Tessalation: A great new book
This beautiful book helps us see the world through a child's joyful, creative, mathy eyes.
This beautiful book helps us see the world through a child's joyful, creative, mathy eyes.
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Reflections on the first Math On-A-Stick at the Minnesota State Fair
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...
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...
What was, what might have been, and what could be....all in a conversation about marshmallows.
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...