Podcast: Charlotte Mason’s Living Math

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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…

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Podcast: The Beauty of Math in the Charlotte Mason Paradigm

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I have a new podcast interview, and I think you’ll enjoy it!

Check out Cindy Rollins’s The New Mason Jar (Season 7, Episode 93) on your favorite podcast app, or listen on the website:

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Here’s a couple of excerpts…

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Podcast: From Right Answers to Adventure

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If you find a free hour this week, you may enjoy listening to my latest Notice & Wonder podcast discussion with Sonya and Della about the power of playful math:

We share plenty of tips, stories, and practical advice for bringing a sense of curiosity and exploration into your math lessons.

Plus, the Best Math Game Ever!

I love this podcast, because it always feels like sitting down to chat over coffee with good friends who love kids and love teaching.

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New Podcast: Notice and Wonder

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When I was a novice homeschooler, our local Moms’ Night Out provided mentoring and kept me sane. We’d leave the children home with their dads and meet up at a local restaurant for a cup of coffee, a slice of pecan pie, and a robust discussion of educational philosophy.

This spring, my friend Sonya Post launched a new podcast called “Notice & Wonder” — and it captures that same feeling perfectly.

Sonya explains: “What is Notice, Wonder, Discover? It’s the development of cognitive skills, without which you have never learned anything in your life. We are developing the underlying skills that will make anyone more proficient at learning anything.”

I’ve had the privilege to join Sonya for three episodes of the podcast so far, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed our conversations.

Here’s a taste…

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Podcast: How to Transform Math Lessons without Changing your Curriculum

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I have a new podcast interview, and I think you’ll enjoy it!

Check out Pam Barnhill’s 10 Minutes to a Better Homeschool on your favorite podcast app, or listen on the website:

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Here’s a couple of excerpts…

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Podcast: Cultivating Math Curiosity and Reasoning in Kids

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I have a new podcast interview, and I think you’ll enjoy it!

Check out Learning Is Disruptable on your favorite podcast app, or listen on the website:

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Here’s an excerpt…

“I think the most important thing that we need to change…we need to radically change what our idea is of what it means to learn math.

    “Our biggest failure, both in the classroom and in homeschool settings, is that we’ve given our children a totally wrong idea of what math is all about.

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    Parents: Math Is Figure-Out-Able

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    I love listening to podcasts during my morning walk with the dogs. One of my favorites over the past year has been Pam Harris and Kim Montague’s Math is Figure-Out-Able podcast.

    Figure-out-able. What a great word!

    Figure-out-able sums up what I mean when I tell parents that math is “applied common sense.” Kids can use the things they know to figure out things they don’t yet know.

    And figuring things out like that is fun, like a mental game where we play with the ideas of numbers, shapes, and patterns.

    Usually, the podcast targets teachers, and the hosts try to show how they can help students learn to mathematize — to think mathematically. Over the past few weeks, however, Pam and Kim have been talking directly to parents about how to help their children learn math.

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    Podcast: Real Math and Family Fun

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    Christy Thomas interviewed me for her Keep Calm and Mother On podcast. We had a wonderful chat. I think you’ll enjoy it:

    Real Math and Family Fun with Denise Gaskins

    “School math sometimes is more stress-inducing. Real math is more freeing and more joyful, and just more interesting.

      “Real mathematics is basically applied common sense.

        “Real mathematics is noticing patterns, seeing connections, figuring things out.

          “These are all things that you can do. You do them in other areas of your life. Real mathematics draws on those same abilities and focuses those abilities on numbers, shapes, and patterns.

            “Real mathematics is about solving puzzles. It’s about creative reasoning. These are the things you want your child to understand.”

            —Denise Gaskins, Real Math and Family Fun

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            I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Christy. If you run a math, education, or homeschooling podcast, and you’d like to have me on sometime, I’d love to hear from you!

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