Hi! Welcome to Funschooling News! Are you looking for some great family-friendly activities that will make your week a little more interesting? Then you’ve come to the right place! Be sure to scroll all the way down to the Special Days section where you’ll find a fun activity to […]
NY Times: The Importance of Recreational Math – This is an opinion piece about the benefits of using Recreational Math in the classroom. Journal of Humanistic Mathematics: Recreational Mathematics – Only For Fun? – A paper written about the benefits of Recreational Math in the classroom. It talks about how other countries […]
Math World: Recreational Mathematics – Offers a list of activities available on the site. Some of the selections include: Cryptograms, dissection, folding, games, illusions and there’s MUCH more!Math.com: Recreational – Puzzles, fractals, Spirograph, Roman Numeral calculator, and other topics.The Math Factor: A Quick Puzzle From OSCON – Check out the archives of this site located […]
Martin Gardner.org – Martin Gardener is no longer with us, but his incredible work lives on with this site. You can get to know him via the information on this site.NPR: Martian Gardener A Genius Of Recreational Mathematics – Read or listen to the interview about Martian Gardener. You […]
When my kids were little I would offer them quick and easy craft projects to do and we’d do them as a family. Over the years, we expanded this tradition by challenging ourselves to be more creative with the activities we did. The more we challenged ourselves, the […]
Art and meditation can take on many forms and Zentangle patterns combine both of these awesome things in a creative way. If this idea has piqued your interest, there are a few rules you’ll need to know before you begin drawing with dots, lines, curves, S-curves, and orbs, and […]
When it comes to formal maths, how many of you have asked the questions, “Why do we need to know this stuff and when are we ever going to use it?” Personally I learned more about math when I left school than I did while I was there! This […]
