Posts Tagged: Concrete Experiences

More Great Games for Tabor Rotation

“There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.”     Warren G. Bennis “I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”    …

Irregular! Impossible? Important!: Area & Perimeter of Irregular Polygons

“Information’s pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.” -Clarence Day, The Crow’s Nest Last week I received a comment and a request from Anne, an academic coach at an Elementary school in Georgia. I first heard from Anne this August when she visited my website looking for information about differentiating instruction and using small groups in math. …

A Mathematical Happy Meal

“The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.” -Brian Tracy “The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.”…

Pour the Concrete First!

“We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” —  T.S. Eliot A few weeks ago I watched a group of first grade students use base ten blocks.…