Whole-body math learning should feel playful to the learner. This is a lovely short video about what it means when we say “learning through play.” Instead of building and using the “art machines” shown in this video, children can use their whole bodies as “objects to think with” in similar ways as they work to design, build, explore, and make original and mathematical foot-based dance patterns.

Malke Rosenfeld is a percussive dance teaching artist, Heinemann author, editor, math explorer, and presenter whose interests focus on the learning that happens at the intersection of math and the moving body. She delights in creating rich environments in which children and adults can explore, make, play, and talk math based on their own questions and inclinations.You can find out more about her work at malkerosenfeld.com,  on Twitter,  Instagram, or Facebook.