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
Griffin
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.
Cookies under constraints
Cookies under constraints
A propos of nothing one day, I ask Griffin (9 years old at the time, finishing up fourth grade) a question. Me: Griff, imagine you are baking cookies and you need $latex \frac{3}{4}$ cup of sugar, but you only have a $latex \frac{1}{2}$ cup measure. How would...
Math in the alphabet
Math in the alphabet
How is the alphabet like or unlike the counting sequence, and what comes after the letter Z?
Nights of Camping
Nights of Camping
The following conversation took place in the run-up to our annual summer camping trip recently. Rachel has no interest in camping, so this ritual is all mine. I started the little ones young with a one-night trip within an hour from home so that we could come home...
The equal sign
The equal sign
It has been a long, busy semester for me in my community college work. Many interesting and productive projects, lots of interesting and challenging teaching problems. But I am tired. Wiped out and exhausted. So I devised a plan the other evening when Tabitha...
