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…
One day, shortly before Christmas, the hubs, Logi-Bear and I were shopping at Target. I don’t know know what happened, but when we got home Logi-Bear had a hexbug. We weren’t into Hexbugs before that. I kind of knew what they were but we just didn’t have them. Let’s just say, the boys LOVE the…
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…
Free clock manipulatives for practicing telling time! We’ve been doing a lot of working on telling time lately. I was inspired by a few things I saw on Pinterest and got the idea to make individual circles that I could have the boys set up themselves. And even better, we could label the minutes until…
I am a BIG fan of homeschooling on the cheap. We’ve never really been able to afford the big boxed curricula and it hasn’t been a big deal. There are plenty of reasonably priced resources out there! And I believe sharing is the best form of caring. Free Resources for Math curricula: MobyMax.com –…
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…
We’ve been practicing a LOT of addition facts. I’m of the belief that having memorized basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts simply makes life easier. But we don’t drill because that’s boring and not the most effective method. Nope, we don’t drill. We play games. Lots of games. Board games are popular with the…
Spring! Time of new beginnings! I love spring. I love the newness and the weather. Gardening and playing outside. Spring is just beautiful – even here in Arizona. Although it’s probably not a traditional spring here, it’s still lovely. So what’s in the pack? 30 Pages of No Prep Math Fun for First Grade!…
Admittedly, we don’t do a lot of number line stuff. I want the boys to be familiar with it, because having more tools when it comes to math is always better. But it hasn’t been the tool they’ve resonated with the most. So we just use it enough to keep up the skill. I thought…
We don’t have a driveway or walkway or any area where we can really get out with sidewalk chalk. So sometimes we get new sidewalk chalk and head to the park. It’s always a fun treat and met with enthusiasm. I decided to take advantage of that enthusiasm to get them to practice some skip…
We’ve done many “read the room” activities before but it’s always been with language arts activities. Perhaps I should have called this “math the room”. Either way, I thought it would be fun to graph the images we find around the room. It wouldn’t be necessary to find each and every image. The idea is…
Combining something your child enjoys with something they need to do for school is often a recipe for success. My kids love NERF guns. Incorporating NERF guns into their school has rarely gone awry and this activity was no different. The concept is simple – add two numbers together and shoot the answer! If your…