Although we may want to pursue the wonder of the world and open the beauty of creation with mathematics, we often find ourselves in the weeds. We teach our children to identify numbers, patterns, and symbols. We teach them to compute sums and products as though the calculator didn’t exist. In short, we teach arithmetic. […]
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Creating wonder in our children comes naturally when we consider the world around us. What 2 year-old isn’t fascinated by the cooking pots, dog, or snow outside? These seemingly normal occurrences are new, exciting, and mysterious to our young children. Building from this natural God-given wonder at the world seems obvious when it comes to
The single most difficult decision you may find yourself making with homeschooling is deciding where to start with the formal study of mathematics. Maybe this is all hyperbole and you’ve never struggled with this decision. If that’s the case, I’d like to encourage you to think about it. Where should you start with the study
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Have you ever stopped to think about the connection between being a good math student and being a good detective? Every Christmas I grant myself the pleasure of reading a mystery novel. They’re short, easy, and full of fun clues. I’m a huge Hercule Poirot fan. Turns out, we can learn a lot from Hercule
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We just spent months exploring the mind of one of the greatest pattern finders of all time: Pascal. By now, we may see how fun exploring a good pattern can be, but do we understand why we care about patterns? Let’s examine a few reasons to pay attention to patterns: Mathematicians : Perhaps the most
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