Little Minds Big Thinkers

By Tammy McMorrowEducation

Little Minds Big Thinkers episodes

October 30 94. Kids Speak #14
In today's episode, I get to chat with a few lovely first graders who have brilliant insight into our thinking classroom. Thanks for listening in!
14 min
October 23 93. Beliefs & Practices with Jessica Curtis
In this episode, I talk with Jessica Curtis, a math coach in Connecticut. We talk about teacher beliefs, how they affect practices, and what that can look like in the thinking classroom. Enjoy!

Make Math Moments
Steve Wyborney
Pam Harris
51 min
September 11 92. Thinking Teachers with Liesl McConchie
In this episode, I am fortunate enough to chat with Liesl McConchie, the author of Building a Positive Math Identity. In this conversation, Liesl brings her expansive knowledge of the brain to the math classroom and specifically to the thinking classroom. She's brilliant.

Building a Positive Math Identity
Liesl's website

57 min
September 04 91. Math Fairy with Erin Timms
In this episode, I talk with Erin Timms. She's a kindergarten teacher in New York. She's doing some magical things with those young students of hers. I know you'll enjoy listening in!

Building a Positive Math Identity
A Mindset for Learning
36 min
August 28 90. Skills > Compliance in a Thinking Classroom
In today's episode, I offer a different perspective regarding rewards and punishments as they pertain to the thinking classroom.

Building a Positive Math Identity
Lessons in Community
Kids First From Day One
A Mindset for Learning
21 min
July 31 89. Single Indicator Rubric
In today's episode, I talk about experiencing the single indicator rubric as a student in Peter Liljedahl's thinking classroom.
18 min
July 01 88. BTC Conference Day 2 Sesh
In this episode, I talk to Ashley Smith, Gayane Hanyaloglu, and Amanda Holland about their experiences from day two of the fourth annual Building Thinking Classrooms Conference in New Haven, Connecticut. Thanks for listening!
1 hr 4 min
June 30 87. BTC Conference Day 1 Sesh
In today's special episode, I talk with Amanda Holland, Ashley Smith, and Gayana Hanyaloglu about our favorite moments from the first day of the Building Thinking Classrooms Conference in New Haven, Connecticut. A special thanks to these friends for letting me rope them into chatting. Enjoy!

Chelsea McClellan Episode
46 min
April 24 86. Brave Every Day with Megan Mann
In this episode, I talk with Megan Mann. She teaches kindergarten outside of Chicago. I'd love to sit in her classroom and see and hear her students think. I bet it's quite magical. She proves this work can be done with our little people.

Christina Tondevold
Thinking Wands
The Curiosity Shop
1 hr
April 17 85. Math Cheerleader with Lori MacKenzie
In this episode, I chat with Lori MacKenzie about the amazing work she's doing as a math specialist for an ESD in Oregon. She's growing a beautiful thing there. It's impressive!

Peter's Youtube Video
Make Math Moments Podcast
Simon Sinek Video
Northwest Mathematics Conference

38 min

About Little Minds Big Thinkers

From the publisher's feed

Little Minds Big Thinkers is a podcast where educators talk about the magic and messiness of the elementary thinking classroom based on the work of Peter Liljedahl.