Hello world!
Here’s what I put in my profile, and I guess I’ll put it here too.
I’m a mother of 3 boys, ages 5, 10 and 13, who all attend a small progressive private school.
I have a math/computer bachelor’s degree and an EECS master’s degree. I work part-time as a computer scientist. I also volunteer a few hours a week in my children’s school to help out with their math program. I teach mathematical problem solving to children from 5 to 14 years old, and I coach interested older children who participate in Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle School Students, and MathCounts for Middle School students. I don’t have any formal teacher training, but this is my 5th year doing this, and I’m getting pretty good at it. 🙂
I’m here to ramble about my experiences in this role as “math mom”.
Hey! I’m the first commentor! Woo!
Welcome mathmom!
-Michelle from J96
Woo, I have a comment! Hey Michelle, welcome to my blog and thanks for commenting!
Hi! It’s K. from the June list! Welcome to blogging!
Good luck! I’ll be reading.
Jonathan
Hi Yogamum! Your comment got blocked as spam! No idea way. I just de-spammed it so hopefully it will “trust” you the next time. Thanks for visiting!
good luck. mathmom–
may you ‘make most benefit glorious blog!’
don’t hesitate to share those Olympiad and MathCounts problems; as long as you cite the source you should be able to include them
since you are a main contributor to my blog, i will try to return the favor!
you have given me excellent ideas and sage advice — thanks
dave marain
MathNotations
Thanks for your kind words, Dave. My blog is not as focused as yours, but I hope you’ll find some interesting ideas here.
I didn’t see any references to Math Circles in your blog. If there is one in your area it could be a very good resource for your children:
http://www.mathcircles.org