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Tag Archives: guest post
Discovering the area of a trapezoid
Below is a guest post by Dmitry Bryazgin (originally written in Russian). Dmitry runs a small math circle near Princeton for students in grades 3-5. On the particular day described in the post, there were 4 students present. The main … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd grade, 4th grade, area, exploration, geometry, guest post
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Math enrichment – what is the value?
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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Tagged general teaching, Golden Key Russian School, guest post, philosophical, what is math, why math?
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Entertaining kindergartners with caterpillars, dots, and monsters
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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Tagged arithmetic, Golden Key Russian School, guest post, Kindergarten, manipulatives, tiny polka dot
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The Piaget Phenomenon
I am very excited to let you know that I am now collaborating with the amazing Jane Kats and that translations of her insightful and inspirational posts will now regularly appear on my blog under the tag “Jane Kats”. Among … Continue reading
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Tagged guest post, jane kats, little kids, math with little kids, philosophical
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Our Second Fun Math Festival
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
Why learn poetry by heart?
[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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Tagged Golden Key Russian School, guest post, not math, philosophical, poetry
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Tough as an Eggshell
Math is not the only thing we do in our household! This is a guest post by my husband about a fun science experiment he did with the kids: Recently I stumbled onto The Everything Kids’ Science Experiments Book on one … Continue reading