I like this one a lot. Math can be for its own sake, but it can also describe the real world. It is not a think that should be memorized, but a thing to be understood. Just like being able to count things can be about the real world. Think of how useful it is to be able to say you want ten quarts of water. If you did not know about counting it would be hard. The same is true for geometry, trigonometry, algebra, and calculus. If you understand them you can understand the world more completely and talk about it more completely.
I like this one a lot. Math can be for its own sake, but it can also describe the real world. It is not a think that should be memorized, but a thing to be understood. Just like being able to count things can be about the real world. Think of how useful it is to be able to say you want ten quarts of water. If you did not know about counting it would be hard. The same is true for geometry, trigonometry, algebra, and calculus. If you understand them you can understand the world more completely and talk about it more completely.
Given your expertise, I'm very flattered that you like this post.
I remember "new math" in the 1970s. It became such a mess that now we have decades of families with no feel for math in the real world.
I haven’t been able to find an unpainted binomial or trinomial cube. Do you know where one can purchase them?
Alison's Montessori still carries them. It's great that you'll get them!
Thank you!