We had so much fun the first time around, the Summer of Math is back for a second year, and it has its own webpage! The basics are the same as last year: You can head over to The Summer of Math webpage, pay for a subscription, and all summer long (June—August)...
New to Minnesota, Jennifer Schuetz from the Fractal Foundation brought fun fractal activities, or fractivities, to Math On-A-Stick last summer. Younger students had the opportunity to learn how the Sierpinski triangle is a fractal - by repeating a simple pattern...
I wrote a blog post for the NCTM journal Teaching Children Mathematics. You should head over there to read it. Here are downloadable images to go along with it, which you are welcome to use in your home or...
A series of images argues that math is far more beautiful and creative than is represented to children and families.
I am delighted to announce that Which One Doesn't Belong? A Better Shapes Book is in print and shipping from Stenhouse Publishing this week. There is a student/home edition, and a set that includes a teacher guide. I'll be at Math On-A-Stick at the Minnesota...
The last time I wrote about this, Math On-A-Stick wasn't a sure thing. Now it is. Details are on my Math On-A-Stick page, so click on through for all the latest updates there. We need volunteers, so please help spread the word online and in...
I made a shapes book recently. The response has been a ton of fun. I have heard from parents of preschoolers, from primary grades teachers, upper elementary teachers and middle school teachers. All have reported having interesting and sometimes surprising...
Easter Sunday saw St Paul, Minnesota waking up to weather perfection. Sunshine, low seventies (Fahrenheit), cloudless sky. Truly amazing. There was a loon on Lake Phalen! This was the sort of April weather that brings Minnesotans out of their homes to rediscover...