Explore math differently :
feel, imagine, and share for a better understanding

A different approach to mathematics in school

Mathematics is not just about formulas to memorize, but rather involves a preliminary process, filled with uncertainties, doubts, and discoveries. It is in this quest, where imagination and logic converse, that understanding emerges.

Like in a tale, we progress step by step, we explore, get lost, start again, and slowly, through persistence, we find our way and reach new understanding.

In Myths & Maths, each student is invited to develop their creative thinking, mental agility and mathematical skills through a sensitive and imaginative approach.

 

Our approach

in 3 keys

Create mental representations that are essential for abstraction work, based on sensitive experience.

Research

The student is like the hero of a fairy tale, searching for a solution by taking the necessary time and accepting uncertainty.

Logic

Understand the narrative structure of tales, as well as the logic of mathematical reasoning.

Telling

to count better !

Demystifying Math

Change preconceived ideas about mathematics, wich all too often make it an intimidating and abstract discipline.

How ?

Promote intuition, enjoyment, and curiosity to help students progress and reduce inequalities.

Connect mathematics to thought and language, starting in early grades.

 

Tales prepare the mind for the adventures of mathematics

…they familiarize students with logical relationships, reasoning by contradiction, numeration, orders of magnitude and many other concepts and skills…

…and develop their ability to construct mental images, essential for abstract mathematical thinking

Math is agame for the imaginaition, designed to change the way we perceive the world

Educational

Resources

Project news

Etymology

In Latin languages ​​such as French and Italian, "Conter" and "Compter" have the same Latin origin, computare, meaning to calculate.The notions of "narrate" and...

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Tell mathematics

The goal of Myths & Maths is to enable students, from kindergarten to middle school, to improve their perception and practice of mathematics through storytelling....

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Partners

and contributors

Collectif Oralité Auvergne

Storytellers Association, France

revue La Grande Oreille

Publisher, France

CRA Francisco Ibañez

School group, Spain

École Karavelov

Primary school, Bulgaria

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Institute for Research on Mathematics Education (IREM), France

Thank you to all our contributors

Un projet européen Erasmus+

655 / 5 000

 

Myths & Maths is a project funded for two years, from December 2023 to November 2025, by the Erasmus+ program (KA2, innovation and good practices). All content produced over these two years is the result of collaboration between five European organizations that have pooled their expertise, experience, and networks. The European Commission’s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the content, which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.