Beth Darguin
@MathWithBeth
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Creating environments where children learn to love math
New York
Joined August 2025
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🌱 When people do start to like math… …it’s often because someone helped them see the story behind it — how it explains the world, sparks curiosity, and rewards persistence. Once math feels human, not mechanical, the fear fades. (7/7)
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❤️ 5. It’s rarely shown as creative People think math is about “right answers,” not imagination. But mathematicians see it as a creative, playful pursuit — full of patterns, puzzles, and beauty. Most students never get to experience that side. (6/7)
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🧠 4. It’s abstract Math deals with invisible ideas — patterns, relationships, structures — that aren’t always connected to real life. Without context or connection to things people care about, it feels cold or irrelevant. (5/7)
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😰 3. Public pressure and embarrassment Math is one of the few subjects people are made to perform on the spot — “What’s 8×7?” — and being wrong in public feels humiliating. That anxiety creates a negative feedback loop: fear → avoidance → falling behind → more fear. (4/7)
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📚 2. Procedures without meaning Math often gets taught as a list of steps to memorize rather than ideas to understand. When students can’t see whysomething works, math feels like random rules instead of a logical language. That drains curiosity. (3/7)
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💔 1. Fear and early frustration Many people’s first experiences with math involve being told they’re wrong without being told why. When a child feels lost early on, it’s easy to start believing “I’m just not a math person.” That belief sticks hard. (2/7)
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I asked ChatGPT why people hate math. Here’s what it said: (1/7)
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Mom hack: never teach them to tell time ⏰ #momhack #daylightsavingstime #fallback #bedtime #toddlermom
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Fool me once… 😂😂 But seriously, book online or over the phone at any Peachy location using code 70at7z and get $50 off your first treatment. Never let your face give you away again! #teacher #parentteacherconferences #teacherhumor
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Things I prioritize in my classroom: •Joy •Thinking Space •Time for Students to Express their Ideas •Kindness •Making Sure the Needs of ALL Learners are Met •PLAY Anything you think I missed?
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Just driving home while the sun sets at 4:09 🤦🏻♀️ #daylightsavings
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