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Melisande, Or Long and Short Division, by E. Nesbit, is a literary fairy tale that incorporates mathematics. Perhaps when I made Princess Division for my Royal Math Gnomes, I unconsciously had this story in the back of my mind. Lucia enjoyed it very much. While you can read the story in its entirety, I read the story aloud from a collection called Stories for Eight Year Olds. When I was in second
Here at last are the dolls I've been working on. The Royal Math Gnomes have been a project long in the making (and briefly halted when I wasn't able to sew), but are now finally listed in the shop. The hypertext links below the photos will take you directly to the shop listing:Royal Math GnomesI'm thinking of the Royal Math Gnomes as a showcase project. As promised, I've made a singular
I know, it's Friday. Between having my daughter with me all day long until French camp begins next week and preparing songs for French camp, I've had a full schedule. I've also started getting up early in the morning to exercise. That means going to bed early. Here and there, I've had some time to sew, and thus I finally created a set of royal "math gnomes" inspired by the Waldorf tradition of
I really love the name Melisande. I am doubly pleased that in fiction she's a mathematician instead of just a doomed lover. A much better fate!
What I just now realized about the story is that the four most prominent characters-- the king, the queen, Melisande and Florizel-- are all characters who manage to have some depth to them, which is possible in a literary fairy tale in a way it usually isn't in an oral fairy tale. They each portray wisdom in some form, but also display foolishness (or rather, lack of thinking things through). Cleverness alone is not enough-- one must learn wisdom as well.