I don’t know about everyone else, but by the time November rolls around, I’m ready to cuddle up in my house and focus internally for a while. That doesn’t mean that I forget about my friends or never set foot
Ch-ch-ch-changes
I’m bored with my blog. There. I said it. And I think some of you feel the same way. I don’t blame you. While I think we’ve gotten off to a good start here at Math for Grownups, I also
Film Friday: Tessellations
Raise your hand if you’ve heard of M.C. Escher. Now raise your hand if you know what tessellations are. Surprise! If you know of M.S. Escher’s work, you are also familiar with tessellations — even if you don’t recognize the term.
Math at Work Monday: Katie the costume designer
Two things you should know: First off, I once worked in the marketing and public relations department at Virginia Stage Company, an Equity theatre. Second, I love to sew (and don’t have enough time these days to delve into my stash
Feeling Anxious about Math? Here’s how to cope
Earlier this week, I provided a guest post about math anxiety and kids for Imp3rfect Mom. I wasn’t surprised to get a comment from a reader asking about how to deal with her math anxiety. My son is an adult so my question
The Arithmetic of Allowance
You probably find it pretty darned easy to encourage literacy. In fact, there are countless magazine articles and books and workshops out there on this very subject. And so all good parents read to their kids every night, play word games
The Math of Parenting
So you think you don’t use math on a daily basis? Think again. You may not be solving for x, and the distance formula may not roll off the tip of your frontal lobe—mainly because you haven’t used it in years
Food for Thought: 5 Ways Hurried Moms Can Make Math Easy
Boy, do I remember those early days of parenting my daughter. I was working full time, coddling a strong-willed toddler, trying to serve balanced meals, selecting great books to read to her and trying to keep my house and yard
Math at Work Monday: Marie Grace the children’s knitwear designer
A pattern snippet from one of Marie Grace’s original designs. If you don’t knit, a knitwear pattern probably looks like a random selection of letters and numbers. But that special code actually reveals beautiful creations–sweaters, hats, booties and blankets. Marie
Virtual book tour: Frisco Kids
Today, I’m visiting Frisco Kids, a blog written by my friend and fellow freelancer, Debbie Abrams Kaplan. She has posted a Q&A with me about Math for Grownups, and as well as my thoughts about kids and math. I hope you’ll visit and
Summer Session: What your rising first grader should know
Math for Grownups blog readers tend to fall into two camps: grownups who are not parents and really hate math (or think they’re not good at it), and parents who are worried that they’re going to pass along their math
Math at Work Monday: Graham the fish hatchery technician
Graham Laing is my brother, and I don’t think he’d be offended by my telling you that some of us in the family were a little worried that he might not amount to anything. But that’s another story for another