Our daughter has always had a penchant for math challenges. We had gotten some dice to help her practice adding multiple numbers together, and make it a 'game' (which turned out to be a fabulous tool-- our son loves to throw the dice and count the numbers on it, and I've used them to introduce the idea of multiplication and division with our daughter with the dice. With the dice being tangible, it made those concepts easier for her to grasp, so exciting to see the light bulb go off and her get it!)
*I wish I had payed attention to the dudes playing cee-lo in my neighborhood when I lived in Brooklyn, that's another life skill-- never know where life will take you, after all...
I had thought through public school that I wasn't a 'math person'. I never knew that I loved math until I took chemistry in college and loved using Avogadro's number to calculate moles of molecules and atoms in reaction formulas. All of the sudden it became not only relevant, but like the key to a great secret that had practical applications in the real world. Like spying to things too small to be seen with naked eyes...
Math is like a language that unites all humanity shares, because we're all bound by the same physical laws. Math is the bones of music and visual art. Whether we're developing technology for space exploration (can't wait for the Mars One mission, 2023!!!), political insurgents calculating injustices and counting munitions, child care specialists keeping head count, or doctors administering medication, we ALL use math.
Check out Mars One http://mars-one.com/en/
Yaay, math :0))
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