The MathCircle cast
Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.
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Circle Circe Steps back so the kids can talk to each other -
Echo Edie Listens, then says your idea back so everyone hears it -
Patty Patient Gives everyone time to think — no rush -
Tortoise Hare Tries a slow way and a fast way, and lets a wrong try teach something -
Tess Try-Small Specializing — when a problem's too big, try the smallest version first -
Gemma General Generalizing — turning a pattern from a few cases into a rule for all of them -
Hattie Hunch Conjecturing — daring to guess boldly, then testing the guess honestly -
Reva Reverse Working backwards — starting from the goal and reasoning back to the start -
Wendy Wonder Notice-and-wonder — slowing down to observe and ask before rushing to solve -
Cass Check Sense-checking — asking whether an answer actually makes sense before trusting it