Tag: math

Engaging with math creatively

Thonisha Joselin Sonia
Does math give your students anxiety? You’re not alone! Thonisha Joselin Sonia shares a creative math lab activity using dot mats that can combat “math phobia” and make learning enjoyable.

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Hands-on math

Suma Vivekanandan
A simple hands-on activity helped Suma Vivekanandan teach Class 4 students all about circles, from radius to diameter and everything in between.

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Doing math with Nature

Sasmita Sahoo
Exploring the natural world can turn everyday learning into a math adventure! Sasmita Sahoo shares fun and simple ways children can learn math concepts – like counting, symmetry, and shapes – using natural materials such as leaves, pebbles, and seeds.

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Perceptual numbers

Hetal Tarpada
Subitizing, or the ability to instantly recognize small numbers without counting, is a key step in developing children’s math skills. Hetal Tarpada offers an easy, hands-on activity using dot charts to boost young learners’ number sense.

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Unveiling the magic of math

Anuradha Veruva
Math doesn’t have to be a scary subject. When taught in the right way, it can even help us understand the world. Anuradha Veruva writes about using interactive activities like measuring water or arranging beads to engage students in mathematics.

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The magic and meaning of palindromes

Rajesh Kumar Thakur
A palindrome is a number, word, or sentence that reads the same forwards and backwards. Apart from generating interest and curiosity in readers, palindromes might serve another purpose. Thakur writes that palindromic numbers are seen as symbols of balance and duality, with significance in ancient Chinese, Hindu, and Greek beliefs.

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