Getting Started with Tile Talk
A growing focus in math education is Math Talks, which generally shift the focus away from right answers and instead get students talking about how they think and what they notice. Tile Talk is Tile…
Number Sense Is Having a Moment
Number sense is having a moment. At its core, number sense is the ability to make sense of numbers: to understand their size, see relationships, break them apart and put them back together, and use…
What’s New in Tile Farm Academy for 2026–27
In the year since its launch, Tile Farm Academy helped thousands of students strengthen their number sense, build confidence, and develop a more positive relationship with mathematics. Along the way, we listened closely to teachers,…
Bring Tile Farm Academy to Your School in 2026–27
Tile Farm Academy is a simple 5–10 minute daily math routine that helps students build number sense, fact fluency, flexible thinking, problem-solving skills, confidence, and a genuine love of math. If you are interested in…
Tile Farm Presents at New Mexico State Capitol with NMUDL Educators
On Friday, March 6, team members from Tile Farm participated in an event at the New Mexico State Capitol hosted by the New Mexico Universal Design for Learning (NMUDL) initiative. NMUDL works to build educator…
Tile Farm Teacher Fellowship: February Recap
Number Sense and Fluency with Daily Digits In February, the Spring 2026 Tile Farm Teacher Fellowship shifted its focus to number sense and fluency through Daily Digits, Tile Farm’s short, adaptive routine designed to build…
Tile Farm at NCTM 2026 in Indianapolis
The NCTM Spring Conference 2026 is coming to Indianapolis this February 11–13, bringing together math educators from across the country to share classroom strategies, practical routines, and engaging approaches to teaching and learning mathematics. Tile…
Tile Farm Teacher Fellowship: January Recap
The first month of the Spring 2026 Tile Farm Teacher Fellowship focused on “How Many”, a Tile Talk activity centered on creative question asking. Teacher Fellows were invited to play with the activity on their…
Healing Teachers’ Relationship with Math
For many students, math anxiety doesn’t begin with numbers, it begins with adults. A growing body of research suggests that teachers’ and caregivers’ attitudes toward math can significantly shape how children experience the subject. When…