We love Star Wars and it is good for motivating a lot of learning around here. And since they are very active, activities that involve moving around are typically best. A few weeks ago we participated in a paper airplane fly-off that was just tons of fun. So with the topic of paper airplanes on…
The boys are super into dinosaurs so I really wanted to impress on them how long ago dinosaurs lived, how long they lived for, and for how short a time humans have actually been on this earth. I really like the idea of timelines and had planned to make one for all the history of…
Memorizing math facts is a big deal in our house right now. It seems like everyone is working on something different. So we are using a lot of different methods for memorizing these facts – mostly games. They love playing the games the first few times, but then tire of them. So we are playing…
This is a game that Baloo and I play fairly regularly. Just for 5-10 minutes at a time as it gets tiring, but it’s great practice. And it’s fun! And it’s easy to switch it to addition war, if necessary. Or even subtraction war – whoever gets the lowest number wins. Whatever math skill you…
In my younger (kid-free) days I was a big SuDoKu fan. I actually had a job where we would take a break every day and race to complete SuDoKu. I never won (although I’m not that bad, they were just super quick). I really enjoy the way SuDoKu cradles the creative mind. I used to…
I am over the moon excited to share this product with you today. If you have kids that are struggling with math facts, you NEED Times Tales. Baloo is 9 and understands multiplication perfectly fine, but he’s not quick with his facts. When it gets up to 6 times 8 I start to lose him. …
So Baloo recently started fractions, among other mathematical concepts. It seems like there’s just been an explosion of new concepts lately. Anyway, I immediately noticed there is a severe lack of colorful and fun fraction practice. You can only cut a pizza into so many fractions! So naturally I had to put something together. What’s…
Baloo is back in a Star War phase and has told me he would do extra multiplication work if it was Star Wars themed. Naturally, I jumped on that opportunity!! I knew a Star Wars Multiplication pack would get him invested in working on his multiplication skills! Multiplication isn’t necessarily that difficult but practice multiplication…