Music is one of the first ways children experience math. Without thinking, our bodies react to music. When we hear music, we rock our babies, clap along, and even look toward the source of the sound. These responses are reactions to musical elements such as steady beat, rhythm, and melody, all of which reflect mathematical […]
As a former math teacher, I am fascinated by the many patterns of mathematics. In fact, one of my favorite topics to teach was the Fibonacci sequence*. It is amazing how many different places you can find numbers from that sequence in nature, art, geometry, architecture, and even music. It isn’t surprising that researchers have […]
