Scary Math… Funny Math!

In many schools, math is still taught by the “teacher talks”, “student listens” and then “student tries to understand the words and use the concepts while solving a problem on paper” method.

At Arithmetickles we think there are a few more steps, and possibly even a few different ones. And we believe deeply that people learn when they think that something is fun, exciting, even scary…but not boring.

Numbers can be scary …but number can be funny…actually numbers can be both scary and funny!

Here’s the scenario:

You are in 5^th grade and you’re onstage with 7 classmates in front of 300 of the most important people in your life…also known as the rest of the 5^th grade.

The lights are shining in your eyes…dramatic music is playing.

When it’s your turn, the host of the show puts the microphone right near your mouth and you have to (very quickly) say the next number in a sequence while remembering to jump up as high as you can.

The pressure is on!

It’s a moment you’ll never forget, but…you won’t forget how much fun it was, either. When you get back to class you’ll want to do it again with all of your classmates. And after school you’ll show it to your friends. And when you get home you’ll want to do it with your mom and dad. You may even try it with the dog…

And that, in one of our many nutshells, is Arithmetickles!