A Family-Style Math Lesson, great for homeschool co-ops, or 4H STEM Supplies A copy of “Lines of symmetry definition” page for each student (see link to PDF below) A copy of “Alphabet Symmetry Page” for[…]
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Category: Homeschool
Disc-Bound Planner
My experience Have you tried a disc-bound planner? What did you think? I have been using mine for several months now and am really enjoying it. I am a “Planner person,” if that’s a thing.[…]
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Spoons 24 Math Game
I love to play games and do math with my family and I’m trying to think of ways to make practicing multiplication more fun. Here is one idea. (This game is like the game “Spoons”[…]
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Pascal’s Triangle Discovery Lesson
Family-style lesson in discovering patterns with Pascal’s Triangle.
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Christmas Math Challenge Problem
In our homeschool, I love to give problems for my kids to try to solve that they have never seen before. That’s what mathematicians do. We solve new problems, or old problems in new ways,[…]
Read moreLiger Game
One of our family’s favorite games is the Liger Game. It is an animal drawing game, where players choose 2 animal cards from a deck, and then have to draw one animal with features from[…]
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Multiplication Table Songs
There are useful tricks to help kids learn the multiplication table. Kids can figure out patterns for most of them. Most kids struggle with learning the 7 and 8 times tables. To help with this,[…]
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Multiplication
This year, we are focusing on multiplication with my daughter Elizabeth. But I don’t want her to just memorize and regurgitate a table of facts. I want her to discover them, to understand what they[…]
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Part 5. Home Learning Survival Skills. Keeping Kids Motivated.
Part 5. What do I do when my kids don’t want to do their school work from home? How do I keep them motivated?
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Part 4. Home Learning Survival Strategies. Juggling Work and Homeschool
How to love your kids, get things done, and cut yourself some slack.
Part 4. How do I work and teach my kids from home? I’m here to support you in this ultimate homeschool juggling act.
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