If your child is all about getting ready for Halloween, then this can be a terrific idea to introduce some beautiful math. I saw this idea on Almost Unschoolers and immediately bookmarked it! The idea is to turn Apollonian and Sierpiensky fractals into fun arts projects. To start, you can learn more about these fractals […]
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Is Your Child’s Playroom Math-Friendly?
I remember when back in the 5th grade my parents put a huge map of the world on the wall of my room. That was the year I read lots and lots of adventure stories and looked for all the places mentioned in them on my map. That was also the year when I breezed […]
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Your Child Will Love This Math Game
Does your child have an interesting math book on her bookshelf? I don’t mean a cute book. And I don’t mean an interesting story that briefly mentions “math”. I’m talking about a book that both teaches math and talks about things of interest to your child. What got me thinking about this question was “The […]
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How to Create Your Own Fun Math Game
Learning about symmetry with a mirror book game. Mosaic tiles + Mirrors = “Mama, look, the rockets are all flying to the center of galaxy!” Have you ever tried introducing a new math game or activity to your child only to hear “I don’t want to do it”? Are you always looking for new ideas […]
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