In the last post I gave an overview of ideas to help have productive and joyful math conversations at home. Now let’s drill down on one of those ideas. The concept is [...]
School is canceled, you barely leave the house, and you have a child you’re trying to help learn math. You’re going to be having more math conversations than you used [...]
The craft part is less my specialty, but happily, the blog Math In Unexpected Places did a beautiful post on Star Polygons a few years ago, and everything you need to turn this [...]
Another video challenge to share, called Subtracting Reverses. Once again, a strange little mystery can motivate a ton of subtraction practice. The subtraction here is focused on [...]
When you want a problem that won’t quit, it’s hard to beat Diffy Squares. This crazy little enigma has had more folks doodling squares and subtracting through boring [...]
Note: Third in a series of coronavirus support emails. Sign up to receive our emails here. We’re all homeschooling now, it seems! Fortunately, there are new free resources to help. I’m going to point you toward some, new and [...]
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Today is Giving Tuesday! While Math for Love isn’t a nonprofit, there are a number we work with, advise, or just like. So if you’re looking for a way to help kids get their hands on and minds around great mathematics, consider giving [...]
Quite some time ago (9 years!?) I invented a quick little classroom game called Damult Dice. It’s a dice game played with three dice. You roll, choose two to add, and multiply [...]
I recently wrote about the three-fold nature of math education. The goal, I wrote should be: To give everyone a baseline understanding of numeracy. To give everyone at least a few glimpses of genuine mathematical beauty and power. To [...]
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