Several of my friends laughed when I told them I bought musical instruments for my youngest nephews - ages 2, 5, and 6.

I bought them a tambourine, maracas, bongos and a xylophone. We are going to start a kiddie band this Christmas. BTW, I bought ear plugs for their parents! LOL!

After some thought, one of my friends emailed: "Musical instruments, you gave me an idea... those kids have everything these days.. it's so hard to find something original to buy for them."

I replied: "You can't go wrong with musical instruments. I ordered inexpensive kids' versions via amazon.com. You can teach lots of things with music - math (fractions, counting, etc.), discipline, fun, team work, etc. I know this from personal experience - having played musical instruments since 5th grade."

If you can't afford to buy the musical instruments, you can try making some - a bongo for example. You can make your own. There are instructions on the internet.

Happy holidays!

I am assuming this is a joke. Right?

Otherwise, America is in big trouble!

With their glamorous photographs splashed across Hong Kong billboards, celebrity tutors enjoy a near cult-like status - and millionaire lifestyles - in the exam-obsessed city.

The math edutainment social network PhatMath has been included in the 25 Useful Networking Sites for Grad Students.

This list also includes some heavyweights - linkedin, facebook, twitter, plaxo, youtube, etc.

Is this the classroom of the future?

I hope you enjoy my recent article on Huffington Post.

My, things have changed since I studied math!

Watch this math teacher doodle with snakes and graphs!

In 2008 mathematician and author Michael S. Schneider put together this incredible video illustrating how the mathematics used by Ancient Egyptians is identical to that used in computers today.