I’ve mentioned before that my youngest is a bit obsessed with numbers. He has this uncanny ability to see numbers, and math for that matter, in everything. Ask him to eat his lunch and he’ll count bites or talk fractions. Take him on a hike and he’ll talk about the symmetry of tree leaves. You should see his excitement when he discovers a hidden pattern somewhere in his little world. His favorite activities are extreme dot-to-dots, puzzles, and math games. Last night, as I was tucking him in, he asked me how he could measure the world.
The other day, he referred to himself as a “mathemagician”… and I thought it was a perfect description. He is a mathemagician! He helps us to see the magic of math around us…
…the only problem with living with your very own mathemagician is that it can be hard to keep up with him. He delights in math and he devours math. I am constantly on the hunt for more math resources and so when I was given the chance to check out Kendall Hunt Project M2: Mentoring Young Mathematicians, I had to check it out!
