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Calm Math Playlist: Learn to lead online groups

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Do you want to lead online math circles or casual math playdates for friends and family? Join Dr. Maria Droujkova and math friends for a live online event. We will explore a few activities together. We will also share online teaching tips, and crowdsource a playlist of math activities that feel calm. When: Wednesday April 1 from noon […]

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Ying is here; Five Fabulous Activities is next – some math for every age! Newsletter February 2020

Five Fabulous Activities for Your Math Circle

Tenth book to be published by Natural Math, Five Fabulous Activities for Your Math Circle, is up for crowdfunding!

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Making Rice & Understanding Circumference

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Rice and circumference go together? Why, yes, they do! Yesterday, I was playing with the Going in Circles spark from the Inspired by Calculus class with my online class and my children. We did this activity. We had so much fun verifying that the difference in the lengths of string was really the same no […]

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Math Circles for Elementary School Students – Book Review

Why are there so few math circles, particularly for younger children? One of the reasons is the belief that very young kids are simply not ready for complex math. Another reason is that finding deep and engaging math activities, adapted for this younger audience, is itself a challenge. Natasha Rozhkovskaya’s new book, Math Circles for […]

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