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Newsletter October 15, 2012

Subscribe Welcome to adventurous math for the playground crowd! I am Moby Snoodles, and I love to hear from you at moby@moebiusnoodles.com Moby’s mail Bon “Math is not a four letter word” Crowder of, you guessed it, MathFour.com asks: Hey Moby! Can I

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Math Stories – Moebius Ants

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

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Thank You for Voting

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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

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Math Stories – Cut and Fold

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

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