Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference

Tammy McMorrow has been teaching first grade for 31 years in Kuna, Idaho. In 2022 she began building a thinking classroom inspired by the work of Peter Liljedahl and was quickly won over by its magic and messiness. Determined to start a movement, she created a Facebook page for K-2 teachers and a podcast called Little Minds, Big Thinkers, all designed to share how building a thinking classroom liberates young mathematicians to think. All the while, she became a voracious reader of mathematical books and has taken great joy in sharing what she’s learned with other elementary math educators. One of her most recent honors was becoming a 2024 PAEMST finalist.