Celebrating our math + science thinking

Language person = Math person

We read Good Stories, Good Math?, then discussion comments were use to write the lyrics of this song
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“I’m a language person,
Not a math person”
I’ve heard
Some people say

But they’re confusing
Math with arithmetic
Which primarily requires
Following an algorithm

Real math
In general involves
Much more patterning
And logical reasoning

Research connects
A preschooler’s
Narrative
And math skills.

I’m capable
of being any
Type of person
I want to be

Tracking relationships
Switching perspectives
Builds up math
Problem solving skills

“I’m a language person,
not a math person”
I’ve heard
Some people say

We fail our students
With this huge divide
This choice between
Language and math

I don’t believe
I was born to be
A math
Or a language person

I’m capable
of being any
Type of person
I want to be