Carrie S. Cutler4 days ago4 minMeasurement Outside the Worksheet: How Nonstandard Units Connect Counting to MeasurementRegardless of the item children choose to measure with, the measurement process should be an active experience with kids as active doers.
Carrie S. CutlerJun 193 minSometimes Comparing is a Good Thing: Getting Hands-On with Early Childhood MeasurementMeasurement understanding begins with comparisons. Here are 3 great tasks to get your PreK-kinder kids started.
Carrie S. CutlerJun 103 minGrain Growers and Brain Growers: How Farmers and Teachers Share Fearless Optimism for ALL I'm writing this post not from my home in Houston, population 2.4 million, but from my parents' home in rural Idaho, population 437. For ...
Carrie S. CutlerMay 223 min"It's a Triangle Because It Looks Like a Triangle" A few months ago, I got into an eye-opening disagreement with my 4-year-old son, Knox, about shapes. He and I were messing around with so...
Carrie S. CutlerMay 154 min5 Simple Steps to Becoming the Math-Positive Parent You've Always Wanted to BeIn my interview with Method2theMathness, podcast hosts Jennifer and Nikki invited me to share some of my thoughts about math anxiety and ...
Carrie S. CutlerMay 22 minI Was Not a Math Super Star in SchoolSometimes math IS hard. And that's okay. Lots of things are hard. Parenting, marriage, jobs, pandemics, choosing carrots over carrot cake.
Carrie S. CutlerApr 302 minWe need a shift from thinking one must be born good at it to succeed in math. Math is for everyone!As the mom of a large family (I have 8 kids!), I spend a lot of time pushing grocery carts. When I ran into a friend at the store recentl...
Carrie S. CutlerApr 302 minMath is for Everyone! And so is this blog!Too many adults (yes, even teachers) lack confidence in their own mathematical abilities. Math fear hinders their ability to support and ...