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…
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…
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….
You know that moment when you’ve spent ages teaching something and your kid gets it? You can see it ‘click’ in their eyes? Possibly the best moments, ever. I absolutely love those moments and they’re one part of what makes homeschooling so worth it to me. (I’d be willing to bet that teachers know that…
Pokemon is awesome and multiplication facts stink, right? That’s pretty much what Baloo thinks, but he’s 9… Well, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of Pokemon Go. We immediately jumped on and joined the game and we are having a blast. Now, you guys know me, I will take advantage of any…
We have just started really using week 1 and I have to say, it’s going better than I thought. None of them like to write and there is a good amount of writing in the program. But they don’t mind this writing!! Baloo, the one most adverse to writing, actually asked me to print out…
Kids naturally love learning but I’ve found, at least with the younger ages, nonfiction books can be a bit overwhelming. The information often doesn’t read like a normal book and kind of just has little blurbs randomly spread over the page. My kids don’t often pick up nonfiction books, and I think that has something…
Kids make the best observations. And the most embarrassing. When doing laundry the other day, Logi-Bear found a bra of mine. He didn’t have the right word so he called it my “boob holder”. Just glad it didn’t come up in public! When we first started learning about Q he called it the “O with…
The first thing I heard when I woke up Friday was “Finding Dory comes out today!!”. I honestly don’t know how they knew. We don’t really watch TV. Or YouTube. Or anything with commercials. I suspect it was my mother (who is way more excited for Finding Dory than anyone else in existence). Still, surprised…
Teaching math can be one of the most fun and most frustrating experiences. I love math. As Lindsay Lohan said in Mean Girls, it’s the same in every country. Math is a constant. But teaching math can be it’s own beast. Especially at the beginning, which is where we are with Logi-Bear. The funny thing…
Kids are bored, restless, and demanding entertainment 24/7? I bet you’d like a little break. Well Cassie from 3Dinosaurs.com and I have the answer for you. And bonus – it’s educational AND fun. Our summer learning program is designed to entice kids but still help them retain what they’ve learned over the past 10 months!…
Swing In To Summer Learning: A Free 5 week summer learning program for kids from 2-10! Ahhh it’s here! It’s here!! I am so incredibly excited about this year’s summer learning program. Most years at this point I’m like “Seriously, are we done yet?” (These programs take months and months of planning and working! We…