the road to inspired learning
“Math, math, math–I want more math!” Last spring Simon demanded more math. After pausing to ponder if he was really my child, I realized he was serious. As a mom who embraces interest-led (or delight directed) learning, I was determined to meet my son’s need. I started doing some research. My best friend (and homeschool […]
We’ve been working on numbers and quantities. I needed something a little more motivating than counting blocks or cars, so I made these counting cards for my sticker loving child! Super easy to use: Print (on cardstock, if you have it). Color. Sticker. Use. We made ours into a little book because my kiddo also loves […]
Elijah needs more practice with perimeter and area. Elijah loves LEGO. Put the two together, and you get finding perimeter and area with LEGO–a LEGO learning activity for math. First, I grabbed various LEGO building plates. Then I gave each plate a number. Then I reviewed area and perimeter with Elijah and gave him these printable pages to work […]
I've been on the look-out for some interesting math activities to add to Elijah's school day. I don't want him to think little brother gets to have all the fun. I knew he'd love a math game of sorts, so I made Hundred-Dollar Words; I found the basic idea for this fun math activity in Family Math. […]
Here is a fun logic-mathy activity for your preschool or kindergarten student. Elijah has Colorku, and I was thinking it would be fun to have something similar (but simpler) for Simon. I found some printable things online, but I didn't want to use a bucket of colored ink. So, the idea for Paint Chip Sudoku […]