How Math Explains Our World
Earlier this week I met a Bixby alumna, D, who graduated from Bixby in 1989. 30 years later, she came back to explore Bixby for her own child! It is always great to meet with alumni and learn about...
Bixby Math’s DIY Townhouses
I enjoy doing this project most years with my third graders. As I prepare to get it started in the next week or two, I thought it made sense to reissue this blog that I published two years ago. I...
Pi Day with 4th and 5th Graders
Pi Day is a special day in the lives of math students around the world. Just like regular people celebrate Valentine’s Day, July 4th, or National Sandwich Day (Saturday, November 3), math lovers...
Making a Game of Math
“Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play.” This quote attributed to Plato describes something that we all understand: Play keeps us working toward something longer and with...