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 mathematical confidence and flexible thinking.…
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 Farm will be hosting two…
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 own, try it out with…
Homeschooling has a way of sharpening your instincts as a parent. When you’re choosing the curriculum, setting the pace, and learning right alongside your kids, you get very clear about what’s actually working. Math, especially, has always been an area…
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 adults feel anxious, uncertain, or…
Some of the most powerful professional learning doesn’t come from lengthy presentations or complex frameworks, it comes from interactive experiences full of genuine mathematical curiosity. Tile Talk was originally designed as a student-facing math discussion resource: low-floor, high-ceiling activities built…
What’s the best way to develop great scientific and mathematical minds? It can be helpful to draw inspiration from some of the great thinkers of our era. As a kid, Vera Rubin used to watch the stars drift past her…
When people ask what age groups Tile Farm Academy is designed for, they are often surprised by our answer: PreK to PhD. In fact, our entire team regularly plays, experiments, and makes new discoveries inside Tile Farm Academy. To some,…
By Alex Romero In addition to wearing many hats at Tile Farm, I am a lifelong teacher and look for any opportunity I can to get back into the classroom. This past summer, I had the opportunity to teach a…