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Archive of posts filed under the Math category.
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 [...]
Illness? Menopause? or just a migraine?
Yeah, maybe all three, the second 2 at least. Anyway, my week is shot. Patience is not my strongest super-power in the face of a migraine, so minimal school for now. Today I only have 3 kids at home and one of them is Tex, so I can “take the day off” if I wanna, [...]
Homeschooling back at the ranch
We’re still waiting for the cooler weather before we take some time off from school. I figured I’d give you a few updates on our homeschooling progress. Sally Mae is making huge strides in her reading. It’s been quite a few months since she learned the sounds the letters make. At that time she also [...]
Math & My Secret Weapon
Have you ever read Mary Pride’s column about math and how rewarding it is and how there’s a natural reward blah, blah, blah. . . (trying not to poke fork in own eye!) But she’s dead serious. And if you can pull the fork out of your eye long enough to read the whole article [...]
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, [...]
Simple Math Game
I don’t remember, but it might be called “100″ or something equally simple. And I NEED simple math games! After breakfast this morning I pulled out a deck of cards and started removing the face cards. Only Sally Mae (age 6) and Slim (age 9) were home with me. So I started talking about how [...]
My new-fangled, triangled flash-cards
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 [...]
I can’t believe I’m writing this.
How to teach math. Ok, ok, Kim, you can stop laughing now. You are partly to blame for the bravado I now exhibit by daring to instruct others in the teaching of the horrid subject. Stephanie? Oh Stephanie! Are you reading? This is for you. I have been pondering your question for 2 weeks now, [...]
Math~ Friend or Foe?
I have frittered my whole day away doing math with my kiddoes. Well, not frittered. We all know more math now than we did yesterday. Yes, I include myself. Billy Bones and Calico Zak are pushing me onward and upward in my quest to try to stay a half step ahead of them. Yikes! Did [...]
