Proving Theorems With Sticky Origami
Making math sticky for kids can be a challenge. Bringing the sometimes dry concepts into the real world in different ways cement those concepts forever in your child’s brain. If
Did you have a flop or a fail in your homeschool this week? Maybe something happened that was just too funny!
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Homeschooling can be messy and there may be tears, and your laundry absolutely never, ever, gets done! But it still is the absolute best thing you have ever done and the best life you could possibly imagine for your kids and for you, right?!
Making math sticky for kids can be a challenge. Bringing the sometimes dry concepts into the real world in different ways cement those concepts forever in your child’s brain. If
There is an awful lot of debate about spiral versus mastery methods of math education these days. There is new math, common core math. There are manipulatives, worksheets, computer games
Fun is important when you homeschool. You are with your kids 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you can have fun and enjoy your shared life, any
Yes, you kids may be able to complete the math worksheets and ace the math tests, but are they really understanding what is going on, or are they simply memorizing
Before you get to formal logic studies, those skilled in classical education methods generally suggest that you spend time playing logic puzzles with your kids. These are fun and teach
My kids fell in love with the magic of origami after watching a documentary called Between the Folds (available on Amazon Prime). More specifically, Erik Demaine captured their imaginations, inspired
Prof. N J Wildberger at the University of New South Wales in Australia is another of the great mathematicians who can explain math in a fundamentally universal way, like Vi
In the spirit of Horrible Histories, the history written for kids and humor-enabled adults, Murderous Maths are a set of books that explain various aspects of math to children ages
Most of us who homeschool, and perhaps even more who don’t, are greatly concerned over the emergence of common core math. Our first thought is to bury our head under