Logi-Bear is so desperate to catch up to his brothers in school work that he is trying to sneak-learn multiplication. I’m not even kidding. He tries to eavesdrop on our multiplication lessons. He insisted on playing the HoliMaths Multiplication game with us. But he still needs the basics and I’m having to find ways to…
Logi-Bear is starting to learn some more diverse methods of addition and subtraction and I’m trying to keep up with him. He is a motivated learner and just does not need much instruction. But I have fun making things so I do. I’m hoping this hands on pumpkin number line will grab his attention! …
It does not feel like fall here. Not even close. We don’t really get fall at all but I feel like it’s time to start celebrating the leaves changing, pumpkins, and snuggling on the couch. So these fall beginning sounds cards are helping me to get into the fall mood. Logi-Bear is my last child…
Today Logi-Bear (5) referred to a candle as a “smelling good” and I realized that I won’t have these moments much longer. By ‘these moments’ I mean the ones where they use the best descriptions of objects when they don’t know the real name. They come few and far between now. That was one of…
My kids hate math and sometimes that makes me feel like a failure. Okay that was a bit dramatic, but not far from the truth. Baloo really hates math and I often feel like I have failed him in that area. He’s not bad at math (although it’s also not his strength) but he does…
I am a bibliophile to the core (that’s ‘book lover’ for those of us who like to appear fancy) and always expected that my kids would automatically be book lovers, too. I thought that would just be genetic. And while my kids do love books, it took time and effort to get us to that…
Anyone remember the episode of Friends where Joey buys the letter V encyclopedia? That’s all I can think of when I think of the letter V 😀 Anyway, we are on to the letter Vv! And of course, V is for Volcano – because volcanos are really awesome and interesting…from a distance. Check out this…
Logi-Bear is just starting to get into addition so we’ve explored many different ways of demonstrating addition visually. Math is such an abstract concept. I believe to truly grasp math you have to understand what is happening first. So we started with combining groups of objects (if I have 2 cars and you have 1…
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…
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…
Math practice, especially just rote math practice, can be very boring. But I’ve found that presenting math on new and interesting mediums can persuade a pretty reluctant child to practice their math. We regularly find new ways to practice. I remember the first time I saw a dry erase board. Vividly. It was Take Your…
I am a big fan of anything that makes learning to read a bit more fun and engaging. Reading is so challenging but so totally worth that, and many kids can see that from the beginning. Logi-Bear wants to read so so badly and he tries so so hard, but I still want him to…