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Cocoa Puff or Cocoa Puffs: The language of nothing
Cocoa Puff or Cocoa Puffs: The language of nothing
How many puffs are in my hand, and is it "puffs" or "puff"?
February is “Talking Math with Other People’s Kids” month
February is “Talking Math with Other People’s Kids” month
You won't be hearing much from Griffin and Tabitha this month. Instead, you'll hear from other children and their parents who have talked math and have shared their conversations with me. It will be a ton of fun to get a peek into these other households, and to see...
Days until Christmas
Days until Christmas
Each day, Griffin (9 years old) has taken great joy in setting the Countdown to Christmas cube calendar the kids recently received from my father and stepmother. On Thursday, I was doing my end-of-semester grading from home and noticed after he had left that he had...
The biggest number
The biggest number
I do not recall the beginning of this conversation, but I do recall that we were eating pizza at the dinner table when Tabitha anticipated my turn in the dicussion. Tabitha (6 years old): I know what you're going to say, Daddy. "Counting never ends." Me: I suppose...