This is the second in a two-part series. Part one can be found here. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of ...

Helping kids learn patterns can develop math skills. Poughkeepsie Day School, CC BY-NC-SA Parents and teachers know that reading to their children in preschool and kindergarten is important. But how ...

Play a math and movement game making patterns. Play a math and movement game making patterns with Caitlin Cargill and Madison. Large colored dots placed on the floor prompt Madison to do arm circles ...

Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a “periodic tiling of space”, with shapes covering an ...

Why do humans love to look at patterns? I can only guess, but I’ve written a whole book about new mathematical ways to make them. In Creating Symmetry, The Artful Mathematics of Wallpaper Patterns, I ...