[Based on a problem I made up for my co-op students, once upon a time…]
Conversion factors are special fractions that contain problem-solving information. Why are they called conversion factors?
Continue reading Conversion Factors: How Old Are You in Nanoseconds?
Cindy Rollins, Dawn Duran, and I had a delightful chat about my new book, Charlotte Mason’s Living Math, which is now available in ebook (print editions coming soon!) at my Playful Math Store.
We talked about how math is a whole world full of big, living ideas that we can explore with our children. What it means to have a living education in math, opening our children’s minds to big ideas about the relationships of numbers, shapes, and patterns. And how to tell if our kids really understand what they are doing, or if they’re just parroting back the steps we taught them.
And lots more — listen for yourself…
In my new book, Charlotte Mason’s Living Math, I encourage families to explore the world of math by asking big, open-ended questions.
[Now available exclusively in my Playful Math Store! Ebook only at the moment, but print editions are coming soon.]
Here’s an example of such a question, an excerpt from my earlier book, 70+ Things To Do with a Hundred Chart: Number, Shape, and Logic Activities from Preschool to Middle School.
Have fun exploring math with your kids!
