Take an ordinary deck of playing cards. Decide what set of math facts you would like to work on with your child. For ease of explanation, I will use the following set of addition facts:
0+5=5, 1+4=5, 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 4+1=5, 5+0=5
But this basic game can easily be played with any basic operation and any number of sets […]
Read the rest of Easy, Cheap Alternative to Drill & Kill
This morning, we embarked on a mathematical adventure not for the faint of heart. It was rigorous and required my sharpest recording skills while Kindy Girl emphatically measured everything in sight with everything else in sight. We used paper clips, wooden blocks, marbles, straws, and toothbrushes to measure the comparative lengths of tables, doors, dry […]
Read the rest of ‘Mazing Mathematical Measuring Bonanza
We took the Triad out to the woods this past weekend and they really had a fabulous time. Kindy Girl was nearly jumping out of her skin Saturday afternoon, waiting for Big Daddy to get off work so we could set out for Martin Dies, Jr. State Park and our weekend of outdoor fun. She […]
Read the rest of Training for the Trail
Crunchy Mama waxes philisophical from her happy Texas home where she resides in matrimonial bliss with Patris Maximus and the Triad of Chaos: the ring leader, Athena, and her devoted twin followers, Apollo and Artemis