Module 2, Connect and Collaborate with Families seeks to engage how people, and especially children, are naturally inquisitive about the world in which they live. As they observe and engage with the world, mathematical reasoning inherently plays an important role in fostering children’s sense of wonder and play. For example, some children will incorporate counting into play – as they jump rope or climb stairs – without prompting from adults. Moreover, reasoning mathematically helps children understand and critique the world. Even young children use fractional reasoning to share with friends and family [before ever learning division in school] and to make decisions about what is a “fair share.” So often, children experience mathematics in school only in very structured ways – such as worksheets – that limit their natural tendency to engage in deep mathematical thinking in the context of their worlds. Broadening the purposes of school mathematics requires that you shift your own dispositions towards mathematics, including where, why, and how it happens. Rather than designing “special lessons” that mix up the routine of math worksheets, learning to see mathematics all around you will help you to bring different purposes of mathematics into your daily lessons. This can go a long way in helping every child feel successful in mathematics at school and at home.