T'Mahk Too - Comments on Get Out The Math Tiles! http://andfam.net/kimblog/archives/000648.html One thing my little boys love to do is get out the math shape tiles. I have a bucket from Nasco of Plastic Pattern Blocks that we got, long ago. Yesterday, for the severalth day in a row, they boys... en-gb Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:07:56 -0500 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:50:48 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 kim@andfam.net 180 By Peggy It sure is! It's an "integrated math and art" lesson, don'tcha know. http://andfam.net/kimblog/archives/000648.html#c42736 42736:648@http://andfam.net/kimblog/ It sure is! It's an "integrated math and art" lesson, don'tcha know.

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:59:20 -0500 By kelly in our public school in math center, the first grade boys make spinning tops out of the Unifix cubes and spin them against each other to see whose is the strongest. Last weekend some kids and I were playing with pattern tiles and I feel like I learned some geometry and physics; we were trying to build things vertically with them. http://andfam.net/kimblog/archives/000648.html#c42738 42738:648@http://andfam.net/kimblog/ in our public school in math center, the first grade boys make spinning tops out of the Unifix cubes and spin them against each other to see whose is the strongest.

Last weekend some kids and I were playing with pattern tiles and I feel like I learned some geometry and physics; we were trying to build things vertically with them.

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:27:47 -0500 By Christina My kids thought that was the coolest example of math...ever! What is with the Bionicle names? When Little Miss H rattles them off, she sounds like she is speaking a foreign language. :) http://andfam.net/kimblog/archives/000648.html#c42741 42741:648@http://andfam.net/kimblog/ My kids thought that was the coolest example of math...ever!

What is with the Bionicle names? When Little Miss H rattles them off, she sounds like she is speaking a foreign language.

:)

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:21:56 -0500 By Eowyn Yes! That is how it works at our house, too. We used Cuisinaire rods, which are very colorful, and my daughters loved to build towers with them. Giggle! That's a great memory! http://andfam.net/kimblog/archives/000648.html#c42812 42812:648@http://andfam.net/kimblog/ Yes! That is how it works at our house, too. We used Cuisinaire rods, which are very colorful, and my daughters loved to build towers with them. Giggle! That's a great memory!

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:48:22 -0500 By Karen W Looks like they are having so much fun. They did a great job. Keep having fun and don't tell them it's school! : ) http://andfam.net/kimblog/archives/000648.html#c42834 42834:648@http://andfam.net/kimblog/ Looks like they are having so much fun. They did a great job. Keep having fun and don't tell them it's school! : )

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:51:08 -0500 By Chelo/ ChathamMommy Another comrade fallen to the Bionicles!! *laughter* I'm so glad to know it's not just my son who is obsessed with Barraki, Toa Jaller, and all the other things that provide a friendly choking hazard to my baby girl and a sharp break from sanity for this mom. That said... I love the disk in the claw pic! :) C http://andfam.net/kimblog/archives/000648.html#c43048 43048:648@http://andfam.net/kimblog/ Another comrade fallen to the Bionicles!! *laughter* I'm so glad to know it's not just my son who is obsessed with Barraki, Toa Jaller, and all the other things that provide a friendly choking hazard to my baby girl and a sharp break from sanity for this mom.

That said... I love the disk in the claw pic!

:) C

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