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  • May Problem and Solution!!!

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    Hey Guys! In May of 2011 the Bard Math Circle visited the Kingston Library and challenged the enthusiastic students to solve a series of combination/permutation problems. Although tough, the problems proved to be quite the adventure for the talented youth. One of the problems asked to find the different ways that four friends could split…

  • Bard Math Circle at the Red Hook Public Library

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    The Bard Math Circle will be traveling to the Red Hook Public Library on September 16th from 5:00-7:00! There is a brand-new, beautiful Children’s Library in the basement of the building, which will serve as a great space for us. Come and play some games, dissect some squares, and learn some strategies! (I challenge everyone…

  • Bard Math Circle at Kingston Library – more highlights

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    We had our first math circle of the year yesterday at the Kingston Library. This circle meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month, so: Second Saturdays, 1-3pm at the Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston NY 12401 2011: September 10, October 8, November 12, December 17 2012: January 14, February 11, March 10, April…

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    Yesterday my children and I attended the Math Circle at Kingston Library.  On the way home I asked them each what their favorite part of the Math Circle was.  Jordan said ” When I beat Jeannette at 21 Nim!” followed by her trademark giggle.   Michael enjoyed the time the Xingye spent with him explaining square…

  • Kingston Library Circle: 2nd Saturdays this year!

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    The Bard Math Circle at the Kingston Public Library starts again on Saturday, September 10th, and continues through May on the 2nd Saturday of each month. This math circle is targeted towards middle-school aged students, but everyone (especially families and math teachers) is welcome! Our goals include building mathematical intuition, insight, involvement and engagement. We…

  • Math Circle at Exploration School

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    Exploration School is a summer enrichment program housed at the campuses of St. Mark’s School (Junior– grades 4-7), Wellesley College (Intermediate– grades 8-9), and Yale University (Senior– grades 10-12). This summer I had the opportunity to work as an instructor at the Intermediate Program. My ingredients were students with a love of learning, a room…

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    Here’s a picture of Nathaniel from our first Math Circle session at Sarah Hull Hallock Library in Milton yesterday. What do you think of his origami creations?

  • August is Math Fun Month at Sarah Hull Hallock Library in Milton!

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    I just met with Celeste Ricciardone, the director of the Sarah Hull Hallock Library in Milton. August is officially Math Fun Month at the library! We will be at the library from 2:00-4:00 on the following Wednesdays: August 3, 10, 17, & 24th!

  • Added: static pages

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    I just added our first static page! Normally, posts cycle out and you have to find them in the archives, but not so with a static page. Blogger allows up to 10 static pages, and the first one I added is “Calendar”. It’s easy to do: from the Posting tab, just choose “Edit Pages”. It’s…

  • Writing Mathematics on our Blog with Texify!

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    I just learned today from Mary O’Keeffe how to include mathematics on blogger. It’s not native, but does the trick, and especially a little useful if you know a little LaTeX, the mathematical typesetting language. Let’s say you want to typset the quadratic formula. In LaTeX, you would write this as $\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 –…

Japheth Wood

I’m Japheth Wood (he/him), the Bard Math CAMP co-director, and a math professor at Bard College. CAMP (which is an acronym for Creative and Analytical Math Program) is a very special week of the year for our young math community. It's inspiring to see our students return year after year. This is our 11th summer of CAMP! We're back once again on the idyllic Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, and thankful to the CAMP students, parents, and staff, for making this mathemagical week happen. Notably, we've (finally) had our first CAMP reunion this past June, an event that I know will grow to be an integral part of what we do.

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Frances Stern

My name is Frances Stern (she/her/hers)! I’ve been teaching math at CAMP since the first year, making sure our math theme has a connection to art and computer. It’s fun to show students math that they don’t see in school. I've retired from daily teaching but continue to teach for the New York Math Circle & students who are seeking more math in their lives. My hobbies include learning to draw, paint, & juggle, reading, walking & folk dancing. I’ve written 2 books for teachers and parents called “Adding Math, Subtracting Tension” (for different age-ranges of children). They pay as much attention to how to keep out of a fight (what many parents told me is a problem) as they do to math.

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