Thinking Thursday: Ratio Puzzles Writing to Learn Math: When students create their own math, they forge a personal connection to mathematical concepts and relationships. And it’s fun! Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help…

Mental Math: Early Division Doing mental math, children think about number relationships, mastering the basic structures of how numbers work, the same structures that underlie algebraic reasoning. #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Math Game Monday: Tiguous This game promotes flexibility with mental addition and subtraction. Skills practice for elementary students, and fun enough for adults to enjoy playing along! #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)

Thinking Thursday: Squarable Numbers Writing to Learn Math: People learn math by playing with ideas. A math journal can be like a science lab book. Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing down and taking…

Two Hands-On Craft Projects: Have fun folding math with your kids! #mtbos #homeschooling #homeeducation #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Math Game Monday: Fraction Train with Cards This game challenges students to think strategically about ordering fractions. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)

Thinking Thursday: The Mighty Cats Writing to Learn Math: Problem-solving cares less about whether an answer is right and more about whether a solution makes sense. Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing…

Mental Math: Early Multiplication With mental math, students master the true 3R’s of math: to Recognize and Reason about the Relationships between numbers. #mtbos #homeschooling #homeeducation #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Math Game Monday: Honeycomb --- This game pushes students to think creatively with integers (positive and negative whole numbers). #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)

Thinking Thursday: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Writing to Learn Math: What did the author mean? Put the thought in your own words. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing down…

FAQ: How To Start a Homeschool Math Club The question hits my inbox whenever parents start planning for summer activities or a new school year... #mtbos #homeschooling #homeeducation #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Playful Math 182: The Storytelling Carnival Have fun reading and playing math with your kids! #letsplaymath #livingmath #homeschooling #iteachmath

Math Game Monday: Fraction Catch --- This game builds number sense with fractions on an invisible number line. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)

Thinking Thursday: Comparing Data Writing to Learn Math: Research prompts help students view math as a human endeavor. Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing down and taking the time to fully comprehend a…

Mental Math: Early Subtraction By doing mental math, we help our children use the basic principles of arithmetic to simplify problems so they can think about number relationships, mastering the basic structures of how numbers work. #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Math Game Monday: Chomp This game pushes students to think ahead and deduce their opponent's strategy. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)

Thinking Thursday: Connect the Dots 2 Writing to Learn Math: When students learn to visualize shapes, designs, and patterns, it makes them better at math. Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing down and…

New Membership Tiers: One-on-One Mentorship My goal is to help you think about math as a creative, playful investigation where you and your children explore concepts together using the math program or curriculum of your choice. #homeschooling #homeeducation #letsplaymath

Math Game Monday: Hide-and-Seek Zoo This game builds familiarity with the patterns in 2-digit numbers as players search for the secret squares on a hundred chart. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)

Thinking Thursday: The Greatest What? Writing to Learn Math: Math journal explanations avoid the formality that turns so many students away from geometry proofs. Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing…

Hints for the Patty Paper Trisection No peeking! This post is for those of you who have given the trisection proof a good workout on your own. #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath #mathjournal

Puzzle: Patty Paper Trisection One of the great unsolved problems of antiquity was to trisect any angle, to cut it into thirds with only the basic tools of Euclidean geometry: an unmarked straight-edge and a compass. #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath #mathjournal

Math Game Monday: Nim & Tsyanshidzi This game challenges players to think ahead so they don't get trapped. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)

Thinking Thursday: Monthly Math Writing to Learn Math: When students create their own math, they forge a personal connection to mathematical concepts and relationships. And it’s fun! Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids…

Mental Math: Early Addition When children apply their creative minds to reasoning about math, they can use friendly numbers to get close to an answer, and then tweak the result as needed. #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Math Game Monday: Number Riddles Students love this game for a chance to fool each other --- or better yet, to stump the adult. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)

Tell Children Interesting Things "You don't educate people by telling them useful things; you educate people by telling them interesting things." --- John Conway If you want help educating your children with interesting things about math, check out Denise Gaskins' Playful Math store. We're…

Thinking Thursday: George Washington What did the author mean? Put the thought in your own words. Do you agree or disagree? Why? #homeschooling #mathjournal #letsplaymath #mtbos #iteachmath

Morning Coffee: That Moment of Epiphany Discover the value of taking the harder long cut in this fifth installment of professional development for homeschooling parents. #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath #mathjournal

Math Game Monday: Twelve Cards This game helps students visualize the meanings of multiplication and fractions. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath

Thinking Thursday: Triangle Sums Number play doesn’t have to follow school math methods. #homeschooling #mathjournal #letsplaymath #mtbos #iteachmath

Math Game Monday: Penterimeter This game challenges students to visualize their strategy in two dimensions. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath

Math Poetry: The Square Writing helps students stretch their thinking and make sense of new ideas. #homeschooling #mathjournal #letsplaymath #mtbos #iteachmath

Happy Pythagorean Triple Day! Let's celebrate one of the rarest math holidays! #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath #mathjournal

Math Game Monday: Fifty Sticker Race This game helps young players internalize the counting patterns in our base-ten number system. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath

Thinking Thursday: Circles in Circles At its heart, geometry is all about seeing connections and relationships. #homeschooling #mathjournal #letsplaymath #mtbos #iteachmath

A Poet Completes the Square An algebra-proof poem, and ideas for writing your own math poetry. #mtbos #homeschooling #homeeducation #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Playful Math 181: The Symmetry Carnival In this edition, you'll find everything from math art and logic puzzles to games and much more --- plus an ancient Incan place-value code! #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Math Game Monday: Krypto Insanity This game will push each player's mental math skills to the limit. Calculators optional. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath

Playing to Learn: Play and rigor support each other. #mtbos #homeschooling #letsplaymath #iteachmath

Thinking Thursday: Paul Lockhart What did the author mean? Put the thought in your own words. Do you agree or disagree? Why? #homeschooling #mathjournal #letsplaymath #mtbos #iteachmath

Mental Math: Three Basic Principles “We know that algorithms are amazing human achievements, but they are not good teaching tools because mimicking step-by-step procedures can actually trap students into using less sophisticated reasoning than the problems are intended to develop.” — Pam Harris,…

Math Game Monday: Pattern Block Mastermind “I made a secret pattern with three blocks in a row. Can you guess what it is?” #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath

Math Game Monday: Connect 4 This game pushes students to visualize shapes in two dimensions as they plan their strategic moves. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath

Thinking Thursday: A Good Teacher Writing to Learn Math: You can spark creative thought by removing any need to worry about spelling or punctuation rules. Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing down and…

Playful Math for the Summer --- Two great games to download, print, and play with your kids! #mtbos #homeschooling #iteachmath #mathgame

Math Game Monday: Picture Puzzles This cooperative number puzzle game builds fluency while allowing for artistic expression. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath

Thinking Thursday: Secret Number Codes Writing to Learn Math: Games are the ultimate re-playable activity prompts. Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing down and taking the time to fully comprehend a…

Math Game Monday: Wild & Crazy Eights The whole family can enjoy playing with numbers in this childhood classic math game. The more, the merrier! #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath

Thinking Thursday: Alexander Pope A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again. #homeschooling #mathjournal #letsplaymath #mtbos #iteachmath