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Build Mathematical Skills by Delaying Arithmetic, Part 1
To my fellow homeschoolers, It’s counter-intuitive, but true: Our children will do better in math if we delay teaching them formal arithmetic skills. In the early years, we need to focus on...
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Build Mathematical Skills by Delaying Arithmetic, Part 2
To my fellow homeschoolers, Most young children are not developmentally ready to master abstract, pencil-and-paper rules for manipulating numbers. But they are eager to learn about and explore the...
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Build Mathematical Skills by Delaying Arithmetic, Part 3
To my fellow homeschoolers, How can our children learn mathematics if we delay teaching formal arithmetic rules? Ask your librarian to help you find some of the wonderful living books about math. Math...
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Build Mathematical Skills by Delaying Arithmetic, Part 4
To my fellow homeschoolers, While Benezet originally sought to build his students’ reasoning powers by delaying formal arithmetic until seventh grade, pressure from “the deeply rooted prejudices of...
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How Can I Teach Math If I Don’t Understand It?
[Photo by University of the Fraser Valley via flickr. Part 1 of my Homeschooling with Math Anxiety Series.] Our childhood struggles with schoolwork gave most of us a warped view of mathematics. We...
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Mathematicians Ask Questions
[Photo by walknboston via flickr. Part 2 of my Homeschooling with Math Anxiety Series.] Wise mathematicians are never satisfied with merely finding the answer to a problem. If they decide to put...
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Mathematicians Love to Play
[Photo by Windell Oskay via flickr. Part 3 of my Homeschooling with Math Anxiety Series.] Mathematicians love to play with ideas. They experiment with puzzles. They tinker with the connections between...
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Trouble with Times Tables
[Photo by dsb nola via flickr.] Food for thought: Imagine that you wanted your children to learn the names of all their cousins, aunts and uncles. But you never actually let them meet or play with...
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PUFM 1.5 Multiplication, Part 2
Poster by Maria Droujkova of NaturalMath.com. In this PUFM Series, we are studying Elementary Mathematics for Teachers and applying its lessons to home education. Multiplication is taught and...
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10 Questions to Ask About a Math Problem
[Photo by CourtneyCarmody via flickr.] It’s important to teach our children to ask questions, about math and about life. As I wrote in my series about homeschooling with math anxiety, “School...
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Welcome, TIME Readers!
[Photo by Luis Argerich via flickr.] If you’ve come here from Bonnie Rochman’s article, Bedtime Math: A Problem a Day Keeps Fear of Arithmetic Away, thank you for dropping in! I have nearly 800...
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Let’s Play Math Book Update
I love math, but had forgotten why I developed a love for math in the first place. This book made me realize how experiences in my childhood lit a spark in me … Denise Gaskins shows us how we can...
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World Maths Day 2013: Register Now
It’s time to register for World Maths Day, which will take place on March 6, 2013. Last year, more than five million students from all around the world combined to correctly answer nearly 500 million...
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Math That Is Beautiful
One of the sections in my book encourages parents to make beautiful math with their children. If you have trouble imagining that math can be beautiful, check out this video: How many mathematical...
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Hundred Chart Idea #28: Hang It on the Wall
Math is beautiful when it communicates an abstract idea clearly and provides new insight. Yelena’s hundred chart poster does just that: [From the Moebius Noodles blog] Check out my newest home decor...
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How to Recognize a Successful Homeschool Math Program
photo by Dan McCarthy (cc-by) After teaching co-op math classes for several years, I’ve become known as the local math maven. Upon meeting one of my children, fellow homeschoolers often say, “Oh,...
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Happy Square of a Square Day
In Response To David Coffey’s What’s the point? Make your own “Happy Math Day” sign: Roosevelt Middle School Sign Generator Here’s a fun activity for any age that will encourage your children to play...
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Algebra: The Search for Pirate Treasure
A bit of April Fool’s Day fun from Google Maps: Book Update I’m still working on Let’s Play Algebra, the sequel to my Let’s Play Math book. Here’s a quick taste of things to come… Algebraic...
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Moebius Noodles: New Must-Read Math Book
Homeschoolers, after-schoolers, unschoolers, or anyone else: if you’re a parent with kids at home, you need this book. If you work with children in any way (grandparent, aunt/uncle, teacher, child...
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Homeschooling High School Math
photo by ddluong via flickr Most homeschoolers feel at least a small tinge of panic as their students approach high school. “What have we gotten ourselves into?” we wonder. “Can we really do this?”...
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