These are notes about a Math Circle we run in Apex, NC. The main goal of this meeting was to explore the idea of limits. But the term “limit” is yet to come up! It’s a deep idea that has to grow slowly enough. In time, I’d like students to be able to: Make their […]
Body-Scale Math
6 BIG adventures in #StreetMath
I am volunteering at elementary school recess, and was wondering if you can recommend some math games for outdoors – Anna Belaschenko, via the Moebius Noodles newsletter. Here is a collection under the #StreetMath tag from our Facebook updates. 1. Sequence hopscotch Use the old favorite to play with new sequences. How about counting in binary, […]
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Outdoors and body-scale math collection
What does your children’s summer math time look like? Perhaps it is filled with worksheets and arithmetic drills similar to what they get to do the rest of the year. If that’s the case, it is time to get outside, and try mathematics that is playful, adventurous, creative, and lively! Try these ideas from our […]
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Start with One Straight Line
A few years ago I viewed “The Hundred Languages of Children,” a travelling exhibit about the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education. If you’re not familiar with this approach it, among other things, considers the environment (of the classroom and other spaces) as a “third teacher”. Of course, I was drawn to the part of […]
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