About Natural Math
At Natural Math Alliance math makers of all ages make all 60+ subject areas of mathematics accessible to everyone. Join us!
- Read or publish books.
- Take or offer online courses.
- Visit or invite us for festivals, events, and math circles.
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For more information, text 919-388-1721, email reach.out@naturalmath.com, or schedule a call with Dr. Maria Droujkova.
We are interested in creating multi-sensory experiences for our children early on. We want to introduce them to the complex and exciting world around them. Everything can be a learning tool, a rich toy, and a conversation starter.
- Snowflakes are examples of fractals and an invitation to explore symmetry.
- Sliced fruit illustrates integrals and derivatives.
- Floor tiles form beautiful tessellations.
5 Year Olds Can Learn Calculus
At SparkCON conference Dr. Maria Droujkova presented a passionate fast-paced intro to the big WHYs behind Natural Math.
MAKE your own math. When you encounter problems and patterns, change them until you like them, and pose some of your own. Make what is useful, beautiful, or fun—for you!
OPENNESS means you can find, change, and share your math. Open math is like a recipe, a folk tale, or an internet meme: diverse people remix it in diverse ways.
ABUNDANCE is having a lot of math to choose from. Make and find an abundance of examples, models, and learning tools until you feel there is plenty.
YES, AND is an invitation to improvise. Treat whatever you and others make or say as a prompt, not a mistake. Things don’t work until you make them work. Together, we can transform anything into math that makes sense.
ADVENTURE in the strange human-made world of math, and you will encounter thrills, surprises, and even the occasional fright. Be the hero of your journey, and join others to explore and push the boundaries of the ever-expanding math universe.
EASY COMPLEXITY is how a five-year-old learns calculus. Tell stories, make art, and find analogies that make your math friendly. Gently grow your happy familiarity with complex ideas. We make math easy enough for open play and complex enough for advanced mastery.
BRIDGES connect and unite. Link math ideas to one another, math to other human endeavors, and people to math-rich communities. Connections help us make sense of math and use math to make sense of life.
