Janaki Nagarajan
@janakialeena.bsky.social
Thinking about how kids think about math
thinkingwithchildren.com
thinkingwithchildren.com
Wake up mtbos, new playdate just dropped!
Seattle-area folks, come play games with us on January 31st!
Learn more/register: bit.ly/UpcomingEven...
Learn more/register: bit.ly/UpcomingEven...
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Wake up mtbos, new playdate just dropped!
Come join us if you can! Learn more here: bit.ly/UpcomingEven...
If you're curious about what our events can look like, take a look at our past event page as well: bit.ly/PastEventsPD2
If you're curious about what our events can look like, take a look at our past event page as well: bit.ly/PastEventsPD2
Going to be in Seattle on Saturday, October 11th (or know someone who will be)?
Join us and other teachers/educators to explore and play with patterns of all sorts and consider ways to incorporate more pattern play into your classroom.
Learn more/register: bit.ly/UpcomingEven...
Join us and other teachers/educators to explore and play with patterns of all sorts and consider ways to incorporate more pattern play into your classroom.
Learn more/register: bit.ly/UpcomingEven...
August 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Come join us if you can! Learn more here: bit.ly/UpcomingEven...
If you're curious about what our events can look like, take a look at our past event page as well: bit.ly/PastEventsPD2
If you're curious about what our events can look like, take a look at our past event page as well: bit.ly/PastEventsPD2
How much for chips?
June 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
How much for chips?
How students decided to spend their last day of school free time #CountingCollections
June 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How students decided to spend their last day of school free time #CountingCollections
Seattle-area friends & educators - join myself and colleagues on July 1st for a morning of connecting past, present and futures through storytelling, science, and math.
Learn more/register here: bit.ly/PD2_Upcoming...
Learn more/register here: bit.ly/PD2_Upcoming...
May 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Seattle-area friends & educators - join myself and colleagues on July 1st for a morning of connecting past, present and futures through storytelling, science, and math.
Learn more/register here: bit.ly/PD2_Upcoming...
Learn more/register here: bit.ly/PD2_Upcoming...
One of the most interesting #CountingCollections setups I’ve seen, particularly the use of ten frames.
April 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
One of the most interesting #CountingCollections setups I’ve seen, particularly the use of ten frames.
How many? How did you count?
(I found the number and arrangement of the lights very intriguing)
(I found the number and arrangement of the lights very intriguing)
March 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
How many? How did you count?
(I found the number and arrangement of the lights very intriguing)
(I found the number and arrangement of the lights very intriguing)
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
And to clear it up, we were in fact not following the rules at all.
A badly lit selfie with @janakialeena.bsky.social taken shortly after we put our new math toys from SUMM away, during which play I was oddly described as a rule follower?!?
January 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
And to clear it up, we were in fact not following the rules at all.
Had a great time watching #CountedOut tonight and listening to a discussion with @mathforlove.bsky.social and the rest of the crowd + unexpectedly running into some old friends. Glad I powered through my after work teacher exhaustion and made it there!
December 12, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Had a great time watching #CountedOut tonight and listening to a discussion with @mathforlove.bsky.social and the rest of the crowd + unexpectedly running into some old friends. Glad I powered through my after work teacher exhaustion and made it there!
A little #choralcounting today as students explored counting down by 10s while modeling the count using base 10 blocks in small groups. (And what happens if we go more in either direction).
Favorite comment before we started: “Oh yay! We’re choral counting again!”
Favorite comment before we started: “Oh yay! We’re choral counting again!”
November 28, 2024 at 5:40 AM
A little #choralcounting today as students explored counting down by 10s while modeling the count using base 10 blocks in small groups. (And what happens if we go more in either direction).
Favorite comment before we started: “Oh yay! We’re choral counting again!”
Favorite comment before we started: “Oh yay! We’re choral counting again!”
The culmination of our unit on plants, trees, seeds, and the interconnectedness of humans & nature. Students chose trees to tell stories about, created their own stories, then cut + combined parts of their stories with others in their group to tell one narrative about trees.
November 28, 2024 at 5:33 AM
The culmination of our unit on plants, trees, seeds, and the interconnectedness of humans & nature. Students chose trees to tell stories about, created their own stories, then cut + combined parts of their stories with others in their group to tell one narrative about trees.
Hi Bluesky ♾️ I do miss talking about random math with people!
No idea if I’m doing this right, but let’s start out with something fun from a side quest during my CMC South trip.
What do you notice? What do you wonder? What math questions could you ask?
No idea if I’m doing this right, but let’s start out with something fun from a side quest during my CMC South trip.
What do you notice? What do you wonder? What math questions could you ask?
November 15, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Hi Bluesky ♾️ I do miss talking about random math with people!
No idea if I’m doing this right, but let’s start out with something fun from a side quest during my CMC South trip.
What do you notice? What do you wonder? What math questions could you ask?
No idea if I’m doing this right, but let’s start out with something fun from a side quest during my CMC South trip.
What do you notice? What do you wonder? What math questions could you ask?
4th graders debating if zero really exists or not (part 1):
-Zero is a “neutral space” between negative and positive numbers
-Zero is something because you can append it to numbers to make new ones
-Zero exists (sort of) because 100x0=0, which changes the 100 into 0, but 100+0=100 (no change)
-Zero is a “neutral space” between negative and positive numbers
-Zero is something because you can append it to numbers to make new ones
-Zero exists (sort of) because 100x0=0, which changes the 100 into 0, but 100+0=100 (no change)
March 13, 2024 at 2:35 AM
4th graders debating if zero really exists or not (part 1):
-Zero is a “neutral space” between negative and positive numbers
-Zero is something because you can append it to numbers to make new ones
-Zero exists (sort of) because 100x0=0, which changes the 100 into 0, but 100+0=100 (no change)
-Zero is a “neutral space” between negative and positive numbers
-Zero is something because you can append it to numbers to make new ones
-Zero exists (sort of) because 100x0=0, which changes the 100 into 0, but 100+0=100 (no change)