Introduction!

Hello there! Let's TACO BOUT TEACHIN' MATH!

Thanks for stopping into my corner of the internet! You've just discovered (or been directed to) the landing page for all of my eccentric mathematical musings and antics in Early Childhood Education! The purpose of this blog is for me to share creative ideas I've found successful (or unsuccessful) while working with Elementary math students. By no means am I an expert, nor am I claiming to know everything. Each student is unique, and your mileage may vary with each of these concepts.

Some of these ideas will be targeted to a small group or individual instructional setting, others will be more of a whole-group idea. All of them will be more interactive and interesting than any worksheet you'll find or make anywhere!

Here's a synopsis of my philosophy on Math Education in the Elementary years, each summarized in their own posts which are linked below:

1. Kids are scared of math, and it's all our fault!

2. High-Cognitive-Demand is NOT the same as "too challenging" or "more work"!

3. Kids love math, they just don't know it yet (and usually it's in a very good disguise)!

A bit about me: I'm an undergraduate student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. My expected graduation date is in May of 2025, with a B.S.E. in Early Childhood Education. The ideas I share here have been implemented in instruction with real-life kids, students of mine through fieldwork, classwork, and work outside of my collegiate environment. Any photographs of minors are shared anonymously or with express written permission of the parents or guardians. I hope you find this page at least somewhat entertaining, if not useful! Thanks for stopping by!