Archive for the ‘Mathematics’ Category

How do you measure a snail?

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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Ducklings Play Follow the Leader

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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Hands-on, High School Geometry

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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Counting Pumpkins

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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Frogs and Hands-on Creative Unit Studies

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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