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Well, I did it. I made some triangular math flash cards. I thought about buying them, but, couldn’t make myself spend money on something I knew I could easily make with stuff I already had on hand.
But before I got out the poster board and scissors I looked at some pictures of ‘em to make sure I had the right idea.
I looked at Donna Young’s site and wished real hard that I had a working printer. Then made a list of the facts that her cards showed. Now if you have a working printer you might just wanna go on over there to Donna Young’s wonderful, free print-ables site and print off some of these do-dads. But I don’t so I had to draw triangles on the backs of old posters and cut ‘em out and write my own numbers and +’s and -’s all on my own. Not terribly challenging I admit, but I already taught math to several children today so I’m counting this as above and beyond!
Actually it was quite easy once Tex reminded me that what I wanted to make was called an equilateral triangle, and Hubs reminded me that each of those angles should have 60°s, then I was off and running. They’re starting to get the hang of dealing with my “menopause brain” even if I’m not. (Trust me, girls, “menopause brain” is even worse than “lactating brain”. Sorry to be the one to break it to ya. You may wanna warn your hubby.)
Anyway, I had to send Tex across the street to borrow a protractor, which, by the way, are like policemen, never around when you need one, but just roll through a stop sign one time…
This was so easy I should have done it years ago. I’m tickled pink to have my cool, new set of homemade, triangular, addition/subtraction flashcards. Nifty-thrifty, huh?
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Dang! Now I have to check all of them. I think I’ll have Tex check ‘em. Obviously a mere slip of my sharpie pen, but it’s ok, I already confessed to HATING MATH.
Now that’s dedication…. But are you testing us out here? Seems to me that the card on top has the wrong sum! Are you pulling my cyber leg?
. If not, maybe I need to go back to your post about Slim’s new specs and follow that link to order some new ones myself!
Now you just gotta use them…
I make all sorts of wonderful things and never get around to using them often. Sigh.
Cyndi, you made my day!
You are a good and dedicated momma!