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Vehicle Chat [Invitation]
It all started with a disagreement between Kassia Wedekind and her daughter Lulu. https://twitter.com/kassiaowedekind/status/1155951804590391296 Pretty soon, it wasn't just elevators we were arguing about, and it wasn't just Kassia and Lulu weighing in. #vehiclechat...
Talking Patterns with Kids
I am working on another book; this one will be about patterns. That means I need to learn about how people learn about patterns, and that means going to school. So yesterday I packed a collection of images and asked 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders what patterns they saw....
Public Math
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...
Counting avocados, halves, and grapefruits
In which we determine how many grapefruits and avocados there are, and observe the brilliance of young children.
Cocoa Puff or Cocoa Puffs: The language of nothing
How many puffs are in my hand, and is it “puffs” or “puff”?
Things that give me hope
Some great recommendations for mathy fun in person and online, and a lovely book by A.O. Fradkin and A.B. Bishop.
A delightful new book on Kickstarter
There are a bunch of people doing really good and interesting work with math and kids these days. Sasha Fradkin is one of these. She has a gift for tapping deep into kids' mathematical minds and for writing about the beautiful ideas she finds there. She has written a...
Ceiling fan arithmetic
What math can you find in a ceiling fan’s 3-way settings?
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 my...