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Kelly Darke
@fairymathmother.bsky.social
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Mother, educator, writer, lover of math, believer in fairies www.fairymathmother.com
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fairymathmother.bsky.social
Just reread this book “Walter’s wonderful web” by Tim Hopgood with my 9 year old. Here’s a post I wrote about our first read when he was 3. It’s still #mathbookmagic if you’ve never read it. fairymathmother.com/2019/08/26/t...
Trapping Math Magic in Spider Web Shapes
Written and illustrated by Tim Hopgood Walter’s Wonderful Web is a story about a spider trying to build a perfect web to withstand the wind. Walter forms webs containing sets of  similar shap…
fairymathmother.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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mdeutschmtl.bsky.social
@triangleman.bsky.social meet some new friends. 👋🏼☺️
We led off our computer science Sensemaking session with an amazing How Did You Count? (tangerines, ofc!)
#CSTA2025 #iTeachMath
July 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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triangleman.bsky.social
🔥🔥 Hot tips here!!! 🔥🔥
July 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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annieforest.bsky.social
I’m grateful to be able to help teachers and districts through coaching and other support.

I still have some room for other districts. It can be local or national, in person or remote.
I support K-8 with math instruction and/or curriculum materials. 😍

www.foresteducationconsulting.com
Graphic highlighting aspect of choosing high quality curriculum materials. Reach out to aforest@foresteducationconsulting.com for support!
July 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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mathforlove.bsky.social
New lesson added to our free lesson library!

__The Tax Collector__

This is an expanded writeup of my original @nytimes.com Numberplay writeup from 2015. Features a tie-in to my more recent @ted-ed.bsky.social riddle too!

Great for grades 4 - 10.

mathforlove.com/lesson/tax-c...
The Tax Collector (aka The Tarot Card Riddle) - Math For Love
mathforlove.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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unsolvedmre.bsky.social
This is an excellent piece, but... Fawn's Wolves and Sheep puzzle (linked to in the first sentence) is vexing me. I'm very vexed.
June 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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fawnnguyen.substack.com
NEW Post: Doing Right by the 8 Mathematical Practices fawnnguyen.substack.com/p/doing-righ...
Doing Right by the 8 Mathematical Practices
Because doing wrong by them is just wrong
fawnnguyen.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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murrayh83.bsky.social
Pattern block play with octagons! #21CenturyPB #iTeachMath
The main image in the upper left corner shows a radial design created with 21st Century Pattern Blocks. The design begins with six octagons arranged around a central star. Each octagon uses the same block arrangement in the first layer. Surrounding this, a second layer consists of 6 additional octagons, constructed using a different block arrangement. The first two images along the bottom show the two distinct octagons used in the design. The first octagon is made up of 2 green triangles, 2 blue rhombuses, 2 red trapezoids, and 4 gray darts. The second octagon is made up of 2 green triangles, 2 red trapezoids, 2 gray darts, and 2 teal kites. The three images on the right show the progression of the design.
July 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM