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Playful maker activities, free play, mathematical adventures and explorations.
Math+Art photography <== Scientific American <== Moebius Noodles
Seeking shapes, surfaces, and curves in nature is a favorite game for mathematicians – and for young kids! The Seattle lifestyle photographer Alex Nguyen reports on an art project about flowers. It was inspired by the Budding Scientist blog, where…
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Paper Weaving and Grid Games
Patrick Honner’s Moebius Noodles guest post on mathematical paper weaving was very inspiring to me. Mathematical weaving employs one of my favorite making materials – colored paper! It was actually sort of challenging to get started, but after playing around…
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Thinking in Threes
The more I learn about the exquisite connections between shape, number and nature, the more convinced I am that combining numbers and shapes is a win-win situation for building number sense in young children. For example, consider the benefits of exploring the basic,…
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Gummy Bear Go! Game
This is the game my son and I are calling “Gummy Bear Go!” even though most of the time we play it with paperclips instead of treats. I got this game from the Russian mathematician Alexander Zvonkin’s book “Math from…
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