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FAQ: He Won’t Stop Finger-Counting
My oldest son has somehow developed the horrid habit of counting on his fingers. We worked on the math facts all summer. He knows the answers in simple form, such as 9 + 4, but if it’s in a bigger...
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FAQ: Trouble Finding the Right Math Program
“I can’t find a home school math program my son likes. We’ve tried Singapore Math, Right Start, Saxon, and Math Mammoth. We subscribed to a month of IXL Math to keep him in practice, but he hates that,...
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Join the Fun: Math & Magic Virtual Book Club
Eleven weeks of mathematical playtime kicks off this week over at Learners in Bloom blog. Math & Magic in Wonderland Week One Each week, we’ll be playing with the math, language, and logic topics...
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Making Sense of Arithmetic
Homeschoolers have an advantage in teaching math: As our students grow, our own understanding of math grows with them because we see how the ideas build on each other. This is especially true for those...
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The Value of Math Games
From Peggy Kaye’s classic book Games for Math: “Games put children in exactly the right frame of mind for learning difficult things. “Children relax when they play — and they concentrate. They don’t...
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New Book: Multiplication & Fraction Games
It’s here! My long-awaited upper-elementary Math You Can Play games book has finally hit the online bookstores. Multiplication & Fractions features 25 kid-tested games, offering a variety of...
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My Favorite Math Games
Take a break from textbook math and enjoy yourself! I like to use games as a warm-up with my co-op math circle. Some homeschoolers make every Friday a game day, and some turn gaming into a family...
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Visualizing Word Problems with Bar Model Diagrams
A friend emailed me, frustrated with her child’s math lesson on bar diagrams: “Why do they have to make it so complicated? Why can’t we just solve the blasted problem?” I told her bar models themselves...
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FAQ: Homeschool Burnout
“Spring cleaning has made my desk look worse than before. Nobody feels like studying. The kids would rather be outside, and their mom would rather take a nap. If I line everyone up on the curb in the...
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Playful Math Carnival #106
Do you enjoy math? I hope so! If not, browsing this post just may change your mind. Welcome to the 106th edition of the Math Teachers At Play math education blog carnival — a smorgasbord of links to...
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Rabbit Trails and Fibonacci Poetry
Homeschooling Memories… Well, I hadn’t planned on spending my day that way. But one of the great things about homeschooling is the freedom to follow rabbit trails. While browsing the Carnival of...
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Even a Math Workbook Can Be a Game
Homeschooling Memories… My youngest daughter wanted to do Singapore math. Miquon Red was her main math text at the time, but we added a bit of Singapore Primary Math 1B whenever she was in the mood. We...
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Math Humor and Copywork
Homeschooling Memories… The more years we spent homeschooling, the more I appreciated Charlotte Mason’s work and tried to incorporate her ideas into our laid-back, eclectic, not-quite-unschooling...
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How to Talk Math With Your Kids
A friend shared this video, and I loved it! From Kent Haines, a father who happens to also be a math teacher… “I hope that this video helps parents find new ways of interacting with their kids on math...
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Mindset for Learning Math
Playing with a new image editor, I came across this Winston Churchill quote. What a great description of how it feels to learn math! If you have a student who struggles with math or is suffering from...
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