Tag Archives: Golden Key Russian School

Main Line Math Festival on April 22

Posted on March 18, 2018 by aofradkin

On April 22, Golden Key Russian School and Main Line Classical Academy are hosting their fifth Main Line Math Festival for kids ages 5-12. Date: Sunday, April 22 Time: 4 PM – 6 PM Location: Temple Brith Achim, 481 S Gulph Rd, King of … Continue reading →

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Math enrichment – what is the value?

Posted on April 4, 2017 by aofradkin

Another guest post by Yulia Shpilman on why we teach enrichment math and what it means to us. When you look for additional math classes for your child, what do you look for?  We (and by we I mean Golden … Continue reading →

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Entertaining kindergartners with caterpillars, dots, and monsters

Posted on March 30, 2017 by aofradkin

Below is a guest post by my sister, Yulia Shpilman. We had a particularly wonderful class with my Kindergarten Math Circle last week and I wanted to share a few of our activities, in case someone else wants to try … Continue reading →

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Our Second Fun Math Festival

Posted on December 15, 2016 by aofradkin

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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Why learn poetry by heart?

Posted on November 2, 2016 by aofradkin

[This is a guest post by Yulia Shpilman.  It is not about math, and therefore a bit unusual for this blog.  However, I feel that many of the reasons and advice that she gives for learning poetry apply to learning … Continue reading →

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Kids are like marbles

Posted on September 18, 2016 by aofradkin

In addition to teaching Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and partially 3rd-4th grades at the Main Line Classical Academy, I am also continuing to teach enrichment math at the Golden Key Russian School.  There, I have two groups of Kindergartners, one group … Continue reading →

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Math education, here I come (full time!)

Posted on August 10, 2016 by aofradkin

In short: In the fall I will become the Head of Math at a small private school in its second year of existence.  I will be developing their elementary school math curriculum, starting with the younger grades and working up. … Continue reading →

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Factor “trees”

Posted on March 1, 2016 by aofradkin

Recently, we had a few lessons on prime numbers and factoring with my 4th and 5th graders.  Inspired by the beautiful drawings in this post, I had my students draw their own factor trees.  Actually, most of their creations can only … Continue reading →

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Random Walks through a-MAZE-ing Triangle

Posted on October 1, 2015 by aofradkin

The main activity for last weeks lesson with the first and second graders was adapted from the book Math Circles for Elementary School Students by Natasha Rozhkovskaya (and it will likely be the first of many). The kids were split … Continue reading →

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First class of the year: 2-pile NIM

Posted on September 16, 2015 by aofradkin

Last Sunday we had our first lesson of the year at the Golden Key Russian School – an event that inspired me to start blogging again after the long summer break.  This year I am teaching two groups, one consisting mostly … Continue reading →

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