Reminder of the Importance of Number
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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Mediate Knowledge
According to Thomas Aquinas, natural theology is mediate knowledge because it comes to us through the medium of God’s creation. Natural theology is the study of the creator through his creation. This very idea has me oscillating between excitement to study more nature and frustration in the obvious loss of translation. In college one of
Shifting Margins
Entire books have been written about the concept of margin. Margin is often seen as the spaces around our life. We find this in the seconds we steal in between activities or even in the white space in our class notebook. Having a good amount of margin in your notebook and life is a worthy
Proof by Contradiction
Proof by contradiction is a logical mind skill used to reduce a premise or assumption to the absurd, or impossible contradiction. This logical mind game is mastered in logic, but brushed up against in geometry. We play a tug of war game with logic in Geometry. We acknowledge the existence of logic just enough to
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Math History: Euclid
Few modern people can get away with a single name. A few may come to mind, but ancient history are full of those one named wonders. Euclid is one of the most recognizable names in history, and all he did was write a single book. It may have had 13 volumes, but it was a
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Word Problems and Euclid
Euclidian geometry conjures up images of shapes with all of their angles, lines, tick marks, and sides. The most picturesque branch of high school mathematics is geometry. Geometry after all is the science or art of measuring the earth. It started with the images of the created world around us and is often learned using
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Brain Development is Hard
I watch my children struggle. They push themselves physically and mentally. We work hard. That is one of our family values: Hard things are worth doing and worth the struggle. Yet, watching my children learn, grow, and mature through struggle is never easy. Each year, when I start pre algebra with new students I emphasize
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2026 Live Class Updates and Schedule
The beginning of the school year can bring with it bag loads of emotions. Excitement, anticipation, wonder, contentment; these are what we want our children to feel going into a new school year. Fear, worry, stress, anxiety; these are what we may be experiencing. How do we navigate ourselves to the former emotions while also
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Summer Review Challenge!
Augusts come and Augusts go. For some reason, August seems to rush past faster than other months, like April, which drags.. If only August was as slow as April, but I digress. Before we know it, school will be back up and running, math classes will be in full swing, leaves will change, flannel will
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Before Pushing Forward
I’m always thinking ahead, which made me a decent student, helps me travel, and keeps me moving. But thinking ahead has its drawbacks. Most obviously, I don’t always live in the moment. I have to remind myself to enjoy the moment for which I spent month planning. Take the time, smile at my children, tell
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