Right Brain Math:an EZ way to learn numbers

Summer is a great time for Elementary Teachers or Concerned Parents to learn a new Right Brain approach to teaching Math. Be sure to check out MisterNumbers videos and sign up to get his free worksheets below using Tic-Tac-Toe Squares and Number Circles. You can get his EZ Times Table Book, the Mister Numbers Right-Brained Pattern Power Math DVD, 8 extra worksheets and a color EZ Times Table, all for only $17.95.

This video is presenting a few samples of his hour long DVD: Mister Numbers Right-Brained Math Pattern Power DVD. You can get the hour DVD, the book and 8 extra worksheets for only $17.95.

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Below is the insight graphic from Youtube on MisterNumbers Right-Brained Math videos showing over a quarter million views. All the videos are rated 5 star, many are animated, and all focus on visual and auditory patterns to learn the times tables. 

Where Mister Number videos are viewed

Only 41% of the views are in the United States, and half of the top 10 countries are not even English speaking countries. Words can confuse kids, but pictures or a video SHOW them. Note that the average age of viewers is 40, which suggests that many viewers are teachers and parents, which means each viewer may be teaching Right Brain Math to 1-200 kids.  There will be several new videos on the Youtube site soon. Check it out.

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As Mister Numbers (Tom Biesanz), I made a 90 minute presentation last weekend (Nov 6, 2009) at California’s biggest math teachers convention (California Math Council Convention South in Palm Springs). The capacity crowd of teachers rated the material outstanding (6 on a 1-6 scale) and here are some of their comments:

“This was a “WOW!” moment for me. Excellent class- wish I learned this 20 years ago”.
“Excellent! I came looking for something to enrich my thinking. I got it!”
“Fun. Innovative”.
“I think the patterns are great, nice for students to start noticing patterns visually”
“Great concept to teach”.
“Exciting stuff – Kids need this!”
“Fascinating, it will really help my kids in understanding number relationships and times tables, inside and out.”
“Great. Very interesting. I liked all the patterns.”
“Very Practical”
“Very exciting. I want to play with the number wheel”
“EZ Times Tables are Interesting. Great Tables.”
“Good demonstration of the right brain math.”
“I loved it! I will use it this week.”
“This was amazing! I’m definitely taking it back to use. I wish it was longer!”
p.s. It was a 90 minute presentation)

Mister Numbers teachings are available to you for only $17.95 on his website. That includes the book, hour DVD, and 8 extra worksheets beyond those in the book. And there are 3 more free worksheets to download from his website: MisterNumbers.com

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I was reading Betty Edwards, who wrote “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”. Students “trick” the left brain to give up control by copying a drawing upside down. The right brain can then draw all the lines and details. There is an “AHA!” when the student turns the drawing upside right and suddenly sees, all at once, the whole picture. The same thing happens to students who play with patterns on the tic-tac-toe square, number wheel, or EZ Times Table, and suddenly see the times table revealed! They are getting the picture without having to figure it out.
Playing with number patterns creates this special way of seeing, which includes “the ability to see a whole field while at the same time perceiving parts within the field in relationship to each other as well as to the whole.” There is an ownership and attitude shift that happens when kids see the patterns in numbers and the whole structure of the times table in their own way. There is a beauty and awe that makes math friendly and the times tables easier to learn. The whole brain engages in the learning process, but the passion is re-kindled every time the student sees new patterns.

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I make a statement in one of my videos about Albert Einstein, a famous mathematican, being a “flaming right-brainer.” Yes, Einstein is known for his Physics. But it is also true that a google search for “Einstein” and “Mathematics” yields about 3,960,000 hits. Almost 4 million hits should establish Einstein as a famous mathematician (maybe not a great one). Math and Physics work together. Einstein often thought in pictures and played with equations in his mind for weeks. Continue Reading »

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I wanted to share my latest short animated video that I am really excited about. I think it is going to help many kids and parents and teachers. A comment on it already is “I think Mr. Numbers has come up with a great way for kids to learn math. I think it will give kids the support they need to figure it out themselves instead of just trying to memorizing tons of facts.”

I’d love to hear what you think about it. Pass it on to anybody who might enjoy it or be helped by it.

This powerful animated video combines the Number Circles with a table to show the patterns where kids can create the times tables in fun ways. Click here to see the video. Continue Reading »

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Right Brain Math videos are now over 52,000 views in 50 countries. You can follow your interest (if in doubt watch #2), or here is a suggested sequence for watching MisterNumbers videos :
1) Watch the one-minute video on creating the Threes on a Tic-Tac-Toe Square for an experience of Right Brain Math.
2) Watch the Three, Six, Nine animated video to see how quickly this gets powerful (There is more coming).
3) Watch the Right Brain Math overview talk by MisterNumbers.
4) Watch the Sevens on the Magic Blackboard video (over 17,000 views). Relates to the Threes video. Continue Reading »

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I have two new videos creating the Threes, Sixes and Nines from animated patterns on Tic-Tac-Toe squares. The first video is 4 minutes with directions. It is described in the previous post.

I uploaded a second video version today that just has background music (Schubert - Fantasy in C major) with no directions. I am curious about your response to it. There are a few written guides but no spoken words. It is very right-brained with music and visual patterns. Continue Reading »

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Click here for great new animated video.

Share this with kids, parents and teachers. I believe these videos can help many, many kids learn the times tables in a fun way and promotes a positive attitude about math. I made this video with fun animation and amazing techniques showing how kids can create the Threes, Sixes, and Nines on Tic-Toe-Toe squares. There is also my video on the Sevens on Tic-Tac-Toe squares, with over 15 thousand views. The Threes and Sevens add up to ten to they follow the same patterns by my Rule of Tens, but backwards. See EZ Times Table book to see how this works. Continue Reading »

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MisterNumbers (author Tom Biesanz) presented at the California Math Council (CMC) Convention Dec 6^th in Monterey. CMC is the largest affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of Math (NCTM) in the country. Most teachers that attended rated the 90 minute workshop as “EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS” and are excited to teach Right Brain Math visual patterns and “big pictures” to students 2nd-12^th grade.

Some of their comments were:

“Great way to break down the multiplication chart! I can’t wait to show my students!”

“Nice way of looking at patterns. You created visuals I hadn’t seen before.  Believe me, many H.S. students struggle with multiplication still.”

“So easy to understand. Good handouts. Good ideas for my struggling students. I will use these.”

“Awesome workshop. EZ Times Table is an excellent tool to teach students math.”

“Enjoyed the presentation. I feel that these concepts will be beneficial to me in helping my students (5/6) better learn multiplication facts.”

“Great Ideas. Very Useful. Have him back!”

 “I appreciate the connection to other math concepts, like factors.”

“Teaching HS, I see a lot of students who struggle w/multiplying. They still love visuals, puzzles & games though, so I’m anxious to show them your ideas!  Thank You!”

“WOW”

“I will use this with my low level 6^th grade math.”

“Great Concept!”

“Excellent Workshop.  Great tool for teaching students their times tables. EZ Times Table Rocks!”

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