Math-U-See Blog

I was browsing the blogs the other day and saw this picture of Joel doing his math homework. He reminded me of myself when I was his age. My mom would tell me to run around the house repeatedly and time me, I kept trying to beat my fastest time while she was just draining some of my energy. My mom also put up a chalkboard and had me write standing up so I could be moving, as sitting still wasn’t a viable option.

Excerpts from the Kent Kim & Kids Blog.

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Our bouncy, baby Joel grew up and as his Kindergarten teacher/Mother I’ve recently discovered that Joel seems to be kinesthetic learner. I vaguely remember jokingly calling him ‘my satelite’ because while I stand around talking to people, he literally walked in circles around me.

This kid doesn’t need Math-U-See, he needs Math-U-Do! There are great manipulatives and he is learning his math concepts and adding facts really quickly when he can start off my building them in blocks, but writing 0-100?! No way.

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I spent a few hours creating 0-100 color coded cards (in his HWT number font), and voila! Happy kid.

I’m just beginning to unlock the ‘key’ to happy kid Joel’s learning style, but hey!
Happy (learning) kid.

Read the full post.

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This is one of the joys and difficulties of homeschooling. You have the opportunity to adapt your teaching style to your child’s learning style but it takes a lot of work and experimentation. The rewards though are worth it. I’m personally grateful to my parents for figuring out what worked for me and doing it. It wasn’t always perfect but they kept learning right along with me and for that I am very thankful.

Missy over at “The Daniel Academy” has posted a detailed blog on how to make your own Decimal Street Lapbook. Here are a few pictures and a description,

I love lapbooking, and I love MUS. I have been wanting to smoosh the two together for the longest. I kinda did when I made math mini offices for my children, but I wanted to do “Decimal Street” in a lapbook. There are instructions in the curriculum of how to make one out of a poster board, like my first one, but like any homeschool family, we school all over the house and I thought how much easier it would be in a lapbook form.

The Lapbook

The Lapbook in action
Head on over to her site to learn how to make your own.