Month: July 2014
Summer math and circle leaders incubator: Newsletter July 16, 2014
Subscribe and read archives Pinterest | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ Hi, I am Moby Snoodles, and this is news about Natural Math. Send me your questions, comments, and stories of math adventures at moby@moebiusnoodles.com In this newsletter: Summer math: grind or adventure? Volunteer or business opportunities…
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1001 Leaders: Exploring the spiral multiplication table
Today, our guest is Joey Grether, an unbridled idealist, parent, and teacher. His journey to math play with kids started with designing tools and devices. Have you ever wondered how Montessori designed all the activities with her beads, or how…
Posted in A Math Circle Journey, Make
Shapes Out Of Shapes
What do you see? People see shapes everywhere. Our minds deal with any visual experience by forming meaningful patterns, using a system called object recognition. Most of the time, we are not aware of this process. But you can make…
Posted in Make
Jobs for kids: here, now, and in sci-fi futures
In a Berkeley study, 4-year-olds outperformed adults at problem-solving that required unexpected moves. What if each engineer played with a couple of young kids to work though tough design challenges? #JobsForKids: Scout of Unlikely Possibilities. A designer dad invited his 5-year-old,…
Posted in Grow
