Adventure Time is a big enough phenomenon for you to have
heard of it. If you’re still seeing stars, this might jog your memory.
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Jake the dog and Finn the human
are the reason my kids love Math. Earlier it was moan this, tantrum that when
we took out our Math syllabus. It got so loud when the worksheets came out that
it completely threw my teaching style. I learnt a lesson then –Flustered Parent
= Even More Flustered Child. I think trying to navigate the dark recesses of
Math is difficult enough without both of you being in a bad mood.
Luckily, I didn’t have to go
looking for solutions. Adventure Time found them. It’s a story of a boy and his
dog and they go on adventures completely unrelated to Math. Some of the content
is for older kids – I think Jake and Finn are meant for preteen ages and above.
So how did the kids take Math away from a show like that?
Simple, it is Finn’s favorite
catch phrase. When the monster has been defeated, when an adventure has been
successful, when the day has been saved – the adventure duo, Finn and Jake, use
Math terms. The kids most favorite one, of course, is MATHEMATICAL!
When the kids suddenly showed an
interest in a subject for no logical reason, I didn’t complain. This mom did a
little happy dance. And said the words!
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