A Few
Words About Unschooling Math
by Luz Shosie
FREEDOM TO CHOOSE: Fingers & toes, pattern blocks, two by two, 4X4,
narrow gauge, ruler, tape measure, scale, model, profit (loss), earn, spend, save,
interest, checkbook, recipe, batting average, Captain May I? soccer, baseball,
basketball, love, fault, birdie, strike, spare, first and ten, penalty box,
map, compass, Pokémon, Candyland,
Monopoly, Go, Chess, Sorry!, dominoes, dice, poker chips, Bridge, Crazy Eights,
Go Fish, graphs, charts, Origami, mileage, knit 1 purl 2, weave, weigh, motor,
engine, pulley, ratio, odds, chances, statistics, average, more or less, even,
odd, yards, N scale, circumference, volume, area, score, speed limit, braking distance,
fourth dimension, sixth sense, Indy 500, build, plan, rate, estimate, predict,
revise, garden, yardage, height, depth, angle, trade, straight, curve, spiral,
high tide, low ball, tempo, quarter note, half pound, temperature, weather
forecast, bargain, budget, price, half off, plus tax, sequence, seven percent
solution, hundred percent markup, latitude, longitude, light years, escape
velocity, precession of the equinoxes (oh Best Beloved), range, set, stitch,
sort, size, tally, calculator, plot, dozen, gain, lose, exactly, approximately,
income, borrow, allowance, loan, design, diagram, knots, beads, gear ratio,
minutes, degrees, timer, computer, fathoms, grid, meters, Anno,
The Number Devil, half pipe, quarter turn, double time, full bore, safe speed,
turning radius, blocks, stacking, nesting, measure up, scale down, abacus,
credit, debit, limit, infinity, first class, third rate, equal share, short
shrift, waxing, waning, phase, rhythm, balance, cycle, magnitude, perspective,
value, graph, apogee, perigee, frequency, rotation, revolution, dollars, cents,
pennies, wooden nickels, full deck, full house, double helix, time zone,
millennium, program, binary, generation, epoch, era, nano
second, code, puzzle, calendar, fiscal year, progression, midpoint, watts,
lumens, horsepower, ohms, Great Circle Route, 52 Pickup, '55 Chevy, Hundredth
Monkey, altitude, make change, Lego, shopping, Tangrams,
Battleships, Fibonacci series, checkers, speed,
height, width, length, volume, latitude, sphere, output, displacement,
schedule, time limit, collection, add up, count down, age, four score, last
full measure, census, Are we there yet? dance, a
bushel and a peck, postage, efficient operation, elegant solution, gigabytes, google, Powers of Ten, increase, decrease, supply &
demand, links, contour lines, Great Divide, Bingo! group, air pressure, count
down, stock market, daily log, rent, bills, discretionary income, arc,
geometric proportions, geologic time, navigation, Dewey Decimal System #510,
stone circle, dosage, grams/ounces, meters/feet, 16 mm, 22 caliber, shutter
speed, f stop, 20 pound test, dot-to-dot, orienteering, yield, squared, low
bid, etc. etc. etc.
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