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 September 1st, 2009
In the March-April 2000 issue of Home Education Magazine A.J. Schmidt explains the concept behind “Delicious Math:”
“Finish eating your math and you can go out to play,” I tell my kids. So they chew up the last of their manipulatives before racing outside to enjoy the rest of the sunny day.
Actually my children have been [...]
