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Marie: Leading Math Circles at 10?

Marie's Club

My name is Marie, and I am ten years old. Since I was six years old, I have attended a math circle. Last year I started to help out with the class for little kids. This year, I decided that I could start teaching a math circle on my own. Now, I am teaching a […]

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Math Goggles #3 – Ch-ch-chain… of Attributes

I spy in common phone

Have you ever played a rhyming game? If not, join me for this week’s Math Goggles challenge. If you are new to Math Goggles and not sure what to do and why do it, check out this page first. The inspiration for this week’s game comes from Malke Rosenfeld who sent me the I Spy […]

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Math Goggles #2 – Home Patternomics

ABAB visual pattern

It’s time to put on the Math Goggles (not sure what these are? Head over here to find out). Last week I invited you to search for math at your local library. But this week I haven’t had much free time for impromptu field trips. So I’m donning my goggles and hunting for math around the house. […]

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Book review: “What’s unnatural?” by Jeremiah Dyke

What's Unnatural Math book

Making abstract entities into characters with their own looks and personalities is a great idea related to many traditions. “Flatland” featured creatures embodying shapes in different dimensions. More recently, moe anthropomorphisms embody entities such as Wikipedia: The book “What’s unnatural” by Jeremiah Dyke of Hands on Math has a cute anthropomorphic numeral 1 as its main character. The images […]

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