Jill Velicer’s 5 year old son keeps confusing 6 and 9, so they made some visual art projects for the ‘Yellow is the sun’ rhyme to help him remember. We think this was a great idea so we thought we would share with all our RightStart™ ... Read More
“It’s spelled wrong, Mama!”
Young Anson, a precocious four years of age, was playing the Zero Game as part of RightStart™ Level A, lesson 16. Numbers from 0 to 10 & tally numbers of the same are on slips of paper, folded, and placed in a bucket. Part way into the game, ... Read More
Valentine’s Day Applied Math
In a small school district in North Dakota, elementary students make Valentine’s Day card boxes to collect cards from their friends. Some students just write their name on their boxes, others go all out. Here’s what Kylee created. Notice how ... Read More
What are Check Numbers?
Check numbers are a method of checking addition. Sometimes, this is called Casting out Nines. Check numbers also works with subtraction, multiplication, and division. I like to think of check numbers as a cool tool for my math toolbox. Some people ... Read More
Cotter Fractal Tree
Want to see something amazing? Check out Marshall and Karen’s fractal. Since it was the Christmas season, they decided to make it a Cotter Fractal Tree!! ... Read More
Carson Jody’s Birthdate
This post is a personal post with a delightful math twist. I am Kathleen Cotter Lawler, Joan Cotter’s daughter. Today, December 1, 2011, my daughter Megan gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy. Carson Jody was born at 12:44 this afternoon. ... Read More
