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eru on Dec 10, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Math Might Be the Secret to School Success

> There's lots of math you can teach that isn't basic numbers though!

> Symmetries, commutativity, associativity, transitivity, basic algebra/equation solving, some geometry, etc.

And games. Even rock, scissors, paper (plus variants).

eru on Dec 10, 2014 [–]

Especially imbalanced variants. (Let the kids figure out the imbalances.)

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