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…
Baloo and I have read aloud together every single night since he was about 11 months old. Back then it was a tool to calm down before bedtime but now it is a time for just the two of us to share. Nine years of reading nightly has given us much more than the gift…
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…
Multiplication is one of those topics that we come back to again and again. For some reason, memorizing his times tables is the bane of Baloo’s existence. We don’t necessarily push it too hard, but I do think it is important. Having your multiplication tables memorized makes higher math so so so much easier. I…
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…
Math is one of the most important topics we will cover in homeschool. I firmly believe that. When my kids talk about what professions interest them, engineering almost always comes into play. But math is used in most professional areas these days. The problem with math is that it has to be learned from the…
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…
It’s officially time to get ready for fall. Which apparently means everything pumpkin. Now, I love pumpkin spice lattes as much as the next person, but I do have my pumpkin limits. This adorable pumpkin time telling clocks were not past my limit though. Let’s face it, learning to read analog clocks is not the…
Practicing our math facts, addition and multiplication, has been a big priority over here lately. We have been using every technique I could possibly think of! Mostly games, of course. But I wanted something that was a bit more portable, fun, engaging, and that they could really own. So I had to make interactive booklets….