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Lots of fun with Tiny Polka Dot

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

For a week in our kindergarten class we have been playing with Tiny Polka Dot!  I had been excited about these cards arriving for a while, and I was not disappointed.  They are colorful, sturdy and creative, and my students … Continue reading →

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Our Second Fun Math Festival

Posted on December 15, 2016 by

We had another wonderful math festival, hosted jointly by Golden Key Russian School and Main Line Classical Academy.  Here is an account of it, written by Yulia Shpilman. We did it, we did it, we did it again! Last Sunday, … Continue reading →

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Spontaneous Estimation in Kindergarten

Posted on September 23, 2016 by

One of the games we played in class with the kindergartners consists of two decks of cards.  The game is called Turbo-count and I will write about the it separately, as it is a great one for this age group, … Continue reading →

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What is a number? – First week of Kindergarten Math

Posted on September 9, 2016 by

My first week of teaching has been a lot of fun!  This post is about some of the things we did with the Kindergartners. On the first day, after introductions and getting to know each other, I asked them what … Continue reading →

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Diagonal is not straight

Posted on May 25, 2016 by

Zoe and I often play games where one of us makes a figure with some objects (stones, chips, snap-cubes, etc.) and the other one has to make an identical figure.  Today, for this purpose, we were using an old Russian … Continue reading →

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Nonstandard Division

Posted on May 12, 2016 by

The game Labyrinth has been a recent favorite at our house.  However, this post isn’t so much about the game itself, but rather about Zoe dealing with a certain aspect of the setup: dividing a pile of cards evenly between … Continue reading →

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Fun Math Festival (Russian version)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by

[This is the Russian version of the guest post made by my sister, Yulia Shpilman, about the awesome math festival that she organized last weekend.] Ну вот, наконец мы провели у себя в Филадельфии мат игротеку (спасибо Жене Кац за … Continue reading →

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