S11E144: Charlotte Mason’s Living Math with Denise Gaskins
The intellectual life, like every manner of spiritual life, has but one food whereby it lives and grows––the sustenance of living ideas. It is not possible to repeat this too often or too emphatically, for perhaps we err more in this respect than any other in bringing up children. We feed them upon the white ashes out of which the last spark of the fire of original thought has long since died.
Charlotte Mason, School Education, p. 121
Show Summary:
- Today on The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn chat with returning guest Denise Gaskins, veteran homeschool mother of 5, math coach, and author about her new book Charlotte Mason’s Living Math
- Why did Denise finally write this book?
- How Denise applied Charlotte’s principles to teaching mathematics
- Why this book includes paintings, puzzles and discussion prompts
- What kind of accuracy is the most important in a deep understanding of mathematics?
- How can we discern if a child is understanding concepts versus just parroting back information?
- Does Denise recommend a specific math curriculum that works with this living approach?
- What is an example of what a living math lesson might sound like?
- How can we use art in teaching math?
- What does Denise think is the key idea of a Charlotte Mason math education?
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Books and Links Mentioned:
Charlotte Mason’s Living Math Kickstarter
Episode 93: The Beauty of Math in the Charlotte Mason Paradigm with Denise Gaskins
Episode 106: Using Math Journals and Games with Denise Gaskins
Find Cindy and Denise:
Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
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The happy truth about math with your kids is that is way more fun than you were expecting it to be. It’s not about right answers, and it’s not about speed. It’s about playing, counting, building, sorting, and studying the wonderful, colorful world around us.
Dan Finkel, from Math for Love
