San Antonio Busy Kids

I love stumbling upon great resources – especially free ones. If you’ve got a child who loves math and you can spare a couple of hours in the car once a month, the Texas State University Department of Mathematics together with Texas Mathworks offers a free Saturday exploration for junior high and high school students, parents and teachers.

The Central Texas Math Circle runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Saturday of each month through May at Derrick Hall on the campus of Texas State University.

It is free and open to everyone, including pizza!

Upcoming events include:

March 6: Dr. Alex White exploring concepts of randomness, independence and probability.

April 3: Dr. Nate Dean solving difficult puzzles using solution methods and mathematical ideas.

Want more info? Here’s the link.

While you’re poking around the Mathworks website, check out the summer math program. I can assure you, it was the most fun in summer camp my son has ever had. Then, again, he loves math. More importantly, he’s very good at it, and Texas Mathworks made it challenging enough that he had to actually engage his brain. Downside? The fourteen days of a daily drive to San Marcos for a half-day camp.