Leaping Olympics!

Most of my little ones didn’t exist during the last leap year, and calendars tend to perplex them. I had to wait until nearly the end of the day to ask some older students if they knew the term “leap year”. I asked if they knew that today was special. Yes! Why? It’s February 29, [...]

Keep calm and….

Found my new mantra! Keep calm and pretend it’s on the lesson plan. Ayup. [H/T to Sara!]

Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window

When I lived in Nagoya and taught at the high school level, one of the teachers there gave me a small book called Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window. I read it in about 3 train rides, and the story reminded me of my year as a Montessori school student in the Netherlands. Which [...]

Those mini stuffed pizzas

Mini stuffed pizzas? Yes, please! Make your regular-sized pizza the way you usually do. Then use mini springform pans to make smaller versions. The idea isn’t new to the world, no. Just new to me. And it makes me smile. Here, take a good look at this Evil Mad Scientist page on stuffed pizzas to [...]

Mathematical Knitting

Unless it’s payday, numbers often fly far over my head by the end of the week. Not that numbers fly all that much closer to my head at the beginning of the week…. Knitting stuff? I can’t tell knit 2 from purl 2, but I do know a comfy sweater when I see one. Math [...]