Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Math for the Young

My new post is up over at Heart of the Matter. I just want to say that writing for them is one of my favorite things to do these days! I'm thankful for the opportunity. I hope you enjoy what's over there and take advantage of all that experience and information. If you'd like to read more of what I've written, then click here for all my articles. For now, read below to find out more about doing math with young children.



I was inspired recently to write this post while playing for several hours with my five year old and some Unifix Cubes. He and I had a grand time making patterns, counting, and measuring. It made me realize again how much math we can do while we play and how important playful math is to young, aspiring mathematicians. Read more...

2 comments:

Monica said...

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Monica

Anonymous said...

Nice blog. Learning is always fun if taken in the right spirit. And, math is a very good and important subject to learn. I think children should take it seriously from the very beginning. And, parents should take important part to encourage them. Children can ask parents or school teachers to help . Otherwise, they can take advantage of any online tutoring services like tutorteddy.com. My daughter uses it and has improved her grades.