Moebius Noodles

APA Citation:

McManaman, Y., & Droujkova, M. (2013). Moebius noodles: Adventurous math for the playground crowd. Cary, NC: Delta Stream Media.

Summary:  

Moebius Noodles investigates children as natural mathematicians, and to keep this exciting understanding and exploring alive, math needs to be presented as such.  Rich, deep mathematical experiences prepare one for a lifelong love of math. Using everyday items to explore fractals, calculus, and algorithms will start the curiosity at home.  After an introduction outlining the purpose, I was engaged with Moebius Noodles and activities to uncover patterns in symmetry, numbers, functions, and grids.

My goal is to learn how to think mathematically, and I need to start from the beginning.  Interacting with these activities build the foundation of mathematical thinking – the logic, sequence and pattern finding – it is also fun to do so with my 9 year-old son and work with him to develop these tools to see the world.

Things Learned:

After working with the activities, my mind was open to see other possible ways to solve a problem or to interpret the situation and find a method for arriving at an answer.

My Question:

This answers my question about mathematical thinking as this it is practice of using mathematical thinking to solve problems.  To truly understand math, it needs to be worked and used.