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
9 and 10 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.
Ceiling fan arithmetic
Ceiling fan arithmetic
What math can you find in a ceiling fan's 3-way settings?
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...
Reading the weather page
Reading the weather page
An important part of training young minds is modeling a healthy skepticism. Today's weather column in the Star Tribune included the following observation: Minnesota is nippy during the winter...but we don't have to stress about tsunamis, volcanoes or...
A tale of two conversations
A tale of two conversations
What was, what might have been, and what could be....all in a conversation about marshmallows.
Cookies under constraints
Cookies under constraints
A propos of nothing one day, I ask Griffin (9 years old at the time, finishing up fourth grade) a question. Me: Griff, imagine you are baking cookies and you need $latex \frac{3}{4}$ cup of sugar, but you only have a $latex \frac{1}{2}$ cup measure. How would...