Today's chapter · Sunday, November 8
Three for today
Who is here, and how long have you got? Then three things: one to read, one to play, one for the table.
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Read
The Carpenter's Hat
From The Paper Door. The idea: not every fold starts with a square — the newspaper hat starts from a long sheet.
3 min Open →
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Play
VotePals
Is the most votes always fair?
15 min Open →
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For the table
DeckPals
One ordinary deck of cards, many maths games.
15 min Open →
A feeling word for today
calm
Did you feel it today? What was that like?
Ask each other at the table. This word is not saved.
That’s today.
Three new ones tomorrow. Nothing is counted and nothing leaves this device.
Wondering something? Keep it in your jar.
One story for today
No rush. No quiz. Just one thing to read or listen to.
A story about a kid who really, really wanted the biggest slice of cake — and the math she discovered along the way.
Seven for the week
One big idea a day. Each one is a ladder with an app for every age.
Four words of the tide
Every half hour, four new words arrive — the same four a grown-up sees on Spark & Whetstone right now. Read the meaning, guess the word, then tap to check.
Words of doubt
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not sure, or not to be trusted
7 letters, starting with D
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careful and slow to trust
4 letters, starting with W
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feeling two ways about something at once
10 letters, starting with A
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not certain; a first try
9 letters, starting with T
These are English words.