Time Zones
When children hit adolescence, the conversations need to be more about them and their interests. Here's what that looks like.
Time Zones
7 and 8 years old
How Many? An invitation to #unitchat
How Many? An invitation to #unitchat
Make math playful with a simple question that has uncountable answers.
On helping children to love math
On helping children to love math
What do you say when your child says they don't like math?
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
Weighing onions
Weighing onions
I have had several conversations with relatively new parents in which the question of how/whether to talk math with babies. I always try to help such parents see math like they see reading. You read with your baby long before she knows what your words mean. An...