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  • Math Gifts – Three Days Left!

    Math Gifts – Three Days Left!

    Last minute shopping? Me too! How about some of these math gifts for your favorite folks…

    For Kids

    For Grownups

    • Math T-Shirts by ExBoyfriend Collection – Sad? Funny? These are cute for even the “non-math” people.
    • Want something a little more fancy? How about math jewelry like this Fibonacci necklace!

    For Families

    • Math games are great for full family fun – and games like Uno… well, that’s math too!

    For Math Geeks

    • Old math books! Husband found a College Algebra book from 1947 for me – gave it to me as a “just because” gift. Here’s a Trig book by the same guy. You probably can get an old math book for your favorite geek at any second hand book store!
    • Math Music! The Klein Four Group’s instant download Musical Fruitcake CD (I just downloaded it, myself!) To give you a sample of how cool these guys were (they are now professors all over the world), here’s a fun Christmas song from them:

    How about it – what are you up to for last minute shopping? Are you done?

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  • Math Songs

    Math Songs

    I’ve been wanting to write about all the cool math songs out there for quite some time. I’ve been somewhat collecting them in hopes that I’ll have the world’s biggest collection of math songs.

    Alas, I’m fairly confident that I’ve only managed to round up about 10%. They range in educational value, music quality and catchiness. Songs that I love, Daughter isn’t quite interested in. The one she loves I sometimes find slightly boring (especially after 3,000 times of replay).

    Not all math songs are good.

    Math and music are very similar in that everybody has their preference. I’m not a fan of calculus. And I’m not a fan of rap music. (Not that calculus is the mathematical equivalent of rap music, but for me it’s just as annoying.)

    If you’re searching for math songs, make sure you give them a listen before you buy. There’s a lot of garbage out there (sometimes that’s an opinion and sometimes that’s a technical fact).

    There’s also some NSFW stuff too – which can be fun for grownups, but you don’t want to inadvertently play something nasty for your parrot two year old (I’m speaking from experience here, #jussaying).

    Here’s my collection of songs and albums.

    • Do The Math by Ralph’s World is a song about friends… who happen to be shapes: Sanderson the Square, Tony the Triangle, Poly the polyhedron (non-Euclidean) mass. So fun!
    • Schoolhouse Rock: Multiplication Rock – the best ever. I’ve been singing this to Daughter since she was born! “Three is a Magic Number” still makes me tear up.
    • The Math Song by Scott Perry – I just downloaded this off iTunes and I’m excited about listening to it – over and over!
    • Another I grabbed this morning is I, Pythagoras (The Math Song) by Nikki Shultz. This is more of a grown up song, but she’s got an amazing voice.

    You can even make your own!

    Like I did (and had Husband sing it) with The 1-2-3 Song.

    Or have your students do it! This song was recorded about ten years ago for me by Sidney & Dale, two Art Institute students in my Fundamentals of Math class:

    So how about it – what math song is your favorite? And what math song would you like to hear, sing or write? Share it in the comments (and include a link to the audio or YouTube video).

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