Re: [NaturalMath] Natural Math Multiplication: an open online course starting...

[Cham...@aol.com]

Dear Dr. Droujkova,

 

     I think this would be an excellent fit for my daughter!  I am not familiar with "crowd funding" - is there a certain amount that families would be expected to pay by the end of the course?  Thank you!

Amy Pott

 

In a message dated 3/30/2014 8:36:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, drou...@gmail.com writes:

Hello,

Please join us for the latest adventure, and help to spread the word!

Dr. Maria Droujkova and Yelena McManaman of Natural Math invite parents, teachers, and math circle leaders to join an open, crowd-funded online course about multiplication activities for kids ages 2-12. Each week there will be five activities to help your kids learn multiplication by exploring patterns and structure. To get your course completion badge, do at least two activities every week. The course starts April 6 and runs for four weeks. 

Several hundred participants already signed up. We expect active and diverse discussions about adapting activities to different circumstances, situations, and types of learners. 

More details and sign-up: http://www.moebiusnoodles.com/naturalmathmultiplication/

Syllabus:

Week 1: Introduction. What is multiplication? Hidden dangers and precursors of math difficulties. From open play to patterns: make your own math. 60 ways to stay creative in math. Our mathematical worries and dreams.

Week 2: Inspired by calculus. Tree fractals. Substitution fractals. Multiplication towers. Doubling and halving games. Zoom and powers of the Universe.

Week 3: Inspired by algebra. Factorization diagrams. Mirror books and snowflakes. Combination and chimeras. Spirolaterals and Waldorf stars: drafting by the numbers. MathLexicon.

Week 4: Times tables. Coloring the monster table. Scavenger hunt: multiplication models and intrinsic facts. Cuisenaire, Montessori, and other arrays. The hidden and exotic patterns. Healthy memorizing. 

A picture from Week 2, about fractals and exponents:

Cheers,
Dr. Maria Droujkova

moebiusnoodles.com
919-388-1721
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[Maria Droujkova]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM, <Cham...@aol.com> wrote:

Dear Dr. Droujkova,

 

     I think this would be an excellent fit for my daughter!  I am not familiar with "crowd funding" - is there a certain amount that families would be expected to pay by the end of the course?  Thank you!

Amy Pott

 

Amy,

There is an option to pay when you register - at any amount you name. For people who are new our ideas and want to try, zero is a good option! If you like what you see, later there will be more opportunities to support the project, with ideas or with money. 

In the past, people helped in many ways: spread the word, wrote math apps, shared stories, photos, or videos from kid activities, translated materials, asked and answered questions, contributed money to crowd-funding... There are always things to do and ways to help :-) 

Cheers,
Dr. Maria Droujkova

moebiusnoodles.com
919-388-1721
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