About me
I’m passionate about helping kids feel successful in math, and helping great teachers keep teaching!
My name is Helene (“Hel-een”) Poppleton and I believe that, whoever you are, you can do math! I see students (and adults!) approach math with closed-mindedness and sometimes fear… but it doesn’t have to be that way. read more
math musings
Conversations and Activities for a Happier Math Class
Attitudes (Mistakes are our friends II)
If we want to change how our students feel about mistakes, our classroom has to be a safe place to make them.
Is Math Class a Bully?
What’s it like to have a bully in your life?
Being repeatedly shamed and humiliated. Feeling powerless to make it better. Dreading school…
Mistakes are our friends!
Making mistakes is the very process of learning! It doesn’t make us stupid, it makes us smart!
