Moebius Noodles: a project for the youngest mathematicians!

[Maria Droujkova]

Hello friends of Scratch,

Some of the local parents, as well as online colleagues, are doing a project that I think will be interesting for you. Moebius Noodles is a free book and community we are building for parents and educators of children birth to five. We are running a crowd-funding campaign for it, which ends in four days.

Please contribute, and tell the friends!

Why?

1. You get math activities that go deeper than just counting and shapes.
2. Opportunity to have an excellent community develop materials specifically for your family or your class
3. Free materials to use, share, change, distribute, under a Creative Commons license.
   
4. Children worldwide will have have free access. Translation volunteers are signing up!
5. Proof of concept that not only big corporations, but grassroots groups can sustain curriculum development
6. Confidence and support teaching math using your own talents, in your own ways
7. Support for using what you already have around the house for cool math games

The fundraiser site: http://tippingbucket.org/projects/moebius-noodles
Today's updates on the campaign, with links to blogs supporting us: http://www.naturalmath.com/blog/moebius-noodles-the-waves/
A short description of the project: http://beebopparade.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-is-moebius-noodles.html
More info, including the secret rewards (printed books, custom games and so on): http://www.naturalmath.com/blog/moebius-noodles-fundraiser/
The latest pilot - a P2PU class where you can see some of the materials: http://moebiusnoodles.posterous.com
A short video from MathFour.com, one of the supporters of Moebius Noodles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFRmwGCpldg



Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
Please help today! http://www.naturalmath.com/blog/moebius-noodles-fundraiser/

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