Viviana Fernandez

Educator and Author of Nothing Could Stop the Wizard, the first in the Math Ever After Series- stories to engage mathematical thinking through narrative and art

[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

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[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

Is it time for your child or student to become a mathematical hero? Discover
the power of story at the #SCBWIBookStopSocial and let kids' imaginations soar with a sneak peek into math adventure: Nothing Could Stop the Wizard. https://t.co/OeMkJZXHX2
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[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

I wrote a mathematical fairy tale to bring forth the story of math- full of adventure and imagination- and create mathematical heroes. An enchanting world with no base 10: https://t.co/kJ5n4zhxgM

[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

Excited to share my mathematical adventure book on SCBWI's BookStop! Interested in #MathLit that can help kids fall in love with math while going on a base 3 adventure in mathematical thinking? Check out: Nothing Could Stop the Wizard at https://t.co/OeMkJZXHX2

[scbwi @scbwi]

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[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

It was important to me to work with a gifted illustrator for my math book, Nothing Could Stop the Wizard. Lilian Barac's magnificent illustrations place this math exploration of number systems in the context of beautiful images. Take a peek inside at: https://t.co/12ckMlGV1J

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #9: Illustrations allow children to see beauty, as math education should.

[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

This story is an imaginative journey out of base 10 and into base 3 to give learners a deeper understanding of how mathematics develops in history. While outwitting an evil wizard, three children characters give mathematics delightful, courageous human faces.

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #10: Picture story books bring together language, abstract ideas, and visual models. https://t.co/KHHMi0eD36 #mathlit
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[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

Read any delightful math this summer? https://t.co/Z3z0i8Plrz

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #7 Stories delight, the way math education should.
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[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #5 Stories allow children to play with ideas and possibilities without fear of wrong answers. https://t.co/ITkGsWxLjw

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #1 The structure of literature is uniquely suited as a context for mathematical thinking because story has at its heart a problem to be overcome and heroes who will overcome it. https://t.co/KHHMi0eD36

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #8 Stories are exciting, as math should be! https://t.co/WCvTwDWQvX #mathlit https://t.co/mpus5ufJjI

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #6 Stories allow us to infuse meaning into knowledge, patterns, and events. https://t.co/ITkGsWgarY #mathlit

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #4 Stories highlight human themes of courage, creativity, struggle, perseverance, triumph, and human bonds. https://t.co/KHHMi0eD36

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #3 Stories humanize mathematics, inserting characters into encounters with mathematical patterns and relationships. https://t.co/ITkGsWgarY

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Why picture books are a great way to engage kids in math this summer:

Reason #2 Math fiction allows children to immerse themselves in world of imagination, freeing their mathematical creativity. https://t.co/ITkGsWgarY https://t.co/1rMUlQRfmR

[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

Has your child read any good math this summer? What about an adventure in base three? https://t.co/urig8j9C03

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Summer is a great time to try a different tack in math: a shady tree, a glass of lemonade, and Nothing Could Stop the Wizard. Let your child explore mathematical thinking through story while developing conceptual understanding of place value and zero. https://t.co/mpus5ufJjI

[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

Math ed often focuses on the utility of place value before showing its elegance. My children's book removes learners from base 10 to make room for play, imagination, and wonder. Using story to teach, we can allow learners to play, explore, discover, and delight in possibility.

[Math Ever After @MathEverAfter]

Story-telling in #MathEd allows us to put characters at the center of a problem. A true “story problem” creates a hero, not only a solution. At the heart of learning math is a person, not only a problem. #mathlit https://t.co/ITkGsWgarY https://t.co/fyUZqqtcUC

[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

Telling stories of math is one way we can start to bring the human element to bear upon mathematical thinking. Stories of mathematicians, yes, but also students' stories and fictional stories that allow learners to engage with their experiences and their imaginations.#mathlit

[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

@dcrescitelli @Mathgarden And unleash the creativity of chefs to create new recipes... or to use no recipe at all because they create from a deep knowledge and experience of ingredients and how they work together.

[Viviana Fernandez @VFernandez_EDU]

@Mathgarden So interesting you post this. I've been following the #youthsports convo (as parent & soccer coach) & noticing parallels with #mathEd. Great blog that has encouraged me: https://t.co/jMTDaYuFhd "Changing the game" in math is possible as well. #thebeautifulgame #thebeautifulmath