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Mathematician Parent: David Wees
Most parents aren’t professional mathematicians. But there are a few. This is the fifth in a series of interviews with mathematician parents with the goal of helping parents integrate math teaching...
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Mathematician Parent: Jennifer Wilson
Most parents aren’t professional mathematicians. But there are a few. This is the sixth in a series of interviews with mathematician parents with the goal of helping parents integrate math teaching...
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Playing with Algebra Concepts
I've been itching to get into some basic abstract algebra goodies. With the help of the Cuisenaire Rods, Simply Fun Sumology number tiles and the Discovery Toys Busy Bugs, I'm able to do that. Start...
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Mathematician Parent: Libby Often
Most parents aren’t professional mathematicians. But there are a few. This is the seventh in a series of interviews with mathematician parents with the goal of helping parents integrate math teaching...
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What is a Ruler and Compass Construction?
I'd never heard of this thing until grad school. And even then, I never asked what it was. Over the course of time I eventually figured it out, but never really got an opportunity to do much with it....
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Variations on Numbers
Fact families are essential to helping children understand arithmetic. And it enforces their math facts. And writing numbers using other numbers and operations is also a way to practice and understand...
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Beloved - Be Loved? Twice Loved? Opposite of Loved?
This is part of the Five Minute Friday series. Beloved. When I think of the word, I think of two things - the way the word is constructed. And the way people feel about their kids (or each other)....
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Variations on the Number 3
This is the third in the Variations on Numbers Series. Three is the only prime which is one less than a perfect square: 4 - 1 = 3 All you need is three points to define a plane, or flat surface. Any...
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Variations on the Number 4
This is the fourth in the Variations on Numbers Series. Four is the first composite number. And it's the first non-trivial square number. (The number 1 is a perfect square as well, but it's kinda...
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Being Brave
This is part of the Five Minute Friday series. Today's prompt is: Brave. Doing math (and teaching math) is a nutty act of bravery. And sometimes it's just a nutty act. But we do it - both teach and...
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Inverses are the Ctrl-Z of Math
This is Day 24 of 31 Days of Math Learning Success. Follow all the days here and check out others that are writing for 31 days here.“Why can’t life be menu driven or at least have an ‘undo’ feature?”...
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Boil Down Math Concepts into Something Managable
This is Day 25 of 31 Days of Math Learning Success. Follow all the days here and check out others that are writing for 31 days here.Bill Gates is a very rich man today… and do you want to know why? The...
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Math Myth Shattered: There’s Always One Right Answer
This is Day 26 of 31 Days of Math Learning Success. Follow all the days here and check out others that are writing for 31 days here.Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. ~Muhammad AliAt cocktail...
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Freaky Factorials and some Fun Facts that Follow
This is Day 27 of 31 Days of Math Learning Success. Follow all the days here and check out others that are writing for 31 days here.Writers have borrowed from the Germans the abbreviation … which gives...
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Embrace Your Errors – Don’t Erase Them!
This is Day 28 of 31 Days of Math Learning Success. Follow all the days here and check out others that are writing for 31 days here.Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. ~Carl...
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Addition & Multiplication Don’t Mix
This is Day 29 of 31 Days of Math Learning Success. Follow all the days here and check out others that are writing for 31 days here.Oil and water don’t mix. ~PhysicsYou likely have heard (or been told)...
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Don’t Translate English to Math Backwards
This is Day 30 of 31 Days of Math Learning Success. Follow all the days here and check out others that are writing for 31 days here.Often, the idea that there can be a wide range of translations of one...
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The Math Show Stars are All the Same
This is Day 31 of 31 Days of Math Learning Success – THE FINAL DAY! See all the days here and check out others that wrote for 31 days here.I’ve never thought of acting as rocket science – you put on...
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Happiness Habits in Math – Definition and Examples
I’ve been offered a free ticket to the Mind, Body, Spirit Conference in a couple of weeks. And part of the “free” is to participate in some happiness habits.Not a bad deal!And since I’m all about the...
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Empathize with an Expert
This is the second in the unofficial #HappinessHabit Series.Often we place our experts on pedestals. Rarely do we think about an expert as a “real person.”But today’s Happiness Habit is to do just that...
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