Skip Counting Memory! Not only are they getting accustomed to the multiples, they are spontaneously discussing their chances of turning over the card they need
“There are three twenties out there, my chances are pretty good.”
#rightstartmath #howwealveary #charlottemasonirl #homeschoolmath
April has been chilly this year. #homeschoolmath
Right Start Math is working very well for us this year.
I did something that I haven’t done in awhile: I used the library card catalog to fine a book on a topic. Jason Wilkes’s book “Burn Math Class and Reinvent Math for Yourself” came up.
From the Prefacer: “Introducing a concept like this(i) leaves open infinitely many questions, (ii) makes any reflective student feel as if they are missing something, (iii) implicitly suggests that it is their own fault for not understanding it…..When I first heard the definition of slope in high school…I felt something like ‘I couldn’t invent any of these definitions on my own, from first principles, so there’s something I don’t understand about all of them.”
Oh I love when an author can put into words my exact experience. This is going to be good. #momslearningtoo #lovethelibrary #allforhomeschool
Finally let the kids play with grandma’s bucket of frogs.
#mathisthebest #homeschoolisthebest #homeschoolrocks
Homeschool prerogative: when the math dementors have sucked out all our happy thoughts, we can eat chocolate.
The Long Story:
I gave the girls a math placement test. It did not occur to me to let them know ahead of time that I did not expect them to know how to do every problem on the test. They were greatly distressed and at the point of tears when they could not answer all the questions.
I felt so bad for not preparing them properly for the true expectations.
We took a break and ate chocolate. Hopefully they aren’t traumatized forever.
Marvelous Pigs in Satin 