🎄 The 12 Days of Christmas — Math is FigureOutAble Style!
The holidays are here, and at Math is FigureOutAble, we're celebrating by giving back to YOU! Our 12 Days of Christmas was packed with free resources, eBooks, classroom tools, and joyful math learning to help teachers and coaches bring reasoning and sense-making to life.
Throughout December, we unwrapped something new each day on social media. We hope we inspired your teaching, sparked conversations, and strengthened mathematical reasoning for every learner!
🎁 Here’s What’s Under the Tree
Each day brings a new gift designed to help you build mathematically powerful thinkers, all for free!
🎅 Day 1: Most Important Numeracy Strategies eBook
We kicked off the season with our free Major Strategies eBook! It’s your guide to helping students reason instead of memorize. Inside, you’ll find the major strategies for each operation, tips on understanding strategies versus models, and classroom-ready Problem Strings you can use right away.
❄️ Day 2: #MathStratChat
We invited you to join the global community of math educators every Wednesday evening for #MathStratChat! We post a new problem to solve, and teachers from around the world share their reasoning. It’s a fun, supportive space to explore strategies, get inspired, and celebrate mathematical thinking together.
Find us on your favorite social media channel: Facebook, X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
🎄 Day 3: Problem Strings Guide
We shared how you can elevate your math instruction by learning more about Problem Strings, the most important routine you can implement in your classroom. Understand what makes them so impactful and how to use them effectively to help all students grow!
🎁 Day 4: #TryThisTuesday/Thursday
We encouraged you to add a spark to your week with #TryThisTuesday and #TryThisThurday. Short, powerful classroom challenges that deepen understanding and create “aha!” moments in minutes. Join us on social media and share what happens in your classroom!
Find us where you are, your favorite social media platform: Facebook, X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
☃️ Day 5: The Math is FigureOutAble Podcast (Part 1)
Can't get enough? We highlighted podcast episodes packed with classroom strategies, expert advice, and real talk about mathematical reasoning. These conversations will inspire and equip you for meaningful teaching.
.Three Distortions that Ruin Math Teaching, Ep #245
- Facilitating Pam’s Favorite PS, #276
- Memorize the Facts, It makes all the difference, Ep 277
Find the Podcast here or on your favorite podcast streaming service.
🎅 Day 6: Instructional Routines Hub
We pointed you to ready-to-use examples of our favorite classroom routines for every grade level. These whole or small group routines are quick and engage students in solving problems, discussing strategies, comparing approaches, modeling concepts, verbalizing thinking, finding patterns, and making generalizations. One site with plenty to choose from, at your fingertips!
Find it here.
🎄 Day 7: Math is FigureOutAble Teacher Facebook Group
We welcomed you to dive into a community of like-minded educators implementing math that is figureoutable wherever they are in the world. This is the place to meet other people, share what you are trying, and get questions answered from expert teachers and the Math is FigureOutAble team. We'll see you there!
Join the Math is FigureOutAble FB group
🎁 Day 8: The Math is FigureOutAble Podcast (Part 2)
We reminded you that thousands of math educators tune in weekly for The Math is FigureOutAble Podcast! Each episode brings practical strategies, powerful insights, and authentic conversations about teaching math through reasoning.
A few listener favorites:
- Start Here, Ep #156
- DMR, Ep #5, 6 and 67, 68
- What is Fluency anyway, #377
As mentioned earlier, you can find the Podcast here or on your favorite podcast streaming service.
🌟 Day 9: The Math is FigureOutAble Blog
We shared a burst of inspiration from our blog, where we share real stories, strategies, and practical insights to help you teach math through reasoning. Explore posts that offer classroom-tested ideas and powerful teaching moments.
Here are a few favorite reads to get you started:
- Questioning, Questioning
- Teaching Routine for Building Important Mental Math Strategies
- Problem Strings Are NOT
🎄 Day 10: Problem String Videos
We showcased the number one instructional routine for building mathematical strategy in your students. Each Problem String comes with a video of the string in action, a dedicated page explaining the mathematics and structure, teacher moves to maximize learning, and an annotated transcript with expert insights.
Watch the Problem String videos!
🎁 Day 11: NumberClub Webinar
We introduced you to games that actually work! In this free webinar, we talked with David Tymm, founder of NumberClub, about why his games make a real difference in student learning. Learn how to incorporate meaningful game-based learning into your classroom.
🌟 Day 12: Free Developing Mathematical Reasoning Workshop
We wrapped up with something BIG: our free Developing Mathematical Reasoning Workshop! Join Pam Harris live as she dives into what it truly means to develop reasoning (not just answer getting). You'll walk away with tools, insights, and a clearer picture of how to help your students become confident, powerful problem solvers.
Join the Celebration All Year!
Don't miss future gifts and inspiration:
🎁 Follow us on social media: Facebook, X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
💬 Join the conversation using #MathStratChat, #TryThisTuesday, and #TryThisThursday
📬 Join our mailing list for fresh strategies, freebies, and updates delivered right to you.
Because when teachers make math more figureoutable for their students, that’s a gift that lasts a lifetime.
Whether you’re spending your holiday break recharging with family and friends or planning ways to ring in 2026 with a bang, we wish you nothing but dreams of sugar plums and reasoning.
From the entire team at Math is FigureOutAble,
✨ Have a joyful holiday season and an awesome new year! ✨
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Pam Harris
Math Educator
Pam Harris is a mom, a former high school math teacher, a university lecturer, an author, and she wants to change the way we view and teach mathematics. While Pam was teaching high school math, her four children grew and mathematized their world in a way she had never imagined. “I had always bought into the myth that math is a disconnected set of facts to memorize, with rules and procedures to mimic. I now call that fake math.” Pam’s own kids, research, and experiences teaching real math have shown her what it means to mathematize and to support learners in their own journeys. Real math is thinking mathematically, not just mimicking what a teacher does on the board. You can shift your brain from using rote memory to mathematizing. Pam helps teachers make this shift for themselves, and helps teachers teach in a way that supports students to learn real math.
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