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 Math with Other People's Kids month continues... Today we pay tribute to the family bathtub, and its profound contribution to family math talk over the centuries. Don't laugh! Is yours more perfect? Dad and loyal reader Jon Hasenbank reports some math...
This post follows up on a conversation I had with Griffin a while back about the height of the Giant Slide at the Minnesota State Fair. Our house in St Paul sits on top of an odd hill; higher than others around it. Historical reasons for this are murky but it makes...