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Engineering for Kids: Build a Bridge with Straws and Straight Pins
January 7, 2013
Last week, one of Aidan's history lessons was about advancements in bridge building during the 1800's. We are reading Landmark History of the American People as part of Sonlight Core…
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Teaching the Concept of Even and Odd Numbers
October 22, 2012
Today, Aidan (4th grade) was learning about remainders in division, so I thought that it would be a good time to introduce even and odd numbers to Gresham (1st grade).…
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Math Activity: Candy Survey and Graph
September 18, 2012
Facebook can be such a useful tool for homeschooling! Last week, Gresham's math curriculum, Making Math Meaningful from Cornerstone Curriculum, introduced the concept of a bar graph. I decided to…
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Patterns for Preschoolers
August 24, 2012
One great way to build thinking skills in preschoolers is by creating patterns! This week, I introduced the concept of patterns to Owen (turned 3 in May) for the first…
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Pretend Store Game for Multiple Age Levels
May 3, 2012
Now that I'm homeschooling two boys and also have a baby and an almost 3-year-old, it has become obvious that I will not be able to survive without multi-tasking! There…
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Math Activities: Comparisons
February 23, 2012
Our computer is back! Hooray! Not much time for writing at the moment, but I wanted to post a couple of quick math ideas for the kindergarten/first grade crowd. Gresham…
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Hot Wheels Math
October 12, 2011
Gresham was thrilled when I announced that we were going to do math with hot wheels cars! This activity was similar to our counting scavenger hunt, but covered the skill…
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Counting Scavenger Hunt
September 30, 2011
We're on a roll lately with preschool/kindergarten math games! Here's another one we created this week. It's really simple - just a list of things to count around the house! …
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Elementary Math Bar Graph Activity
October 21, 2010
I have found that one of the best ways to get Aidan engaged in math is to put away the worksheets and do something that relates to real life. He…
