tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post7745949338581497941..comments2024-03-22T13:39:55.941-07:00Comments on Math Mama Writes...: Math Teachers at Play #6 and NumbersSue VanHattumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-74234563499713109002009-05-26T06:23:46.726-07:002009-05-26T06:23:46.726-07:00I've met plenty of people with math teacher pa...I've met plenty of people with math teacher parents who didn't like math, so it's been made clear to me that it's important not to push it.<br /><br />My son and I just play with it. For a few months, at bedtime, he was asking me to give him subtraction problems. I'd say what's ten take away 6, and he'd figure it out and ask for another. :> Sometimes I'd mess up and ask him one that was too hard, and he'd get mad. ;><br /><br />My son loves playing with Geometer's Sketchpad. I wonder if your daughter would like that, since it's a visual sort of thing. (It's a bit on the expensive side, though. As a teacher, I wanted the standard that most people use, but there are other programs like it that might be just as good.)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-30537210132515032342009-05-25T20:10:16.864-07:002009-05-25T20:10:16.864-07:00My daughter and I chart everything. She's dyscalc...My daughter and I chart everything. She's dyscalculic, so wouldn't ever have said what your son just did (me, either actually, lol) but she loves watching growth and rate of change. So, we chart! I think the visual aspect of it helps her put the abstract together. <br /><br />What a sweet math discussion you had with your son. short and sweet. It would take elementary school 6 months to drive that home, lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-53854732610453933792009-05-01T11:45:00.000-07:002009-05-01T11:45:00.000-07:00I think "watching the stats" is a game that blogge...I think "watching the stats" is a game that bloggers never grow tired of! Though it's not quite as exciting after it levels out---but then, there's the occasional "spike" from a blog carnival or something, just to keep us coming back and checking...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com