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Maths lover, teacher, author and consultant. Specialist in misconceptions. #iteachmath Back to front maths. Jigsaw puzzle enthusiast. She/her.
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Interesting lights array in the lift at my hotel. How do you count them? #iteachmaths

Fun playing maths with kids in Doomadgee! I taught 5 classes and ran through some simple diagnostics. #iteachmath

Playing with multiplicative patterns and creating algorithms. Article with a couple of lessons to use too. #iteachmath www.backtofrontmaths.com.au/playing-with...

#iteachmath Reposting this collection of photos now that more people are here.

Woot woot - new book fresh from the printers ready to use at projects this year!

I posted this a while back but thought they might be useful now that we have more #iteachmath people here.

Snowflake designs! #21CenturyPB #CuisenaireRods #iTeachMath

Made a thing! #MathsChat #HappyNewYear #SquareNumbers

27 homework tasks to help make maths part of everyday life. :) #iteachmath www.backtofrontmaths.com.au/homework-tas...

Puzzle swap day!! Woot woot.

6^3 in the wild! #iteachmath

For those of you who are interested, here are the results of each back to front maths project from 2024. I’m not on X anymore. Thanks to all the schools involved - you have rocked it! More in the comments. #iteachmath @gregashman.bsky.social thought you might be interested, it’s ok if not though.

8^3 in the wild :) I like that in WA these squares are 8x8 but in other places in Australia they are usually 6x6. What do they look like where you are? #iteachmath

#iteachmath How many items?

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NEW Blog Post: ‘Moving from "OR" to "AND”’ Could a simple shift in language challenge the false dichotomies that constrain mathematics education? amiealbrecht.com/2024/11/13/m...

Fun ideas for graphing #iteachmath

Still one of my favourite questions ever to play with a group of kids. #iteachmath

I make maths questions to go with pictures. Here is my collection from twitter. I’d love you to share yours too! #iteachmath

I’ve had a lot of conversations recently about how to keep geometry interesting in 3rd grade. I’m super excited for students to try these Right Angle Mazes. Trace a path from the start to finish using only right angle turns. #ITeachMath #ElemMathChat #edusky

Creating an extension box for maths - here are a few ideas that might help. #iteachmath www.backtofrontmaths.com.au/creating-an-...

Great ideas for enabling prompts in maths. #iteachmath #mtbos www.backtofrontmaths.com.au/great-ideas-...

#SignedMath showing, demonstrating, signing, voicing about complementary angles. So, our non readers, our signers, our HoH, many students have other ways to access the information. (should have made the signing bigger tho) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaSc...