Helen on November 5th, 2009
Arithmetic, computation or mathematics … no matter what it’s called in school, the subject often adds up in a child’s mind as plain old boring. Kindergarten worksheets display clusters of objects for children to color and count. By third or fourth grade word problems sneak into the curriculum. I don’t know about you, but when [...]
Helen on July 27th, 2009
In her Good Stuff resources column for the July/August issue, Rebecca Rupp writes about ‘Science and Math through Literature’ for younger children, or as she terms it, ‘For the Little Guys.’ Becky provides a resource to build a science and math foundation utilizing child-directed learning, hands-on investigations, open-ended questions, great picture books, cool manipulatives, and just plain fun.
