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Mar 2, 2022

How to Use Math Songs

There are multiple ways to use math songs!  The great thing about these songs is that they’re entertaining and enjoyable in their own right! You can put them on in the background while you’re driving with your kids and they can sing along like they do with their favorite albums. This is cool because while they’re playing the tunes and facts are getting in their little heads! There’s enough...

Mar 9, 2022

Why Memorize?

While number sense is developed by practicing many modes and strategies of learning, memorizing remains an important component of mathematical competency.  A child who has working memory overload will struggle with word problems because the attention they have to give to the basic facts clutters up the brain, making it harder to understand not only what is being asked but how to work the...

Mar 16, 2022

How do I get the facts from a song in my head?

To move from the song to the pure information (without melody or rhythm) go through this process:  Eventually you want to be able to sing it quickly in your head, almost in a rushed sort of way where you’re focusing on just getting the information out. The play back speed rate control feature will be very helpful in this endeavor! You can slow it down to learn it and then speed it up to...

Mar 23, 2022

Educational Cross Pollination

Math Songs are not strictly written in any of these styles but have been inspired by them! In true classical educational style, if you’re studying any of these things in your music or cultural studies you can connect the dots with these math songs. See the table below. Skip Counting Music Theory  Cultural Exposure Mozart Counts by 2s Alberti Bass Classical (in music) time period  4s Vibe Out...

Apr 4, 2022

A Liturgy for Math Class or Study Time

Master of the universal language of numbers,  Teach me to speak and understand this divine tongue, even if it’s only as a toddler.  Help me emotionally as I relate to math:  To know that I AM fearfully and wonderfully made and able to use and direct my mind in the way I want it to go.  To know that you have made me able to do hard things if I would persevere.  To know that my worth and value...