Guess the temperature
WInter temperatures lead to a game. The game leads to subtraction.
Guess the temperature
Number
Counting, skip counting, fractions, negative numbers, and more.
How young children learn about numbers
How young children learn about numbers
"As in other areas of language development, it appears children infer the meanings of [multi-digit] numbers using whatever experiences they can access." This is one of several conclusions a group of researchers at Michigan State University and Indiana University...
Days to Christmas: Place value follow up
Days to Christmas: Place value follow up
In yesterday's post, I told of the Christmas Countdown cube calendar, and of how Tabitha (6 years old) changed my 06 days to 6 days by removing the leading zero. I challenged readers to consider her reasons for this. Of course I asked her. I showed her the...
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...
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...