Happy Rube Thursday, a day to celebrate Rube Goldberg machines, the over-engineered contraptions that perform a very simple task. Have you ever seen a Rube Goldberg machine in action? They are beautiful contraptions, so you can be almost certain to find one at a museum near you. In case you want to try to build […]
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Fun with Functions
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlO8RvA3Jb4 If you’ve been burned on school math, like I have, you might cringe at the idea of introducing functions to your child. Children don’t start studying functions until later in school. But why wait? After all, children learn about functions very early on through toys as well as daily observations. Besides, functions can be way […]
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Can You Let Them Fail?
One of the hardest things for me as a parent is to watch my son fail. I know I am not the only one like that – watching over our kids, protecting, suggesting right solutions, correcting just in time before they fail whether on a playground or in a classroom. But, as Roger Schank writes […]
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Just a Little Beautiful Math Thing
One of us, Maria, recently posted this on our Facebook page: This is what I call “lap-ware”: a little beautiful thing you show a toddler who climbs into your lap as you work on your computer. Even someone who knows nothing about math can change, say, 2 to 3 in the formula and observe the […]
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