Mum and 3 Year Old's Art Collaboration

"Artistic collaborations can happen in unexpected ways—just ask Ruth Oosterman. She has found a unique, creative partnership with her 3-year-old daughter, Eve. Together, they produce beautiful works of art. Through Eve’s vivid imagination and Oosterman’s talent, the colorful paintings are a mix of unrestrained creativity and small, intricate details. The Toronto-based mom calls the ongoing project Collaborations with my Toddler.

The tag-team style paintings are often started by Eve, as she doodles on paper with a pen or paint. Oosterman then transforms the marks into animals, landscapes, and portraits of people. She’s careful to leave Eve’s original marks alone and instead complements them with her owns additions, refining them into subjects we can recognize. The results reinforce the idea that two heads are better than one."

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/ruth-oosterman-painting-collaboration-with-daughter

Learn to Write Numbers in Chinese

Here is a great website (thanks Dave!) where you can learn to write the Chinese characters for numbers: http://www.learnchineseez.com/characters/learn-to-write-chinese/

It then demonstrates how to write the characters from 1 through 10:

And explains how to write larger numbers - great for place value:

Tile the Plane

Big math news! It’s been thirty years since mathematicians last found a convex pentagon that could “tile the plane.” The latest discovery (by Jennifer McLoud-Mann, Casey Mann, and David Von Derau) was published earlier this month. Full story.

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Constellations by Kumi Yamashita

Constellations by Kumi Yamashita

"This body of work consists of three simple materials that, when combined, produce the portraits: a wooden panel painted a solid white, thousands of small galvanized nails, and a single, unbroken, sewing thread."

The Glasswinged Butterfly

"The Glasswinged Butterfly. 

The pretty creature, who is a native of Mexico and South America, does not lack the tissues that make up a full wing, but rather the coloured scales that other butterflies have."

http://asapscience.tumblr.com/post/68294856978/the-glasswinged-butterfly-the-pretty-creature

Diwali Images

Widows light sparklers after offering prayers on the banks of the Yamuna River, in India, as part of Diwali celebrations. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood)

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And here are some more beautiful Diwali photos:

http://www.deepavali.net/pictures.php has photos of Diwali celebrations from all over the world.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2014/oct/24/diwali-festival-of-lights-in-pictures

Days of the Year

Here is a website which lists all of the different days of the year. Some examples include Cheeseburger Day (18th September), World Humanitarian Day (19th August), Save Your Hearing Day (31st May), and Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day (11th January)!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/