Hawthorne ES Students Mix Magic With Math

MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Hawthorne Elementary School students were treated on Monday to "MatheMagic!," a PTA Cultural Arts event, that had them adding and subtracting like magic.

Student takes part in a demonstration with Bradley Fields of "MatheMagic!"
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Fields showed Hawthorne students how numbers and the place value system were formed.
Photo Credit: *Facebook/Hawthorne Schools*

Fields demonstrated fractions and talked about shapes to the K through 2 Hawthorne students.
Photo Credit: *Cindy Capitani*

Cindy Capitani

10/21/2015 8:00 p.m.

The fast-paced program had the K-2 crowd computing and laughing at the same time. MatheMagic's Bradley Fields showed children how numbers and the place value system were formed.

He demonstrated fractions through his "rope trick" and talked about shapes as he took them on a trip back to the Egyptian pyramids. In between the fun, the students learned that math, like Fields, is magic and teacher Bob Bendlin's head can really make change.

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