On the first day my new math group met, I asked the students to think of all the things they could that were part of math. As they suggested things, I made a “map” of the World of Math. If we think of more things to add as the year goes on, we will put them on the map as well. I was happy to see that they were able to think of a lot of things to add in addition to arithmetic. Patterns, problem solving, and fun all had their place in the map we created.
