More Water Jug Fractions
After solving the previous problem, I told Parker I was going to give him something more challenging (take a minute and try to solve it...
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Matt Felton-Koestler
Aug 24, 20174 min read
Early Fractions
A few weeks ago I wrote the following on Facebook: Last night Parker figured out 3 ÷ 3/4 (in a story problem). This morning Parker said...
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Matt Felton-Koestler
Aug 21, 20174 min read
Doubles facts with Go Fish
Parker really enjoyed the make a ten version of Go Fish (we played it several times). But recently P asked to play Go Fish with doubles...
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Matt Felton-Koestler
Aug 21, 20174 min read
Reading Two Bad Ants
The last time I wrote about connecting math to literacy Parker and I read a "math book"—a book clearly written to illustrate important...
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Matt Felton-Koestler
Aug 19, 20172 min read
Making Tens with Go Fish
Last night Parker wanted to play Go Fish, so I suggested we play a new version of the game, where instead of finding pairs you have to...
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Matt Felton-Koestler
Aug 13, 20173 min read
More Too Many Monkeys
Last time I talked about how the game Too Many Monkeys can be great for helping children build their understanding of the counting...
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Matt Felton-Koestler
Aug 13, 20172 min read
Playing Too Many Monkeys
We used to play the game Too Many Monkeys a lot, and we still play it sometimes. This was a great game when Parker was still learning to...
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Matt Felton-Koestler
Aug 12, 20175 min read
Tiling, Area, and Time to Explore
Disclaimer: This post is a little long and a little "researchy," but I hope it's still accessible. If that's not your cup of tea then...
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Matt Felton-Koestler with Courtney Koestler
Aug 11, 20173 min read
Reading A Remainder of One
Parker and I recently read the book A Remainder of One by Elinor Pinczes and illustrated by Bonnie MacKain. In it there are 25 ants and...
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Matt Felton-Koestler
Aug 9, 20172 min read
What Do You Think?
I'm starting a new series of blog posts, What Do You Think? (thanks to Drs. Courtney Koestler and Angie Gibbs for the name of this...
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