Sorting and Comparing Fractions

Three Fraction Activities That Will Give a Number Sense for Fractions. This week I’m giving you… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ ….

Vedic Multiplication

Recently I had someone ask me if Vedic Multiplication, that is taught with my guide in year 3 of Mu… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about…

Using Game Points for Math

Who thought regular games could be used for math? Of course, I did. Some games point system for kee… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them…

Overview of Factoring 

An Exploration to its Relationship to Multiplication and Division This week I’m touching on fact… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ .  If…

Gattegno’s Place Value

Making a Place in Homeschool Math for Place Value Gattegno’s chart is an intuitive way to look a… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at…

Place Value Go Fish

 Place Value Go Fish is a game that I first saw Denise Haskins, the author of the book, L… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at…

Using Monopoly for Math

The Different Ways that You Can Use the Game Monopoly to Get in a Little Math Practice in your Home… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about…

Healing Math Trauma

Including Non-Conventional Math Activities as Part or All of your Homeschooling Math Curriculum … Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ .  If you…

Rooibos Rainbow Tea Activity

A sensory math activity for homeschooling. Not only is making tea a wonderful sensory activit… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ .  If…

Keeping a Math Journal

A Look inside our Math Journals from 4th-6th Grades Introduction Keeping a math journal can b… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ ….

Doubling and Halving

How using doubles and halves can help us in simplifying math. Doubling and halving are such inte… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/…

Exploring Long Division

Taking a look at the Long Division Algorithm Today I’m going to try to tackle the process of lo… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them…

Math Circles

How the Waldorf Pedagogy uses Circles in their Math Waldorf uses circles throughout their ye… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ .  If…

Window Star Math

Window stars are one of my favorites, because of their beauty. I hardly ever use them for math, but… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them…

An Overview of Cuisenaire Rods

Cuisenaire rods are my favorite math manipulative. This is because they translate the math so clear… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them  at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ ….