Making Math Unforgettable.
30 years of classroom-tested materials. One idea that could transform how every student in Ontario experiences mathematics.
Retired Math Educator | Workshop Presenter | Creator
The Big Idea
Here is the uncomfortable truth about math education: most students leave school feeling like math was something that happened to them, not something they ever truly connected with. Parents ask "How was school?" and get a shrug. Nobody goes home excited to talk about fractions. Math is the subject that gets endured, not discussed—and that silence has real consequences for how an entire generation feels about numbers, logic, and problem-solving.
It does not have to be this way. Over 30 years in the classroom and more than two decades of workshops since, Dave Mitchell built a library of multi-sensory teaching materials—puzzles, original music, paper-folding constructions, ruler-and-compass art—that do something most textbooks never manage: they make students want to talk about math. When a child comes home singing the times tables, or folds a piece of paper into a shape that reveals the geometry hiding inside it, math stops being homework and starts being a conversation.
These materials have been tested in thousands of classrooms, praised on CBC Radio, and watched millions of times on YouTube. Now, Dave is proposing a simple, practical model to put them into the hands of every teacher and student in Ontario—affordably, permanently, and at scale. One licensing agreement. Every school board. Every grade. A province-wide transformation in how math is experienced.
The Materials
A complete library of classroom-tested resources for every grade level
Puzzle Books
Interactive puzzle booklets that build addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and percent skills through code-word challenges.
Multiplication Songs CD
Learn the times tables through catchy, memorable songs. If you know the songs, you know every table up to 10.
Finger Math
Cool finger math techniques included with the music CDs. A hands-on way to calculate.
Math Music in Mayhem CD
A full collection tying math concepts to music for older students. Makes abstract ideas stick.
Math Music in Mayhem — Sequel
The follow-up with even more math-music connections.
Can You Fold Under Pressure? Part 1
10 paper folding constructions with deep mathematical connections. Hands-on geometry.
Can You Fold Under Pressure? Part 2
10 more constructions. Explore symmetry, angles, and spatial reasoning through origami.
What Would Picasso Say?
Ruler and compass math art. Learn geometry fundamentals while creating beautiful artwork.
3 Million Views and Counting
One song about radius, diameter, circumference, and area became a phenomenon. Posted to YouTube as a simple teaching aid, it struck a chord with teachers and students around the world. With over three million views and hundreds of comments from educators across Canada, the United States, and England, it proved something Dave always knew: when you set math to music, students do not just learn it—they remember it, they sing it at home, and they teach it to their friends.