Finally, some recent success in the math facts department.

I know, I know, it’s all about consistency and drill, drill, drill.  But my word, I would rather stick a fork in my eye than have to deal with a kid who throws up their hands and says, “I dunno.”

But, finally, today, after I said, “Yes, you will take your turn on the Math Shark and you’ll do it with a smile on your face and you’ll do it five times with a smile on your face each time!” After all those  harsh words words of encouragement and three times of working at that Math Shark that Cowboy looked at me with a HUGE smile on his face and exclaimed, “That’s my fastest time yet!  This is fun!”

You know I had to make him add,  ”Thanks for making me do this!”  And so, doing his remaining two turns was a breeze.

Making habits is a real drag.  But, once they’re made they’re powerful.

Here’s our current rut we’re trying to form in math for the non-teen set.

• At least a page of work in their text books daily.
• Math copywork daily (the same set of facts every day for the whole week)
• Minimum of 5 sets of facts on the Math Shark daily.
• Putting corks on all the forks . . . just in case.

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