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. We love incorporating fun themes, like Star Wars, into our school day. Adding in Star Wars science is a great way to expand upon themes…
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…