Another guest post from Katherine Cook. Enjoy! “Your brain manages a vast information highway–yet a simple math problem can create a traffic jam that [...]
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.” -Albert Einstein (attributed) There’s a huge effort today to make [...]
From Play, by Stuart Brown: One biologist who studied river otters decided to train some of them to swim through a hoop by offering a food reward for [...]
I’d like to plug one of my favorite math blogs: Let’s Play Math! Why do I like it so much? It captures the spirit of play and beauty of math excellently. [...]
It’s a question that bothers many parents, especially homeschooling parents. After all, being responsible for a child’s math education is a heavy load to [...]
Not too long ago I picked up a book by a certain Arvin Vohra called The Equation for Excellence: How to Make Your Child Excel at Math. I thought I probably [...]