Spirit Womyn wrote:

> Ann,
>
> Hi, thanks for the great link on Native American Geometry. Really speaks to
> someone like me who failed several math courses and developed an ongoing
> mental block with numbers, charts, and geometric patterns and symbols!

> Keep on trucking with your wonderful work! Thanks for sharing it all on your
> lovely site.

Lana, I am so glad you enjoyed that link! Math really can be a blast, and a ton
of fun. I am a mediocre intermediate level math student myself, but that does
not keep me from enjoying the elements. I sometimes wonder how my life might
have
been different if I had met a "discovery" type of math teacher before I became
well-schooled at being "math stupid."

I guess I am lucky that I have had one or two guides who have opened doors to
the
beauty and fun of math. These days, I explore and discover on my own when the
mood strikes. You might also want to explore "Calculus for Seven Year Olds" and
more at http://www.shout.net/~mathman/ -- by another one of those discovery type
teachers.

LC:
>>Recently, though, I've felt a slight shift. It is a lot like this person Chris
Hardaker describes. When something is made fun, creative, interesting and
relevant, the "science" follows automatically.>>

AF: Isn't that the truth! I appreciate how willing you are to dig deeply into
the various concepts you meet in all that happens on this list, Lana. You are
quite an inspiration to me!

Best,
Ann
--
Ann L. Fisher, Portland, Oregon
http://www.nettlepatch.net/homeschool
Bicycle is to locomotive as homeschool is to public school.