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Exploring and sharing ways to reunite maths with play. Key ingredients: agency, creativity, joy We are exploring ways to reunite mathematics with play.

Grow Into Math - Conversation with Dr Maddie Pelz 10/07/2025

Enjoy this 25 minute conversation with Dr Maddie Pelz of Grow Into Math as she shares top things to know about mathematics the discipline, and about learning maths as well as fascinating and critical aspects of early number development

Parents, guardians, education support and teacher working with young learners β€” this is for you.

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Grow Into Math - Conversation with Dr Maddie Pelz Enjoy this 25 minute conversation with Dr Maddie Pelz who shares top things to know about mathematics the disclipine, and about learning maths as well as fas...

Seeing maths in new ways: 53 important squares 15/03/2025

First blog post using one anecdote + managing to keep text (and writing time) as short as possible.

Feeling kinda chuffed as it goes against a long history of spending too much time on one piece, trying to cram everything in...

It's about seeing a boring (as I experienced it) concept from high school (which I can't remembering anything about except the triangle) in a completely new way

In case of interest πŸ›ΌπŸ”’βœ¨

Alex πŸ“¦

PS - Happy International Day of Maths for yesterday! Hopefully you had some enjoyable moments enjoying patterns, shapes, some mathematical art and/or number play.

Seeing maths in new ways: 53 important squares A photo of this mathematical ARTefact; this one of over 500 more, was staring at me. And I was staring at it thinking WOW-WOW: First: WOW β€” it’s stunning, and Then: WOW β€” that’s what Mu…

10/03/2025

"Polygon Portraits" by Alex and Matthew, 2025

What do you notice about the different shapes? What do you wonder?

Which character do you like most? What name would you give them?

This collaborative artwork was created as part of our celebrations using
πŸ‘€ maths eyes
🧠 maths brains
πŸ“ lots of measurement
✨ recycled cardboard
✨ coloured paper
✨ leftover acrylic paint from the past
✨ textas/markers/scissors

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