I have always loved to play cards. In fact, for my seventh birthday, my parents bought me 32 decks of cards!!* So, I have been anxiously awaiting the time when my kids are old enough to enjoy a game of cards with me. Crazy 8s. The time has come where now two of my girls
Does it seem odd to you to teach probability during our science experiment time? It seems more like a math topic, right? Science and math are truly integrated (chemistry, physics, etc all involve math). However, it helps to know how science and probability are connected. Understanding odds helps us in the discussion of origins. During
Since we refer to our 100 chart so often, I laminated it. Here are a few of the fun ways we do math – hands on and using visuals to make math concepts come alive. Counting! Of course, you can use it for counting. Point to the numbers as you go. But, to make it
Recently we memorized the cubes. 1 – 8 – 27 – 64 – 125 – 216 – 343 – 512 – 729 – 1000 But what do those numbers mean? Until today, the numbers were just a song to my third grade daughter. Now, she can visual what those numbers mean – with this fun
Teaching Squares Aside from just memorization through skip chanting and singing, it is helpful to use visual and real life application for teaching squares. When a student can see it, it becomes obvious why we call these numbers perfect squares – they form a square when we use tiles or color in a graph. Saxon
Use of visuals 100 charts or other number charts so kids can see the numbers they are saying, or see the amount of numbers being skipped. Saxon Math 3, Lesson 110 has multiple 100 charts where students are to color in multiples of 3 on one chart, multiples of 4 on one chart, multiples of
My daughter and I ran across this game and it was harder than it sounds, but good practice on our multiples of 7s. Take turns counting. For every number that is a multiple of 7 or has the digit 7, say BUZZ instead of the number. If you mess up, start all over. See if
Have fun with this hands on math learning game! Here are the items you need to begin for a two player game: 1 dice 10 sticks of 10 blocks. (I have two of the sticks broken apart into “ones” while the other 8 sticks are “tens.”) Players take turns rolling the dice and taking that
We have used Saxon Math beginning in first grade. For pre-school and K, we play math games, write numbers, practice counting, and sometimes the younger children participate in the older kids math activities, such as shapes, money counting, etc. I will admit, we did not like it at first, with my oldest child, but she