Hey there,
We, like you, are parents who want to help our child who is struggling in maths. A fixed mindset thinking was preventing our daughter from learning and practicing maths when it became challenging.
But we knew that this mindset could be changed.
Psychologist Dr. Carol S. Dwek has found through her research on growth mindset that beliefs, including mindsets, can be changed. Children with a growth mindset believe that they can improve their skills and become better at anything through hard work, trying new approaches, learning from mistakes, and bouncing back from setbacks.
That’s why we created worded math content aligned with the Australian Curriculum, driven by engaging narrative topics with hand-drawn illustrations. If maths worksheets are not appealing or relevant to a child’s interests, they won’t get done. And our approach to marking the worksheets helps build a growth mindset, so your child can believe, “I can get better at math.”
Shifting a mindset doesn’t happen overnight, but it’s a challenge we’re excited about because it can change lives.
We’re thrilled that you’re here to start this journey with us.
Co-founders of Mathical Creatures
About Cho Ferrente
Cho is an author and writer for over a decade, and has won two Gourmand awards for her book, Hsa*ba: Burmese cookbook.
After graduating from City University Business School in London, she was briefly a fashion stylist for a boy band before following her passion for creating beautiful content which lead her to work in graphic design and web design.
In 2001, Cho and Chris co-founded their first company, Grassblades Ltd, a multi-media design agency, based in London.
They worked on a range of projects including creating Augmented Reality educational content for BBC Creative R&D, promoting science and engineering for QinetiQ, and user interface design for National Curriculum Online.
Cho’s love of food and travel, took her down a new career path, launching Hsa*ba in 2008. She created content for an accompanying website, hsaba.com. She was also a contributing writer for Lonely Planet, Myanmar.
After becoming a mother, Cho took a keen interest in early childhood learning and educational content.
She spent 4 years teaching primary ethics at her daughter’s school. It sparked her interest in Growth Mindset research and creating educational content for primary aged children.
When not creating content, Cho is experimenting with recipes and testing them. When not in the kitchen, Cho is found planning her next food adventure (will travel for food), occasionally getting her hands dirty in the garden or making up stories with her daughter.
About Christopher Potter
Chris is a multi-award winning designer with 20 plus years experience in graphic, digital, user experience and strategic design. He has worked in a diverse range of industries, from education, government organisations to finance and tech.
Chris graduated from Leeds University. He started his design career in graphics before diversifying into UX and strategic design.
In 2001, Chris and Cho co-founded their first company, Grassblades, a multi-media design agency, based in London.
Their clients included BBC, National Curriculum, QinetiQ, Design Council, Royal Society of Arts, Marks and Spencer, Press Association, Real Networks and Intel.
He ran Schools Workshops on Augmented Reality Interactive Story Trials for BBC Creative R&D, and Interactive Classroom Workshops with both teachers and pupils for BBC & Westminster LDA AR.
He was a guest speaker at National University of Singapore on Augmented Reality for early literacy education.
Chris is also an artist. His work was selected as part of figurative painting exhibition featuring Lucian Freud and The New British Realists, at The Herbert Art Gallery in 2005 and at Hartleypool Art Gallery in 2006.
When not drawing, Chris is making sourdough bread or perfecting croissants. He never leaves home without his camera, and loves rock climbing and working out his fingers, in the form of Rubik’s cubing.