Alex Romero
@tilefarmer.bsky.social
Artist, Teacher, Co-Founder of Tile Farm —check out our free stuff below!
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Reposted by Alex Romero
I have two books by an author, Keh-Gong Shih, pub in 1996 that are just brilliant! But they are definitely lost. The first is PIctorial Mathematics: Patterns. It is fabulous! full of images like this. He created his own software called Mathgraf which is used to generate the images. #mathart #mtbos
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
#ElemMathChat A6. I am always taking mental notes for next time and often pivoting mid-lesson because you never know what your kids know until they start talking! I usually do a mental run through right after a lesson planning for next time based on what I learned.
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
#ElemMathChat A6. I am always taking mental notes for next time and often pivoting mid-lesson because you never know what your kids know until they start talking! I usually do a mental run through right after a lesson planning for next time based on what I learned.
#ElemMathChat A5. I think some activities naturally increase the importance of listening and building on each others’ observations. Also sometimes regular bridge questions like “Does anybody have an answer different from Julian’s” can be helpful in setting a tone of listening to other students.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
#ElemMathChat A5. I think some activities naturally increase the importance of listening and building on each others’ observations. Also sometimes regular bridge questions like “Does anybody have an answer different from Julian’s” can be helpful in setting a tone of listening to other students.
#ElemMathChat A4. I always try to vary group size for discussions from pair-share to tables to whole class depending on what is going on and at what point in a lesson. And give one on one time to students who have trouble opening up or pair them up with a good patient listener.
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
#ElemMathChat A4. I always try to vary group size for discussions from pair-share to tables to whole class depending on what is going on and at what point in a lesson. And give one on one time to students who have trouble opening up or pair them up with a good patient listener.
#ElemMathChat A3. I find most students are pretty happy to explain their reasoning, but one strategy if they aren’t is asking a slightly different question and how their answer would change.
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
#ElemMathChat A3. I find most students are pretty happy to explain their reasoning, but one strategy if they aren’t is asking a slightly different question and how their answer would change.
#elemMathChat A2. As a Tile Farmer, I love making visual problems in Tile Farm Studio (or using ones in Tile Talk) and using those to get students to talk about math strategies. I think visual problems almost always lend to diverse strategies which makes for great conversations about math. Example:
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#elemMathChat A2. As a Tile Farmer, I love making visual problems in Tile Farm Studio (or using ones in Tile Talk) and using those to get students to talk about math strategies. I think visual problems almost always lend to diverse strategies which makes for great conversations about math. Example:
#elemMathChat A1. I usually try to model by verbalizing my own mathematical thinking and that I make mistakes. Also I try to open with very low floor and often totally obvious things for students to talk about to open them up and give them confidence before moving to more complex things.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
#elemMathChat A1. I usually try to model by verbalizing my own mathematical thinking and that I make mistakes. Also I try to open with very low floor and often totally obvious things for students to talk about to open them up and give them confidence before moving to more complex things.
#elemMathChat A0 I am Alex Romero, from Albuquerque, NM but live in Los Angeles, CA. I am a teacher, artist, and co-founder of Tile Farm (math education app). Today I woke up super early and got to enjoy a beautiful morning with a nice cup of coffee, the rising sun, and fresh November air.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
#elemMathChat A0 I am Alex Romero, from Albuquerque, NM but live in Los Angeles, CA. I am a teacher, artist, and co-founder of Tile Farm (math education app). Today I woke up super early and got to enjoy a beautiful morning with a nice cup of coffee, the rising sun, and fresh November air.
Happy “Key” day! Is it just a coincidence that today’s level 1 Crypto Tiles puzzle is both a word and a representation of today’s date (11/5/25)? When is the next time the date will form a real word?
From tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #hexagon #cryptography #EduSky #mathEducation
From tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #hexagon #cryptography #EduSky #mathEducation
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Happy “Key” day! Is it just a coincidence that today’s level 1 Crypto Tiles puzzle is both a word and a representation of today’s date (11/5/25)? When is the next time the date will form a real word?
From tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #hexagon #cryptography #EduSky #mathEducation
From tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #hexagon #cryptography #EduSky #mathEducation
Not only is this the level 1 Crypto Tiles puzzle on tiletalk.tilefarm.com but it’s also what you should go do today! Hint: the number of tiles in each cluster corresponds to a letter in the alphabet.
#iTeachMath #cryptography
#iTeachMath #cryptography
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Not only is this the level 1 Crypto Tiles puzzle on tiletalk.tilefarm.com but it’s also what you should go do today! Hint: the number of tiles in each cluster corresponds to a letter in the alphabet.
#iTeachMath #cryptography
#iTeachMath #cryptography
Reposted by Alex Romero
Join us for #ElemMathChat on Thu, Nov 6 at 8pm CST / 9pm EST / 6pm PST!
Topic: Facilitating Meaningful Mathematical Discourse
Leader: Latrenda Knighten @latrendak.bsky.social
Share ways to get students talking and thinking deeply about math!
Topic: Facilitating Meaningful Mathematical Discourse
Leader: Latrenda Knighten @latrendak.bsky.social
Share ways to get students talking and thinking deeply about math!
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Join us for #ElemMathChat on Thu, Nov 6 at 8pm CST / 9pm EST / 6pm PST!
Topic: Facilitating Meaningful Mathematical Discourse
Leader: Latrenda Knighten @latrendak.bsky.social
Share ways to get students talking and thinking deeply about math!
Topic: Facilitating Meaningful Mathematical Discourse
Leader: Latrenda Knighten @latrendak.bsky.social
Share ways to get students talking and thinking deeply about math!
Reposted by Alex Romero
For those who were asking...
And my final #sciart pumpkin (also my most viral post ever) Jupiter in IR
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
For those who were asking...
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Some spooky Crypto Tiles puzzles coming to you tomorrow at tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #cryptography
#iTeachMath #cryptography
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Some spooky Crypto Tiles puzzles coming to you tomorrow at tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #cryptography
#iTeachMath #cryptography
We have some fun Halloween themed patterns you can collect in Tile Farm Harvest this week. Here is one built in Tile Farm Studio by a 2nd grader from Albuquerque, NM. It’s a beautiful design, but also has a lot of underlying math in it.
#TileFarm #iTeachMath #PixelArt #Halloween #Frankenstein
#TileFarm #iTeachMath #PixelArt #Halloween #Frankenstein
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We have some fun Halloween themed patterns you can collect in Tile Farm Harvest this week. Here is one built in Tile Farm Studio by a 2nd grader from Albuquerque, NM. It’s a beautiful design, but also has a lot of underlying math in it.
#TileFarm #iTeachMath #PixelArt #Halloween #Frankenstein
#TileFarm #iTeachMath #PixelArt #Halloween #Frankenstein
Blasphemous use of chemistry notation
October 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Blasphemous use of chemistry notation
Did any of my Canadian friends, fellow Angelenos, or baseball fans catch the World Series themed puzzles in CryptoTiles today? These are a part of a new free math talk resource we have called Tile Talk that you can find here:
tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #cryptography
tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #cryptography
October 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Did any of my Canadian friends, fellow Angelenos, or baseball fans catch the World Series themed puzzles in CryptoTiles today? These are a part of a new free math talk resource we have called Tile Talk that you can find here:
tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #cryptography
tiletalk.tilefarm.com
#iTeachMath #cryptography
A6 #ElemMathChat
I find when I let kids freely build in Tile Farm Studio they naturally just start asking questions about geometric vocabulary out of necessity to describe what they are doing/trying to do. I was teaching a class yesterday afternoon where so many words came up in a natural context.
I find when I let kids freely build in Tile Farm Studio they naturally just start asking questions about geometric vocabulary out of necessity to describe what they are doing/trying to do. I was teaching a class yesterday afternoon where so many words came up in a natural context.
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A6 #ElemMathChat
I find when I let kids freely build in Tile Farm Studio they naturally just start asking questions about geometric vocabulary out of necessity to describe what they are doing/trying to do. I was teaching a class yesterday afternoon where so many words came up in a natural context.
I find when I let kids freely build in Tile Farm Studio they naturally just start asking questions about geometric vocabulary out of necessity to describe what they are doing/trying to do. I was teaching a class yesterday afternoon where so many words came up in a natural context.
A5 #ElemMathChat
I think composing shapes out of smaller shapes, or counting shapes in complex composite shapes are great things to get kids flexing their knowledge. Here’s a fun little thing with a lot of geometry vocabulary to talk about that I just whipped up in Tile Farm Studio:
I think composing shapes out of smaller shapes, or counting shapes in complex composite shapes are great things to get kids flexing their knowledge. Here’s a fun little thing with a lot of geometry vocabulary to talk about that I just whipped up in Tile Farm Studio:
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A5 #ElemMathChat
I think composing shapes out of smaller shapes, or counting shapes in complex composite shapes are great things to get kids flexing their knowledge. Here’s a fun little thing with a lot of geometry vocabulary to talk about that I just whipped up in Tile Farm Studio:
I think composing shapes out of smaller shapes, or counting shapes in complex composite shapes are great things to get kids flexing their knowledge. Here’s a fun little thing with a lot of geometry vocabulary to talk about that I just whipped up in Tile Farm Studio:
A4 #ElemMathChat
While equilateral triangles are beautiful and elegant and common, I think it’s important to present triangles in as many shapes and forms as possible. I think it’s also important to present non-triangles when teaching what triangles are. And to count sides, even if it is obvious.
While equilateral triangles are beautiful and elegant and common, I think it’s important to present triangles in as many shapes and forms as possible. I think it’s also important to present non-triangles when teaching what triangles are. And to count sides, even if it is obvious.
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A4 #ElemMathChat
While equilateral triangles are beautiful and elegant and common, I think it’s important to present triangles in as many shapes and forms as possible. I think it’s also important to present non-triangles when teaching what triangles are. And to count sides, even if it is obvious.
While equilateral triangles are beautiful and elegant and common, I think it’s important to present triangles in as many shapes and forms as possible. I think it’s also important to present non-triangles when teaching what triangles are. And to count sides, even if it is obvious.
A3 #ElemMathChat
To understand all squares are rectangles but not necessarily vice versa, I think it’s important to establish what a rectangle is and isn’t, and all the variations of what it can be, then land on how a square is just a special type of rectangle where all of the sides are equal.
To understand all squares are rectangles but not necessarily vice versa, I think it’s important to establish what a rectangle is and isn’t, and all the variations of what it can be, then land on how a square is just a special type of rectangle where all of the sides are equal.
October 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A3 #ElemMathChat
To understand all squares are rectangles but not necessarily vice versa, I think it’s important to establish what a rectangle is and isn’t, and all the variations of what it can be, then land on how a square is just a special type of rectangle where all of the sides are equal.
To understand all squares are rectangles but not necessarily vice versa, I think it’s important to establish what a rectangle is and isn’t, and all the variations of what it can be, then land on how a square is just a special type of rectangle where all of the sides are equal.
A2 #ElemMathChat
So much to squares! They describe special numbers, they are ubiquitously used in art, architecture, and design, they are the basis of how we measure so many things like houses or tire pressure, they have a dance named after them, and can even illustrate subtraction of fractions:
So much to squares! They describe special numbers, they are ubiquitously used in art, architecture, and design, they are the basis of how we measure so many things like houses or tire pressure, they have a dance named after them, and can even illustrate subtraction of fractions:
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A2 #ElemMathChat
So much to squares! They describe special numbers, they are ubiquitously used in art, architecture, and design, they are the basis of how we measure so many things like houses or tire pressure, they have a dance named after them, and can even illustrate subtraction of fractions:
So much to squares! They describe special numbers, they are ubiquitously used in art, architecture, and design, they are the basis of how we measure so many things like houses or tire pressure, they have a dance named after them, and can even illustrate subtraction of fractions:
A1 #ElemMathChat
I see geometry in the structure of letters and numbers. I see it in every single piece of furniture in the room I’m in. I see it in all of the art I make. I see it looking out at the horizon at all of the buildings in downtown Los Angeles. And of course in my shoes I designed :)
I see geometry in the structure of letters and numbers. I see it in every single piece of furniture in the room I’m in. I see it in all of the art I make. I see it looking out at the horizon at all of the buildings in downtown Los Angeles. And of course in my shoes I designed :)
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A1 #ElemMathChat
I see geometry in the structure of letters and numbers. I see it in every single piece of furniture in the room I’m in. I see it in all of the art I make. I see it looking out at the horizon at all of the buildings in downtown Los Angeles. And of course in my shoes I designed :)
I see geometry in the structure of letters and numbers. I see it in every single piece of furniture in the room I’m in. I see it in all of the art I make. I see it looking out at the horizon at all of the buildings in downtown Los Angeles. And of course in my shoes I designed :)
A0 #ElemMathChat
Hello, excited to be here. I am a teacher, artist, and co-created of Tile Farm, a math education app with a heavy geometry slant.
As a student, I hardly remember any geometry in school outside of 9th grade. Luckily I got a heavy dose of it at home from my geometry loving father.
Hello, excited to be here. I am a teacher, artist, and co-created of Tile Farm, a math education app with a heavy geometry slant.
As a student, I hardly remember any geometry in school outside of 9th grade. Luckily I got a heavy dose of it at home from my geometry loving father.
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A0 #ElemMathChat
Hello, excited to be here. I am a teacher, artist, and co-created of Tile Farm, a math education app with a heavy geometry slant.
As a student, I hardly remember any geometry in school outside of 9th grade. Luckily I got a heavy dose of it at home from my geometry loving father.
Hello, excited to be here. I am a teacher, artist, and co-created of Tile Farm, a math education app with a heavy geometry slant.
As a student, I hardly remember any geometry in school outside of 9th grade. Luckily I got a heavy dose of it at home from my geometry loving father.