Abstract

The search of the improvement of teaching and learning processes forces the education community to being kept worried in order to get the best way of presenting contents in the classroom, using the suitable materials and with a prepared organization. In order to obtain it, ideas can arise at any moment or place. One way to do it is using the nearest environment in order to work mathematics contents with activities of different levels. An example is presented, with suggestions for it application in the classroom. Nevertheless, every teacher should only act in this way if he/she thinks that it is the best way to get his/her teaching-learning aims.

Key words: Mathematics Education, mathematics from the environment, teaching-learning mathematics and mathematics practice.