Tessalation: A great new book
This beautiful book helps us see the world through a child's joyful, creative, mathy eyes.
Tessalation: A great new book
7 and 8 years old
Seven and eight-year-olds are making arguments. They’ll tell you something is true, and why it has to be true. More and more, they see math in the world, and they want to tell you about it.
The Summer of Math
The Summer of Math
A summer subscription service—currently on hiatus, but stay tuned!
Let the children play
Let the children play
Reflections on the first Math On-A-Stick at the Minnesota State Fair
Weighing onions
Weighing onions
I have had several conversations with relatively new parents in which the question of how/whether to talk math with babies. I always try to help such parents see math like they see reading. You read with your baby long before she knows what your words mean. An...
Talking Shapes with Kids
Talking Shapes with Kids
I have been spending time talking with kindergarteners, first and second graders in schools about my shapes book (coming from Stenhouse, Spring 2016). Many more school visits are ahead of me. I have written up some reflections for a more teacher-ish audience than...
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.
Ten hundred Doras
Ten hundred Doras
There was a while when Tabitha (five and six years old at the time) would try to get away without wearing underpants when she dressed herself. Those days are pretty much over, but I still like to make sure she has done the complete job, so I ask her from time to...
Making eight
Making eight
I am writing a book. In the process of doing this, I come across homework assignments that parents find frustrating, and that they share on social media. These almost always get me thinking, and they frequently lead to math talks with my children. This past weekend...