I sometimes cringe when I look at the map reading activities in some math books. These are designed to teach…
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Playful Math Carnival #165
Mathematics is not a careful march down a well-cleared highway, but a journey into a strange wilderness, where the explorers…
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Clouds
How would you describe a cloud? Artists describe clouds as ‘the soul’ of all scenery. In the words of a…
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6 Pockets of Math for 2023
Hi! I’m so glad you are here to join us for another year of exploring math in the world around…
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Playful Math Carnival #161
Needing a little spot of peace in the crazy end of year rush? Typically, the Playful Math Education Blog Carnival…
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Strewing for Math Learning
tr.v. strewed, strewn (stro͞on) or strewed, strew·ing, strews To spread here and there; scatter or distribute: Strewing is an informal…
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156th Play Math Education Carnival!
This carnival is all about the world around you and the math we encounter every day. It’s time to discover,…
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Are Galaxies Symmetrical?
This week for the 40 week math challenge we were contemplating rotational symmetry. I love to look around in our…
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Playing with Tangrams
A simple puzzle with more than 6000 solutions, challenging enough for an expert and simple enough for a child, tactile…
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40 Weeks of Math Challenge
These visual math challenges have been created to intrigue and inspire your children. They are designed to be hands on, open-ended inquiries, to challenge them to think deeply about the world around them.
Mud Kitchen Painting
My girls love to mix and mash in their mud kitchen. I op shop for pots and pans, measuring jugs,…
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