This blog post is designed as a lesson, you can follow the links and use them directly with your kids to teach about tessellations. I placed the article links at the top because I did not find any video’s that adequately covered what a tessellation is, so make sure you start at the top. I…
Math is not often included in the learning-through-play list of subjects, but it doesn't have to be that way. Your child can learn math through play, especially if you are showing them how. Even play, on some levels, is taught. When our babies have mastered peek-a-boo, and stacking a box tower, it is not time…
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A math myth I hear frequently: There are two species of humans, the math kind, and the not math kind. No amount of study will turn a non-math person into the other species. Lack of mathematical understanding is an inherited genetic characteristic hardwired into us and cannot be changed. Others are born knowing numbers and…
Changing the World by Changing How We Talk About MathSource file: Changing_the_world_by_changing_how_we_talk_about_math.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2018-03-20 20:46:00Modified: 2018-03-20 21:31:00 Changing the World by Changing How We Talk About Math A math myth I hear frequently: There are two species of humans, the math kind and the not math kind. No amount of study will turn a…
Math Myths DebukedSource file: Math_Myths_Debuked.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2018-03-15 16:06:00Modified: 2018-03-22 14:42:00 Math Myths Debuked Myth #1 There are two species of humans, the math kind and the not math kind. No amount of study will turn a non-math person into the other species. Lack of mathematical understanding is an inherited genetic characteristic hardwired into us…
Tessellations: A Curated Lesson of free ResourcesSource file: Tessellations.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2018-03-13 22:29:00Modified: 2018-03-15 16:03:00 Tessellations: A Curated Lesson of free Resources Since I am having a math focus on my blog this month, I thought it would be fun to dive into some free resources on a beautiful math topic. This is designed as…
Wonder is a feeling of surprise, mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar or inexplicable (definition from Google Dictionary). We already know how important surprise can be in turning the brain on to learn. Surprise wakes us up and makes a go “Wait, what?” Then, if we don’t find ourselves in a stressed…
This week I want to share another article I wrote published by The Old Schoolhouse magazine. The article is about creating a math unit study and has plenty of resource suggestions as well as the reason why you may want to focus on math as a unit study in your homeschool.
The Ancient Greek’s believed there were four aspects to education. These were: Music, Gymnastics, Mathematics, and Dialectics. Source file: Post_6_How_the_Ancient_Greeks_Educated.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2017-08-30 20:35:00Modified: 2017-09-25 21:25:00 The Ancient Greek’s believed there were four aspects to education. These were: Music, Gymnastics, Mathematics, and Dialectics. Plato saw the human person as having three parts, appetitive, spirited and…