Thank you to Dan at Math 4 Love, who pointed me to Vi Hart’s math doodles. (The rest of her page is well worth exploring, too!) Kitten really enjoyed this one and immediately sat down to create her own version of the OuroBorromean Rings…
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Quotable: Math Programs
Recognize that every math program, whether more traditionally skill-based or reform-oriented (more problem-solving, projects, less drill) has its merits and its weaknesses. Whether you believe there is too much emphasis on basic facts (less likely!), or not enough, you can supplement with the myriad of resources on the web.
— David Marain, MathNotations
Odds and Evens Week of 12-1-10
Click through to the original post for a counting puzzle, plenty of advice on helping with your child’s math homework, useful math links, and a couple of “cute 3-year-old” stories.
And remember that one of the best ways to supplement any math program is by playing games.
Advent Calendar of Math Games
Homeschoolers, you can have your math and enjoy it, too! Play a mathematics game every day until Christmas at nrich.maths.org:
A Football Puzzle
[Photo by rdesai.]
The MIT Mathmen got the ball on their own 20-yard line for the last drive of the game. They were down by 2 points, so they needed at least a field goal to win the game.
If quarterback Zeno and his offense advanced the ball halfway to the opposing team’s end zone on each play…
Logic Games at Blogging 2 Learn
For the rest of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), my other blog is featuring a logic game or puzzle every day. So far, I’ve shared three of my online favorites:
And there’s plenty more fun to come. Drop in every day until December to see a new puzzle or game:
And the Baby Is . . .
[Photo by gabi menashe.] This story is continued from Alexandria Jones and the Eighty-Yard Drive…
There was a time-out on the field, and the Jones family sat down for a brief rest. Sam asked, “How do babies decide when it’s time to be born?”
“Well, son, it has to do with numbers. You see,” Uncle Will explained, “the baby spends his first month thinking about the number one.”
“That’s not much to think about,” Sam said. “But I suppose he can’t handle much at that age.”
Math Teachers at Play #32 via Point of Inflection
[Sung to the tune of the Gilligan’s Island song.]
The carnival is up and now it’s time to click away.
Go check out all the links in this month’s Math Teachers at Play.
There’s algebra, geometry, and some Egyptian vids,
Equations, jokes, domes, real numbers, and games for all the kids….
Alexandria Jones and the Eighty-Yard Drive
[Photo by West Point Public Affairs.]
Alexandria Jones pulled the last sheet of chocolate chip cookies from the oven and inhaled deeply. Mmm! Perfect. And just in time — Mom was calling her to the car. She slid the cookies into a plastic bowl but left the lid off so the steam could escape. The Jones family was going to meet Uncle Will and Alex’s cousin Sam for a tail-gate picnic before the big football game.
New Math Joke
A topologist walks into a cafe:
“Can I have a doughnut of coffee, please?”— Tanya Khovanova
Tanya Khovanova’s Math Blog » November Jokes
Catching Up on the Carnivals
My Blog Parties for Teachers sidebar widget is now updated with the latest carnivals. If you host an education blog carnival that you think my readers might enjoy, please email me a link.
- Now is the time to send in your post for the November Math Teachers at Play carnival. If you blog about learning, teaching, or understanding math at any level from preschool to first-year calculus, or if you have any math games or puzzles you would like to share, we’d love to hear from you! Just use this handy submission form.
- The November Carnival of Mathematics is posted at Theorem of the Day for your browsing pleasure.
- Sol has been posting a weekly sort-of-carnival called Wild About Math Blogs. Check it out!
- The Mathematics & Multimedia Carnival is moving to the last week of the month, but you can still enjoy October’s edition.
Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math 