Well, we moved house and that gave me an excuse to revamp our math lab. That and the fact that I said I’d do a workshop on Creating a Mathematical Environment at BC CHEC. The new house gave me the space and the convention gave me the deadline. I also wanted to design this math [...]
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The New and Improved Math Lab
Posted in Homeschool Set-up, Math on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Math Woes
Posted in Math on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I put an email out to the listserve for math teachers in BC asking about rigorous texts for grade 9. So far (about 24 hours later) I have received two replies. One, from a teacher who taught Dolciani in California years ago and one from a private school in BC that uses New Elementary Math 2 for [...]
Creating a Math Lab
Posted in Homeschool Set-up, Math on September 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Most of us work very hard at creating a literature rich environment for our children. Not many of us work as hard at creating an environment that fosters a love of math. Setting up a math-lab is an easy way to make math fun and accessible. I had a math lab for my older kids, [...]
Thinking Strategies vs. Rote Memorization
Posted in Math on September 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m all for instant recall of basic math facts, however, I’m not all for the road that many people take to get there. Instant recall, achieved through the rote memorization of basic facts will serve a student well when they need to use those basic facts. However, rote memorization does not equip students to think [...]
Math Plans
Posted in Homeschool Planning, Math on August 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Finding the perfect math program is like locating an elusive treasure. Everyone is looking for it and everyone truly believes they will find it. I thought I had it, for a while… And I still believe it’s the closest-to-perfect math curriculum for 1 – 6. It’s Singapore Math, in case you haven’t already guessed. Singapore promotes [...]
