Another Counting Book—That’s What Tiny Kids Need, Right?
We have a persistent cultural myth that the single most important entry-level math skill for very young children. Not so.
In Trends & Tropes we invite the Mathical community to share reflections on common themes in kids’ and teens’ math fiction (and literary nonfiction too, for that matter).
Much as the Mathical Selection Committee seeks to blaze a new, much broader public understanding and enjoyment of math, we also seek to break or broaden stereotypes about different ways of “being a math person” or “doing math.”
Below you will find a few short essays, introducing such matters. Enjoy!
Mathy Protagonists: Geniuses, “Freaks”, or Just Plain Kids?
we are still in an era when popular culture and media representations of “math kids” and “math adults” can be sadly limited.