This post originally appeared as a guest post for the blog Homemade Math. I love math. I always have. I think partly because I was able to see the magic of the patterns through the humdrum of algorithms and worksheets that were mundanely fed to us in school. I was lucky in that. So many…
Tag: skip counting
Patterns in the Multiplication Chart
*A note about the numbers. In this piece to try to keep things clear, when I speak of the multiples or a particular number, I am writing the numeric symbol for the number i.e. “9.” If I am not talking about the number but describing an amount, I am spelling it out i.e. “three…
An Inspiration in Math for One Small First Grader
With everything there are trade-offs. It’s the same for homeschooling. Sometimes when I am planning I come across an activity or discussion that I think would work so much better in a group dynamic. It doesn’t happen too often, but often enough. Sometime, like with physics for my 13-year-old son this year, I just decide…
Making a Skip Counting Number Wheel
I was lucky enough to be advised by older and wiser homeschooling parents than me that after my children could count proficiently to 100, I should teach them to count by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s and so forth. It worked so very well for my first child, and so with my youngest now going through kindergarten,…
