Written and drawn by Elizabeth Carpenter, MUMMY MAZES is ingeniously designed to open up to 28 poster-size pages-these are deliciously big mazes, the kind kids will pore over for hours. There are mummies, monuments, and intricate murals, ancient gods and the Pharaoh's mask, scarabs, an Egyptian nigh[...]
By the time they begin school, most children have already developed a sophisticated, informal understanding of basic mathematical concepts and problem-solving strategies. Too often, however, the mathematics instruction that we impose upon them in the classroom fails to connect with this informal kno[...]
The air is full of ideas on how to teach maths better. But many of these ideas are single features, such as "use manipulatives" or "ask high-level questions". Other are based solely on intuitions or anecdotal evidence. "Making Sense" attempts to break new ground by describing a system of instruction[...]