vacation and then I thought they should have a map […]

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Playing, dreaming, translating: Newsletter May 30, 2013

Types of Play

Subscribe I am Moby Snoodles, and this is my newsletter. I love to hear from you at moby@moebiusnoodles.com Book news Friends of the project are starting translations of Moebius Noodles into French, Turkish, Frisian and Dutch. If you can help with these languages, join our crowd-translating hub: http://crowdin.net/project/MoebiusNoodles We will copyedit translations and release them under Creative Commons […]

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Free to Learn by Peter Gray: Review and Infographics

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“GO TO HELL.” Peter Gray’s book starts with a bang – Peter’s son curses his parents and educators. Peter and his wife are crying: “This time I felt, maybe, I really would go to hell.” What would send him there? The book explores the dire consequences of forcefully educating children. (Click the images to enlarge […]

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