Almost Unschooling Grama

  Mighty Red is now pretty much an independent adder. We started out with him on my lap as his sister and I played math games. He would move the pieces while I gave the answers. Then we moved to him copying me as I did the finger math. For the past several weeks, we have been doing the problems on our fingers together, but this week he announced that he could do this and just took off without me! When I was in school, having someone help me like I have helped Mighty Red would have been shameful and "cheating". Go ahead, help your kids "cheat". It works!

  Joke of the Day Good News!  Homeschooling Just Crossed the Tipping Point https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/homeschooling-just-crossed-the-tipping-point/ I remember making these when I was a kid. Fascinating fun! https://leftbraincraftbrain.com/milk-carton-crayon-ice-candles/ Trashket Ball is always a hit! https://thecozycraftyclassroom.blogspot.com/2019/04/word-problems-in-math-best-game-ever.html Thought for the day: I'm reading War Room by Chris Fabry and The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn.

This is a game the whole family can enjoy instead of boring drills.  Spread dominoes out face down.  Levels:  Counters: Pick up one domino. Count the dots on each side. Then count all the dots. Say 2 + 4 = 6  Adders: Pick up a domino. Repeat the steps for the counter level and then write the answer on a piece of paper. On the next turn, add your second answer to your first. The person who gets to 50 first wins. When this is easy, add 2 dominoes together and race to 100 or 500.  Subtracters: Pull 2 dominoes. Subtract the smaller from the larger. When this is easy. Put 100 on a sheet of paper. Pick 1 domino and subtract it from 100. On the next turn subtract your pull from the number you got on the previous turn. The first one to get to 0 wins. This can be made more challenging by starting with 500 or 1000, picking 2 dominoes, adding them together and subtracting the result. Multipliers: Pull 2 dominoes. multiply them together. Add your an...