#tmwyk The Love Graph 17 Jul 2024 My 8yo daughter, S, held up a piece of paper with a jagged line drawn on it. "Mama. What do you notice? Do you see any high points? Or low…
#tmwyk 55 Points at the Arcade #tmwyk 16 Jul 2023 How many different ways can you spend your prize tickets? My daughter, S, just finished first grade, where she worked on composing and decomposing both shapes and numbers. (Here are…
#tmwyk Bugs Jump Really High #tmwyk 1 Apr 20231 Apr 2023 "Mama! Bugs can jump so high!" I turned my head quickly, expecting to see a large insect launching itself into the air. Nothing. It turns out, five year old N…
#tmwyk… Ramadan Pizzas: Mathematizing Children’s Literature #tmwyk 22 Mar 2023 Tonight marks the start of Ramadan! To honor it, I went to my daughter's first grade class to read the book The Gift of Ramadan, written by Rabiah York Lumbard…
#tmwyk Would You Believe Me? #tmwyk 26 Nov 2022 Today -- an objectively beautiful day in Boston -- we took a walk along the river behind our house. It is late November; the trees have mostly shed their leaves,…
#tmwyk Rush Hour Conversations 8 Aug 20227 Aug 2022 The highway was crowded. All four lanes crawled slowly northward, each car taking its turn to move a few precious feet before slowing and stopping. Idling. I must have read…
#tmwyk The Ramadan Calendar 6 Apr 2022 Friday, April 1st, marked the first night of Ramadan. On Saturday, April 2nd, we began our daily fasting ritual that will last for the entire month. Beyond fasting, Ramadan is…
#tmwyk Kids Mathematize the World: Arrays 30 Jul 2021 It's fascinating to observe how my children mathematize the world! Where do they see mathematics? How do they interact with it? Doing Puzzles in a Ballgown This morning, my 5yo…
#tmwyk Caterpillar Math 20 Jul 202020 Jul 2020 This spring, my children fell madly in love with insects. Ants. Bees. Butterflies. We read books. We went exploring outside with magnifying glasses. We developed elaborate pretend play rituals based…
#tmwyk Making Meaning with Arrays: More Preschooler Division 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 While my 2 year old napped, my 4 year old and I baked some chocolate chip muffins. "You know, mama, there are 4 people in all," she announced, while swirling…
#tmwyk… Everyone Gets A Handful: Preschoolers Explore Division 28 Jan 20205 Feb 2022 One bag of cheese puffs. Four hungry children. My two children -- ages 4 and 2 -- had been playing with friends -- ages 4 and 8 -- when my…
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