Stories from homes and classrooms.
At Math On-A-Stick, we have a puzzle table for the youngest fairgoers. The table is low to the ground, near an entrance to the space, and filled with colorful, chunky shapes—durable and sized for chunky toddler hands. Here are three typical states of the puzzle...
This is Molly. This is Chris. Molly is a math leader who lives in Vancouver, WA and started a project called Math Anywhere. Chris lives in Chicago where he supervises secondary math for the Chicago Public Schools and leaves math in places for others to find. I met...
Reflections on the first Math On-A-Stick at the Minnesota State Fair
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...
Math teacher mom (and long ago former student of mine), Megan Schmidt sent in the following report for Talking Math with Other People's Kids month... --- Her husband (who is not a math teacher) and three-year-old daughter—we'll call her Marian—are...
File this under Talking about talking math with with your kids. Waiting for the school bus this morning, the two adults and three children discussed last night's Halloween events. The neighbor girl, W (9 years old), announced that her brother, E (six years...
A reader sends in a report of playing Chutes and Ladders with a 5-year old. Of particular interest is his observation of the difference between how we structure hundreds grids in classrooms and how the Chutes and Ladders board is structured (each,...