Tag: early math
Last-Minute Christmas Decorations and Tangled Lights
Days are flying by and everyone is busy preparing for the holidays. While you might not know what gift(s) you will be getting this year or whether the kids will catch the sniffles right before the party, one thing you…
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The Round Table Quest
A few days ago I decided to introduce my son to the first of the Sir Cumference books. The entire series is one of the most popular living math books and came highly recommended by quite a few of our…
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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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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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