It’s officially time to get ready for fall. Which apparently means everything pumpkin. Now, I love pumpkin spice lattes as much as the next person, but I do have my pumpkin limits. This adorable pumpkin time telling clocks were not past my limit though. Let’s face it, learning to read analog clocks is not the…
Practicing our math facts, addition and multiplication, has been a big priority over here lately. We have been using every technique I could possibly think of! Mostly games, of course. But I wanted something that was a bit more portable, fun, engaging, and that they could really own. So I had to make interactive booklets….
I have two kids memorizing multiplication facts now and they have both improved by leaps and bounds since we started introducing fun and engaging ways for multiplication practice! The code breaker multiplication was probably the favorite, but the scratch off multiplication wasn’t far behind. I’ve been worked on games, activities, printables, and much more for multiplication….
Some kids act like sitting still is pure torture. Take Baloo (10) for instance. He isn’t a sitter. It is always a challenge to get him to sit, even for activities he loves. He just needs motion. I’m sure this contributes to the issues he has with writing, which I’ve talked about quite a lot….
I can not believe I am teaching addition and subtraction to my 3rd (and last) child. I still remember teaching Baloo how to add. It’s not possible that so much time has passed, right? Logi-Bear was probably not even born when we first started this journey in math! Ahh. Anyway, long long ago I made…
Kids learn best when they are interested in something, and my kids are no exception to this rule. In fact, I think we spend more time exploring random topics that seem to evolve throughout the day than we spend on all other subjects combined. I kind of love that though. The information they learn when…
My kids hate writing. I hear this from parents and teachers over and over and over. My kids hate writing. Typically people mean the physical act of writing, not the process of thinking of words to put on a paper. And this activity handles the physical act without the process part. My kids will dictate…
LEGO is the key to all learning. Okay, not literally, but my kids flip out when I grab the LEGO Bricks during school time. They get so excited. So of course we had to do LEGO Place Value when that topic came up! Let me back up a bit. I took a challenge to minimalize…
My kids hate analog clocks. Truly despise. We honestly just don’t even work on that anymore. While I can see it’s importance, the amount they dislike those clocks makes it not worth it. But we were working on calculating how much time has passed, and it’s just easier with these clocks. It’s so much easier…
Homeschooling isn’t cheap…but it doesn’t have to be expensive. I know there are a lot of fancy schmancy curricula, unit studies, books, etc. But you really don’t need all of that. In fact, when the boys were younger, we got by with a lot less. So what do you do if you have kids to…
Royal (7) hit multiplication in our math curriculum and shut down immediately. He thought it was too hard, too early, and he would never get it. I didn’t know someone could have such strong emotions over something they have never tried to do before! He’s even seen Times Tales and picked up some multiplication facts….
For the longest time, 10 Apples Up On Top has been one of Logi-Bear’s favorite books. I have it memorized (and then some. I could have memorized it in another language at this point). All in all, it’s not a bad story. Just very repetitive. I do believe in the importance of repetition in books…