“Hey kids let’s organize and count all the acorns!”
“Hey kids let’s organize and count all the acorns!”
Me: time to go, it’s at 55!
6yo: I thought we go at 11.
Me: yes when the hand is at 11 but how many 5s is that?
4yo pipes in: 55! Cause ten fives is 50 and one more is 55.
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Me: time to go, it’s at 55!
6yo: I thought we go at 11.
Me: yes when the hand is at 11 but how many 5s is that?
4yo pipes in: 55! Cause ten fives is 50 and one more is 55.
….
2yo: that’s six steps 1234 and I go down the slide.
4yo: 123456789. 9.
6yo: wait, including the top and bottom? There’s… 12335678… no 7. Top and bottom shouldn’t count.
#tmwyk #iteachmath
2yo: that’s six steps 1234 and I go down the slide.
4yo: 123456789. 9.
6yo: wait, including the top and bottom? There’s… 12335678… no 7. Top and bottom shouldn’t count.
#tmwyk #iteachmath
How does this work? How would your students approach this?
#cmcmath #iteachmath
How does this work? How would your students approach this?
#cmcmath #iteachmath
@zakchamp.bsky.social asks us why a math student will push away after attempt one. How can kids get into flow like his daughter trying a trick on her bike
@zakchamp.bsky.social asks us why a math student will push away after attempt one. How can kids get into flow like his daughter trying a trick on her bike
2.5yo has been very into counting but this today was the first time I saw him move the object being counted into a “done” pile.
(I had made the original line)
2.5yo has been very into counting but this today was the first time I saw him move the object being counted into a “done” pile.
(I had made the original line)