Modeling Math!

Funded Dec 26, 2023

I can’t begin to thank you enough for helping me with this project. I had honestly given up hope that it would be funded, so this was the best holiday surprise! I’m not sure how you felt about math class as a kid, but I loved it. I felt so much comfort and joy in the processes and patterns we learned. In my 20 years as a teacher, I’ve noticed that students often don’t find that same comfort. I think a large part of that is because we don’t show them how the patterns manifest in math over and over and that once they learn these basic patterns they can actually understand so much! I plan to use this project to help them really visualize these patterns and processes so that (hopefully!) they will learn to find the same joy in math that I did because I truly believe that nothing gives a child the same sense of confidence they get from being successful at math. That’s not to diminish the importance of others subjects, but math has a reputation-a bad one-and being successful at something that is considered so difficult gives a child a sense of accomplishment that will carry them through other challenges. So thank you again for your donation and I look forward to seeing the impact this has with my students.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Bloom