httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mdEsouIXGM This is a story inspired by Vi Hart’s “Wind and Mr Ug” video. I so wanted to tell it to my son myself, but my drawing skills fall way short. So instead we talked about ants. Once upon a time two ants lived on a strip of paper. A strip of paper has… how […]
A couple of weeks ago I discovered a wonderful math blog called Math Munch. Now, with a name like this, you know this is going to be good! And it is even for someone who is not a professional mathematician and who was pretty scared of math as a child (I’m pointing my finger at […]
Turns out, we’ve been nominated on the Circle of Moms Top 25 Teacher Moms Sites! And we are in a great company too, including Kim and Amanda from The Educators’ Spin On It. You remember their fun grid art activity they shared on our blog, right? We are a late entry (the voting ends on […]
I remember that when I was little, I derived a sort of enjoyment, a feeling of accomplishment, from doing math worksheets. For better or worse, my son is the exact opposite. Worksheets do nothing, but turn him off math. And so do most of the puzzles. But he loves stories. So a lot of what […]
