Math Skills and Homeschool Math Sites
« Previous EntriesCreating a Homeschool Co-op
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009We have restructured the co-op to be MORE structured and yes- even more like school. The older kids seem to want it and once a week not such a bad things for younger kids. We have divided it up into 3 sections- math/english and “special projects”
I am quite excited about the possibilities for this. Yes [...]
Homeschooling Math Blog
Friday, October 12th, 2007This is pretty cool site, http://homeschoolmath.blogspot.com/. Perfect for both traditional homeschooling or unschooling families. The site has varied and interesting math problems , worksheets and you can also send in a math problem.
Well worth the look!
Ideas for Cuisenaire Rods - Cuisenaire Rod Math Games and More
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007At risk of repeating myself, we recently moved.. during the unpacking I came across some stuff we haven’t seen in while. One of things was a great big box of cuisenaire rods. If you don’t know what they are- they are wooden (or plastic) rods of varying colours and lengths that help with math [...]
Developing Skill of Logical Thinking in Children - Puzzles and Games for Logical Thinking
Thursday, September 13th, 2007Noun 1. logical thinking - thinking that is coherent and logical
According to Dr. Karl Albrecht logical thinking is not a magical process or a matter of genetic endowment, but a learned mental process. It is the process in which one uses reasoning consistently to come to a conclusion. Problems or situations that [...]
For the Computer Geek in All of Us: Learning HLA
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Cam across this - teaches basic computer programming in a very easy to understand way ( good for ages 12+ ).
The HLA (High Level Assembly) language was developed as a tool to help teach assembly language programming and machine organization to University students at the University of California, Riverside. The basic idea was to teach [...]