by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Speed Counting to infinity (MathPickle, 2010) For one class teachers should just count and count and count. There is no better way to show the relative size of numbers. Cheating after 200 is allowed 😉 I now believe in starting really, really slowly....
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Magic 6 / 9 (Martin Gardner) Give your students practice skip counting through a magic trick. This is a sure winner to show off to parents. The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they...
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Number Icicles (MathPickle, 2011) Give your students practice in skip counting. Download the puzzle-sheets here. PS. Some of the harder puzzles are purposefully impossible. It is essential that students get exposure to lots of impossible puzzles – without...
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Intro to Skip Counting (MathPickle, 2010) Make your math class active by teaching real skipping. In this video we go forward, backward and stand still on the number line. There is no royal road to geometry. Euclid Join the MathPickle community. Success! First Name...
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Willie Wiggle Wiggle Worm (MathPickle, 2010) Willie Worm is an enjoyable and challenging visual spatial problem, which encourages persistence in problem solving, as well as providing students with a purposeful reason for practicing counting and writing numbers from 1...
