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Archive of posts filed under the MATH STINKS!!! category.
Teaching Textbooks
All I know is that the Homeschool Convention/Conference (?) will be on May 14th and 15th and I’ll be the Teaching Textbooks representative! {squeal!!!} I can’t wait! I love homeschool conventions, and I don’t often get to go, but this time I’ll be there for the whole thing. Don’t guess I’ll get to go to [...]
Math! Something Worked!
Have you been following my math saga? I must be getting old. I don’t think I had such drama teaching the older kids their math. Especially on Mondays. Especially on Mondays after having taken any time off for illness or any reason. Do any of y’all have that problem too? Grrr! I have started to [...]
Journaling, Lunch and Cuteness
That’s pretty much all I’m willing to commit to until my headache is gone. Well, and laundry, a crockpot full of beans and some cornbread after while. Oh, and I need to plan the menu and make the grocery list. *Note: I am not teaching math while I have a headache. I’m sure this headache [...]
Homeschooling Times Five
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, [...]
MATH STINKS!!!
I may never get the hang of it. I hate it. It gives me the headaches from hell. I hate doing it. I hate teaching it. I would be happy if it went away and never came back. Why aren’t kids born knowing their math facts already? And why do some kids not know any [...]
