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Kids Origami and Math - Butterflies geometry origami Jul 23, 2024

 

Origami is a great tool for helping children develop focus and concentration.  Each design takes a bit of time and children need to focus on each step to get the outcome they desire....

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Kids Origami and Math - Ice Cream Cone geometry origami Jul 19, 2024

Origami is a great tool for helping children develop focus and concentration.  Each design takes a bit of time and children need to focus on each step to get the outcome they desire.  In...

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Kids Origami and Math - Whale geometry origami Jun 03, 2024

Origami is a great tool for helping children develop focus and concentration.  Each design takes a bit of time and children need to focus on each step to get the outcome they desire.  In...

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What does it really mean to square a number? multiplication parenting for success May 07, 2024

 

One day when I was teaching second grade, the math coach suggested that we should do a lesson with the students on square numbers. 

“Are you kidding?  These students are only...

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Books About Explaining Your Ideas and Listening to Others math picture books math practices parenting for success Mar 22, 2024

I met with a group of librarians this week and we talked about Math Practice #3 – “Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.”  We had such a...

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Books About Persevering and Trying Multiple Methods math picture books math practices parenting for success Jan 04, 2024

This started out as a post about picture books that include Math Practice #1 (Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.) but it turned out that it is also a post about books that...

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Perseverance-Step by Step math practices parenting for success Sep 05, 2023

When my daughter was 8 years old. We hiked 23 miles in one day.  Two years later we did it again.

 One of her teachers had created this hike as a fundraiser.  Each year she invited...

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Attend to Precision Examples Apr 19, 2023

 Math Practice #6 “Attend to Precision” feels familiar to most of us because it feels like the math goal of a generation ago of finding the correct answer and showing our work....

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Measurement in the Rain math skills measurement Apr 04, 2023

California has been inundated with rain this winter.  The rain has got me thinking about rain gauges and measurement.  I have a very informal system in my backyard.  It’s just...

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Creating Connections With Math Feb 08, 2023

I keep reading that one of the secrets to a long life is deep connections with other people.  Sure, eating well helps and lots of exercise too, but connection wasn’t one of the secrets...

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Using Tape Diagrams for Math addition division math skills multiplication subtraction Jan 11, 2023

Whenever a student is trying to make sense of a problem I like to ask, “Can you make a picture of it?”  Using a tape diagram for math can help children model lots of different...

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5 of the Best Math Picture Books for Early Elementary Children parenting for success Dec 08, 2022

Young children love to snuggle up with an adult and listen to a story. These books are some of the best math picture books to read with children and they teach math at the same time. If you are...

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