{"id":250,"date":"2019-02-08T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=250"},"modified":"2019-02-07T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:20:06","slug":"math-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/math-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Math Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My new Focus on STEM<\/em> column: Math Magic<\/a><\/em> is in the February Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries<\/a><\/em> newsletter.<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Make math fun and approachable with these pattern- and comparison-based projects.<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> With only 28 days, February is the shortest month of the year–and halfway through it comes Valentine’s Day. After you teach the littlest ones to fold that red paper in half (using symmetry and scissors) to make a valentine, add a few more mathematics tricks to your repertoire. With these new books, activities, and tricks, mathematics can also be math-magic<\/em>!?<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see the six #kidlit math books and ten mathematics tricks in Math Magic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2019 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My new Focus on STEM column: Math Magic is in the February Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter. Booktalk: Make math fun and approachable with these pattern- and comparison-based projects. Snippet: With only 28 days, February is the shortest month of the year–and halfway through it comes Valentine’s Day. After you teach the littlest … <\/p>\n

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