This is my first post and I am very excited about starting this math blog for MAT157. Let me tell you a little bit about myself and then I can share more relevant math information with you. I am in my last semester at MCC and will be off to ASU in the fall to finish my Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education. I have wanted to be a preschool teacher since I first started school. I currently work at the East Mesa KinderCare in the One's class. Even though it is not the age range I thought I be working with, I love my toddlers and I love my job.
For my first topic of discussion I wanted to share my personal favorite math website from when I was a kid; www.coolmath4kids.com. It was shared with me by my ALP teacher, the wonderful Mrs. Hausman, when I was in 5th grade. The game I played the most was Lemonade Stand. It lets you run your own lemonade stand by figuring out how much sugar and water, how many lemons and cups and other things one might need to run a lemonade stand. You must also figure out how to make a profit according to the changes in weather. The website has games and activities that include topics like addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and decimals and fractions. It also includes a section for preschoolers. There is a sister website called www.coolmath.com. This site includes more advanced topics such as algebra, geometry and trig, and calculus. I really enjoyed this website as a kid because I struggled with math and this made it a lot more fun.
I look forward to sharing more about what I learn in class and I think this is going to be an exciting opportunity for me, my future students, and everyone I have the chance to share this blog with.
"Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes." - Mickey Mouse
Hi Christina! Thank you for sharing the coolmath4kids website. I had never heard of it before. I look forward to checking it out and using it as a resource in the future.
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