Summer Camps and Book Crews: Newsletter April 19, 2016
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Be a beta reader: volunteer with Natural Math authors
How do we learn to help our children better? How do we learn to lead beautiful, joyful math activities? We talk with other parents and teachers who share our values!
We have two crews looking for members to help make our upcoming books. If you haven’t tried before, here’s how it works: As a beta reader, you talk with book authors, play-test newest activities, and make sure books fit your children’s needs. Your name will appear in the book credits.
When you volunteer, we arrange a meeting online (text or voice chat). You will read a chapter and try activities with your children, and then meet the authors to give feedback.
In the next couple of months:
- With children ages 3-12, join Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik and the crew of Kingdom on the Wall: a physics, math, and arts experiment-based adventure.
- With children ages 6-15, join Alfreda Poteat and the crew of Math Roots: building the foundations of math through storytelling, history, pretend-play, and discussions.
Interested? For more details, email reach.out@naturalmath.com
Join the new online summer camps for children
What’s an online summer camp? Shelley Nash has perfected the format over the past few years, and now she’s bringing it to Natural Math! Every day for a week, your children and you join others in a meeting software similar to Skype. It feels lively, active, and inspiring. Not like talking to the screen, more like a math circle or meeting friends – but without all the driving.
This summer, we offer three subject areas students rarely encounter until high school or college: linear algebra, calculus, and logic. In the signature Natural Math style, the activities are playful, hands-on, and accessible to everyone. Check them out!
My Account: all your Natural Math stuff in one place
Quite a few people asked for a more convenient sign-up, and here it is! You can access all your recordings, electronic books, and courses from one central place when you log in to NaturalMath.com
Your account is created when you first write on our forum, join a course, or get a book. After that, the site remembers you, and makes sign-ups easier.
With an old account, you may need to request a new password before using the new system.
This is how to navigate to My Account from the top menu, on your computer:
On a mobile device, click the top menu icon first, then select My Account:
See you online!
Dr. Maria Droujkova and the Natural Math crew
Questions? Email reach.out@naturalmath.com or ask in comments to this page.
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My Kingdom on the Wall!
This week wrapped up our live session of Kingdom on the Wall! What fun! We had an amazing, international group! I think I learned more physics in two days than I had before! I’m not the only one that felt that way either! The magic glass of water spurred some fun activities for my children, but what I loved seeing happen the most was the balancing activity.
I set the supplies on the table and left, planning to come back in a bit. My children grabbed the supplies and started playing around before I returned. (You don’t see the 9 year old who loved helping!) It didn’t take them long to outwit gravity!
We started out trying to balance on the lens cleaner bottle, but got the salad dressing for a larger base. He immediately plopped the lens cleaner on top and loved that he could put things anywhere and it would stay balanced!
His finished tower (for now!)
He wanted to pull a goofy face, but he was proud of putting that final paper on top and getting it to balance. It was like outwitting it!
Wait look! I can just stack those plates with bottles between them and balance whatever I want! Doesn’t take them long to figure out some basic principles of balance, mass, and torque does it?
Want to try some yourself?
Irina Malkin’s book, Kingdom on the Wall is coming out soon. You can help crowdfund it. Email reach.out@naturalmath.com to learn how.
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Summer Camps for Kids!
- Are you looking for a fun adventure for a child in your life?
- Are you hoping to keep up the math skills during the summer?
- Have you wished that your kids could play math with other like minded kids?
- Do you love the idea of a camp, but hate the daily driving?
Good news!
NaturalMath.com is offering three new, online summer camps for kids!
Check them out!
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Kingdom on the Wall, Multiplication is Calculus, Math Inspirations: Newsletter March 23, 2016
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Kingdom on the Wall: a new Physics+Math+Art adventure for your children!
HIGHLIGHTS of what your children and you get from our new workshop: all Kingdom on the Wall recordings; advanced topics in algebra and geometry made accessible; cross-discipline experience in physics+math+art; live meetings with leaders and participants from all over the world.
- What: A two-day online workshop on physics+math explorations for your and your children ages 3 to 12. Topics include center of gravity, symmetry and ratios in algebra, spatial transformations in optics and geometry, and more.
- Why: Learn how to help your children play with rich, beautiful, and deep math and physics concepts.
- Who: 25 parents, teachers, math circle leaders, and their children, with Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik and Shelley Nash as organizers.
- When: Live meetings April 7 and 12 at 1:00 PM EDT (New York) = 7:00 PM CEST (Paris).
Multiplication is calculus? And my five-year-old can do it?
One of our most popular online courses is Multiplication Explorers. It is artistic, creative, and a little bit wild. Next week, we are offering a LIVE intro into the large self-paced collection of activities, videos, and discussions.
HIGHLIGHTS of what your children and you get with this workshop: all past and future Multiplication Explorers recordings; bridges to topics in calculus and algebra; understanding, appreciation, and smart memory skills for multiplication.
- What: An intensive two-day online workshop on multiplication for parents and teachers with children ages 3 and up, PLUS access to the online course materials and forum.
- Why: Learn how to help your children play with rich and beautiful math.
- Who: 25 parents, teachers, math circle leaders, and their children, with Marina Kopylova and Sally Bishop as organizers.
- When: Live meetings March 28 and 30 at noon-1:30 PM EST (New York).
Go to the course page for sample Math Sparks and more info.
P.S. When you ask children to show their creation, they lift it up – as if looking at the world through mathematics:
This beautiful photo is from the Little Chalk blog.
Free and open Math Future event
Come help the Natural Math crew interview leaders of projects that make mathematical futures happen. Meet other people who care about math ed, listen to a short presentation from the guest speaker, and ask questions about the future of teaching and learning mathematics – happening now!
On Friday March 25, we will talk with Emily Dyke of Math Inspirations. The right math experience is challenging, purposeful, and fun, while meeting your unique, individual goals. Math Inspirations exists to teach students and parents to take ownership of their math experience and empower them with a system that makes their efforts fruitful.
Join us live, or check out recordings of other Math Future events since 2009.
Dr. Maria Droujkova and the Natural Math crew
Questions? Email reach.out@naturalmath.com or ask in comments to this page.
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