Number

Counting, skip counting, fractions, negative numbers, and more.

Days until Christmas

Days until Christmas

Each day, Griffin (9 years old) has taken great joy in setting the Countdown to Christmas cube calendar the kids recently received from my father and stepmother. On Thursday, I was doing my end-of-semester grading from home and noticed after he had left that he had...

Short notes

Short notes

I passed a lovely morning with some math teacher friends at the Museum of Math in New York City today. Sadly, I did not have Griffin or Tabitha along. We would have had a ball. I have three observations... One. There is lots for kids to do there. It is truly a...

Canned pumpkin

Canned pumpkin

Fall baking in our house requires canned pumpkin. We were out so I asked for Tabitha's help at the grocery store, where the pumpkin in on the bottom shelf. Me: Put four of those bright orange cans of pumpkin in our cart, please.Tabitha (6 years old): I don't know...

M&Ms

M&Ms

Dessert is a good time to get the children’s attention for a little math talk. A few weeks back, a smallish serving of M&Ms was about to be given to each child, from a large one-pound bag. In keeping with my assertion that a day should never pass without asking...

The biggest number

The biggest number

I do not recall the beginning of this conversation, but I do recall that we were eating pizza at the dinner table when Tabitha anticipated my turn in the dicussion. Tabitha (6 years old): I know what you're going to say, Daddy. "Counting never ends." Me: I suppose...