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Talking with a new colleague today and they said, “I love maths, but I hated maths education.” And gosh I understand this deeply.

Planning tool | Mathematics Hub

In case you're not yet familiar, the Planning Tool in the Maths Hub (funded by the Aus government and had some great brains working on it) lets you search topics according to year level and has teaching tips and links to new and existing activities www.mathematicshub.edu.au/planning-tool/

YouTube video by Maths Play Four Sevens — Ep01 Playful & Joyful Maths with Dr David Butler

@davidkbutler.bsky.social has created a lovely game called Digit Disguises which practises algebraic and other mathematical thinking. He explains it and we play an example game at 35:30 into this podcast interview & there are links to more about the game in the description youtu.be/6XzDuPYSJ18?...

The Solve Me Mobile Puzzles are great for exercising both multiplicative and algebraic thinking. I use these in maths coaching with Year 6+ students. We do about 10 in each session as warm up or warm down. When you input an error the Mobile goes out of balance, see pic solveme.edc.org/mobiles

BDoMP 2025 Celebrating positive, playful and powerful mathematics Whether you feel like exploring a mathematician’s favourite fraction challenge… learning about or creating mathematical art……

June 28 continues to be a special date as we continue to celebrate positive, playful and empowering maths

This year, we're marking the occasion by bringing together eight resources to make a menu of #BDoMP activities

Download & explore your free copy:
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#MathSky #ITeachMath

It’s me! I assign it for my pre-service teachers to listen to and reflect on.

Thank you. Nice to be here with you again!

Hello old and new friends! I finally made it to the greener pasture. Lovely to see you 🙏🏼

Are there any tips/insights you have about the place? Are we 'skeeting' now?

I'll mostly engage in posts education, inc & not limited to #maths. I'm a formerly maths anxious, now maths excitable, teacher 🙂

Creativity in mathematics: Quarter the Cross Professor Amie Albrecht kindly shared her recommended task for celebrating the 2025 International Day of Maths theme, Mathematics, Creativity & Art. Little did I know when joining the call, as …

A special treat to learn from @nomadpenguin.bsky.social on the topic of mathematics & creativity.

We had a longer conversation which will come out later. For now, with #IDM2025 #IDM314 coming up on Fri, I hope you enjoy this excerpt.

#mathsplay #playItforward

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It was wonderful to hear that this conversation from last year has become a curriculum resource for pre-service maths teachers in at least 1 university.

Dr David Butler shares practical insights and strategies for teaching maths at all ages & levels

See Ep 1 here: mathsplay.org/podcasts/

Episode 1: Playful and joyful maths with Dr David Butler Listen on the Maths Play site, Spotify or Youtube. Dr David Butler is, among many things, a mathematician and lecturer at the University of Adelaide. In this episode, David explains what it means to e...

Hello #MTBoS! Whatever you're doing this weekend, STOP & immediately go listen to this!!
@davidkbutler.bsky.social discusses "Playful & Joyful Maths" on the "Four Sevens" podcast from Maths Play. A wonderful, inspiring listen.
#iTeachMath #JoyfulMath #MathSky
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