Multi-Sensory Materials for Individual Learning Styles
Last summer, I shared our 4th grade homeschool curriculum plans for my big guy. Now that we have only two weeks left in the school year, it is time to reflect on the year and share how it went. (Note: This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read our full disclosure.) … Continue reading Our 4th Grade Homeschool Wrap-Up
Last summer, I shared our 2nd grade homeschool curriculum plans for my little guy. Now that we have only two weeks left in the school year, it is time to reflect on the year and share how it went. (Note: This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read our full disclosure.) … Continue reading Our 2nd Grade Homeschool Wrap-Up
If you have been following our number sense series, you know how important it is to build the understanding of number relationships in your children. Specifically, they need to develop the skills of subitizing, one and two more or less, how to make the benchmarks of 5 and 10, and understanding part-part-whole. As your children … Continue reading What Order Should We Teach Addition Facts In?
An important part of building number sense is learning that numbers can be broken apart (decomposed) and put together (composed). This helps children make friendlier numbers to work with. For example, if a child needs to add 9 + 6 = ?, he could break apart 6 into 5 and 1, add the 1 to … Continue reading Build Number Sense with Part-Part-Whole Circles
Last week, I talked about a simple number sense routine in which you could use an abacus to build number sense and mental math skills. But, if you are like me, you are on the go a lot and also need some simple number sense routines that don't require any equipment! I have one for … Continue reading A Simple, On-the-Go Number Sense Routine