Serious Play-Part 1: Games That Stand the Test of Time
Even before I had my own classroom, game play as a learning tool fascinated me. From the moment my favorite... View Article
Even before I had my own classroom, game play as a learning tool fascinated me. From the moment my favorite... View Article
Because we have been talking a lot about fluency in the past few blog posts, it suddenly occurred to me... View Article
Welcome to Part 4 of our Fluency Series! In Part 3, we discussed fluency with early number concepts such as... View Article
When Josie, a young athlete, had the goal of making her middle-school basketball team, she spent time preparing for tryouts.... View Article
Becoming a teacher-turned-inventor never crossed my mind earlier in my career. However, since joining forces with Peggy, this is the... View Article
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t already read John Van de Walle’s Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics, you’re going to want to get... View Article
Summertime… a time to relax, a time to learn, a time to catch up, a time to dream and to... View Article
As a novice teacher many years ago, I found that playing games in math class brought about high levels of... View Article
As the summer months approach, you will likely, after taking a little time off, begin thinking and planning for next... View Article
We’ve all done it…teaching rules without meaning. For me it was rounding rules. I had found the perfect song. The... View Article
When was the last time you tried to teach a young child to count coins? If you’re like me, you... View Article