On helping children to love math
What do you say when your child says they don't like math?
On helping children to love math
5 and 6 years old
Tessalation: A great new book
Tessalation: A great new book
This beautiful book helps us see the world through a child's joyful, creative, mathy eyes.
The Summer of Math
The Summer of Math
A summer subscription service—currently on hiatus, but stay tuned!
Talking Math with Your Kids update
Talking Math with Your Kids update
As spring approaches, it's time to update readers on what's going on behind the scenes at Talking Math with Your Kids. The blog The pace of posting has slowed way down in recent months. Rest assured that we're still talking math around the house, and that...
Let the children play
Let the children play
Reflections on the first Math On-A-Stick at the Minnesota State Fair
Talking Shapes with Kids
Talking Shapes with Kids
I have been spending time talking with kindergarteners, first and second graders in schools about my shapes book (coming from Stenhouse, Spring 2016). Many more school visits are ahead of me. I have written up some reflections for a more teacher-ish audience than...
Building a better shapes book [Which One Doesn’t Belong?]
Building a better shapes book [Which One Doesn’t Belong?]
IMPORTANT NOTE: The moment alluded to below has arrived! Which One Doesn't Belong? is now available from Stenhouse as a student book (awesome for home reading, too!) and a teacher guide. As a result, I have removed all links to the version I was...
A happy report from the field
A happy report from the field
Every once in a while, someone shares with me a lovely story of a conversation that they had with their kid that was inspired by the work on this blog. These stories are tremendously satisfying to me because they remind me that isn't just me and my kids, and that...