Math throughout a Steiner inspired education is incredibly hands on. When my children were in the younger grades, I had a math box full of supplies to help us make math fun, meaningful and hands on. Some of what was in the box was: skipping ropes bean bags deck of playing cards, lego pieces number … Continue reading Hands On Math
Middleschool math roundup! These are the resources we've been using, and will continue to use, for our middle school years. One thing I always look for in mathematics curriculum is that it builds on concepts, doesn't jump around, and that it is hands on. Daily Mental Math: I added Daily Mental Math by Hana from … Continue reading Middle School Math Roundup
Early elementary math roundup! I'm cleaning out our cupboards and thought I'd share the math resources I used in our earlier years, grades one through three. They are pretty basic and except for a few books that I purchased used, we had all the supplies in the house already. Math in the first three years … Continue reading Early Elementary Math Resources
Still working on weights, and this week's lesson wer so much fun! The children expanded on last week's experience with weighing things by hand by creating a hanging scale so they could see if each side was of equal weight based on the balance of each side of the scale. They collected materials from around … Continue reading Weight Block Continued
We started our second measurement block, weight, this week after a month away for some play with words. To start this block we reviewed linear measurement (you can find a glimpse of it HERE) and continued our story of the King who just wanted everyone to bring him things as he expected 😂. Poor king, … Continue reading Measurement Block Two
We love to play games in our homeschool, and sometimes the simplest of games are the most fun. Squares is a game that can be played anywhere you have paper and a pencil. Really, it could even be played in the dirt with rocks and a stick! All you need is to set a square … Continue reading Squares Game
We took full advantage of the spring like weather this morning and spent a good portion of our time outdoors. My youngest is working on balance as she is growing so quickly that she's become a bit clumsy! Hopping up and down the walkway alternating legs is a perfect way not only to work on … Continue reading MOVING Class Outside!
This is a fun little place value game that I adapted from one of Peggy Kaye's place value games in the book Games for Math. It is super quick to pull together and provides a very nice visual and tactile way to experience place value and the "carrying" of numbers. Each player gets a board … Continue reading Visualizing Place Value
