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Inspired by Calculus – Objects of Revolution: Mondays Math Circle Week 1

Circle Hats Calculus

What does calculus for young kids look like? And what can kids do with calculus? These are the questions we get a lot. So over the next 5 weeks we will be publishing a series of “Inspired by Calculus” posts.

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“5-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus” interview at The Atlantic blog

The Atlantic

  About Natural Math, early calculus, and the role of free play in learning. An interview by Luba Vangelova. “You can take any branch of mathematics and find things that are both complex and easy in it,” Droujkova says. “My

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Mirror book fractal stars

Mirror book fractal stars

Yelena McManaman’s son Mark loves deep ideas. Yelena writes: “Mark is obsessed with the idea of symmetry and infinity. Now he’s also trying to build up on his “zero infinity and infinite zero” ideas.” In one of his latest experiments, Mark

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Inspired by calculus: Friday math circle, Week 3

All the photos from this club | Parent notes This week we had a high-energy meeting with longer flows. When I run math circles, I prepare about five times more activities than I think I’ll need. Sometimes an activity does not

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