tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post1942514469539622917..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: fingers and mathDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-79469911420681894882011-04-25T15:34:58.084-05:002011-04-25T15:34:58.084-05:00yes I have. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJx7GSL...yes I have. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJx7GSLhOroDoug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-5828327728636241572011-04-25T10:18:13.099-05:002011-04-25T10:18:13.099-05:00Have you heard of chisenbop?Have you heard of chisenbop?Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647343846657324417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-30986218747573654722009-12-22T19:07:14.554-06:002009-12-22T19:07:14.554-06:00Dave, you are not alone in being an adult who uses...Dave, you are not alone in being an adult who uses his fingers. I go to the hardware store and the man asks how many I need. I check my fingers. <br /><br />There have been really strange distorted ideas in education about the use of the fingers to count. Some thought that children should be discouraged from counting on their fingers. But the research tells us otherwise.<br /><br />Hopefully, we will come to a better understanding of the seamless interrelationship between hand and brain.<br /><br />I am giving my kids instructions to count their strokes as they work with the hammer, saw, or sanding block. It is like a dancer or musician. It brings about a more uniform and deliberate result, and ties the learning to other things developing in the brain.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-60336060866272280132009-12-22T18:59:30.652-06:002009-12-22T18:59:30.652-06:00This is certainly good information to have. Growin...This is certainly good information to have. Growing up I always thought that it was some kind of handicap when I was always doing my math by counting my fingers but it felt right to me. Still today I am always counting and adding with my fingers and it still feels right (and I'm the teacher now :) ). <br /><br />If my brain isn't in my fingers then it most certainly has the most "direct" link to the brain, equal to or even more so than the eyes, ears, and nose.Dave Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074715438584429020noreply@blogger.com