In an effort to try to think about something other than this seemingly never-ending rain that threatens to carry us away, I thought I would post my Works for Me Wednesday tip. Over our Christmas break, I took some time to make some self-checking answer cards for the number recognition game I’d made for my…
I’ve been trying to find some interesting, self-correcting activities that Nim can do with little supervision for times when I’m working one-on-one with the older kids. The other day, I made her some “checking cards” for the number matching game I made her a couple of weeks ago. The checking cards are simple. I just…
This weekend, I updated Josh and Megan’s math mini-offices. I think I’ve mentioned these in passing before, but I’ve never really posted about them. I made the first ones about two years ago and Josh and Megan have used them more than I thought they would. As a matter of fact, the main reason I…
It’s really neat homeschooling a preschooler again. This was always one of my favorite ages and now I get to drag out and dust off all those fun things that I did with Josh and Megan, do them with Nim and post about them here, since, um, I had no idea that such a thing…
There are, apparently, a lot of math-phobic people out there because math is another subject that is worrisome to homeschoolers and would-be homeschoolers. Math is one of the few subjects for which my family uses formal curriculum. When choosing a math program, it is wise to first attempt to determine if your child learns better…
