#13 Unschooling Maths with Krish Khimasia

Krish Khimasia joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about Unschooling Maths. SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Krish has been a secondary maths teacher for over twenty years, and with his wife, Alice, an unschooling parent to his four sons now aged 19, 18, 15 and 9. He now teaches at the Secret Garden, an alternative educational provision in the West Midlands. We discuss: · How children will learn the maths that they need for adulthood without explicitly being taught 6:45 · The essential role of play beyond the early years in building strong foundations for complex mathematical concepts 8:30 · What maths actually is, as opposed to what we have been taught that it is 9:30 · How maths is approached in unschooling families 12:20 · How and why play is vital to developing mathematical skills 15:00 · The role of board games, and other regular pastimes, in contributing to our children’s understanding of mathematics. 25:20 · Maths and computer games 32:00 · The concept of slow maths and the work of Jo Boaler 35:20 · How children make the transfer to studying for a GCSE in maths without previous tuition 37:25 · The concept of real life maths problems 42:50 · How useful really is trigonometry? 48:20 · The beauty of maths in nature 52:40 GUEST MEDIA LINKS: You can tune on to more unschooling thoughts from Krish and Alice at Organic Education LIVEPLAYLEARN LINKS: Website Liveplaylearn.org Facebook Live. Play. Learn YouTube Live Play Learn