Archive for the ‘Mathematics’ Category
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Sep
Posted by evelynsaenz in math, Mathematics, Uncategorized. Tagged: activities, children, discovery, educational, enjoy, first grade, games, hands-on, hands-on math, interactive, kindergarten, learning centers, math journals, measurement, students, teaching, unit studies. Leave a Comment
Measuring a Snail Math is fun, artistic, musical, historical, scientific, active, something to write home about. Mathematics can be taught using fun, interactive learning materials as part of unit studies and as an everyday part of life. All children can learn and enjoy math when given the right materials and opportunities. The best games for [...]
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17
Aug
Posted by evelynsaenz in Beginning Readers, beginning to read, Educational Toys, homeschooling, math, Mathematics, picture books, read aloud, story hour, teaching social skills, unit studies, Word Games. Tagged: alphabetical order, ducklings, ducks, robert McCloskey, rubber ducks. Leave a Comment
Ducklings Play Follow the Leader Ducklings in Alphabetical Order Ducklings Play Follow the Leader Buy at AllPosters.com Write the names of each of the ducklings on the rubber ducks and then ask the children to put them in ABC order. This makes a wonderful activity for the first few children who come into the classroom [...]
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12
Nov
Posted by evelynsaenz in high school geometry, Mathematics, Uncategorized. Tagged: activities, creative, educational, geometry, hands-on, high school, high school math, learning, math. Leave a Comment
Fun, creative, hands-on, resources for learning high school geometry. As homeschoolers, we look for fun, creative ways to learn. This year we are studying high school geometry and wanted to share with you some of our favorite resources.
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21
Oct
Posted by evelynsaenz in Mathematics, picture books, story hour, unit studies. Tagged: activities, cooking, counting, creative, education, first grade, growing, halloween, hands-on, homeschooling, kindergarten, learning, learning centers, math, Mathematics, place value, pumpkins, teaching, unit studies. Leave a Comment
One year by accident a pumpkin drops off a truck, the seeds plant themselves and a whole pumpkin patch grows in her yard. Being frugal she must use all the pumpkins so she makes breads, pies, soups and Jack O’Lanterns for all the neighbors.
Not only is this a fun story to read but a wonderful accompaniment to a class learning place value while counting pumpkin seeds.
We used page protectors to cover some of the pages in the book and then used dry erase markers to circle groups of 10 pumpkins to find out how many pumpkins were on each page.
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26
Aug
Posted by evelynsaenz in art, Beginning Readers, Educational Toys, frog, Mathematics, Uncategorized, unit studies. Tagged: activities, children, classroom, creative, education, frogs, hands-on, learning, learning centers, students, teaching, thornton burgess, unit studies. 3 Comments
As I start on my second year of writing lenses at Squidoo, I have decided to take the plunge into learning about the rest of the web. Up to this point I have written mostly about education and how to set up a learning environment that is focused on a central theme or unit study. [...]
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