Constructivist Math!

Today's post is dedicated to Sherry and Gerrick at Living and Learning. If you aren't currently reading her blog, I encourage you to! It is full of great information for people who want to provide the best possible education for the youngsters in their lives, no matter what form it takes.

I read a thought-provoking post regarding constructivist math the other day. What is constructivist math? I know very little about it (I intend to learn more), but I do know that when I backed off the drills and skills approach to which I had been slavishly adhering during the math portion of our day, learning happened.

Here she is building with her math manipulatives. She chose the hundred block as her base, and she talked her way through how to create rows of 10s.

 Later, we decided to bake bread. Here she is kneading the dough. I'll leave you to ponder how the loaf turned out. Please ignore the shameless plug for Martha White flour.