Giveaway Winners, More Math Favorites, and a Poll

Country Road - Glen Williams by Alfred Joseph Casson, 1938

Thanks to everyone who shared their joy and challenges with math curricula in last week’s post!

Yesterday evening my husband

Peco

had the pleasure of drawing the winners for the Math Games Giveaway. I had written the name of each person who offered a comment on a slip of paper (on two pieces of paper for paying subscribes), triple-folded it, and placed it in a top hat (which we keep handy for our Christmas Carol read-alouds).

And our winners are:

• Maggie Barth

• Lauren Perron

• Annie

• Christina Jaloway

Congratulations! I’ll be contacting each winner via direct chat to obtain mailing addresses.

(If you would like your own set of games you can order them directly from Right Start Math)

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Several of you have commented that it was helpful to read through the comment section of last week’s post to get some ideas for interesting math curricula. I encourage you view the comments, if you are in search of some ideas and will briefly share a few fun recommendations that were mentioned and can serve to liven up any curriculum.

I have not added any direct links to these suggestions but they should be available from your favorite curriculum provider (such as Rainbow Resource Center, Christianbook, The Learning House (Canada), or Amazon).

Also, before I buy anything, I always first check if I can borrow (or buy) any of the items I am interested in from fellow homeschoolers, which makes trying new things much more affordable :)

Ivana Greco

has loved the Murderous Math series - sounds very exciting!

NotaBot

and

Jennifer Engstrom

think Prime Climb is great.

Dixie Dillon Lane

notes that, “there is a fun book called Mammoth Math that is a great math supplement for kids' perusal! It's by David Macauley (the same fellow who wrote "The Way Things Work" and so many other wonderful books) and uses a mammoth to demonstrate math concepts.”

Maggie Barth

uses mind benders logic puzzles which we have found fun as well :)

One more recommendation I’ll add is the “Sir Cumference” series, which combines engaging storytelling with math concepts:

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My goal is to use this space in the Unconformed Education section of

School of the Unconformed

to help support your family’s educational journey. In the poll below I listed some topics that I’d be happy to write about next.

What would you love to hear more about?

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Also…

I am always delighted when I come across posts on Substack that I can use as teaching inspiration. Today’s piece The First Atlas by

M. E. Rothwell

on

Cosmographia

was splendid! He is a master of digging deep into the origins and historical context of ancient maps and offers a feast for the eyes to go along with it. Younger kids may simply enjoy seeing the fascinating details of ancient cartography, while older students could compare the maps to their modern counterparts. It may also inspire some (fantasy) cartography art projects such as this bookmark created by my son for a Christmas letter:

I’ve included a few of the illustrations below but encourage you to check out the post which contains many more:

The First Atlas

Typvs Orbis Terrarvm, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum from — Abraham Ortelius (1570)

Salzburg and its surrounds

Western Tartaria (modern Russia)

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Until next time,