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Posted April 4th, 2008 by jaybayI guess I know this whole unschooling thing is supposed to be fluid and child-directed learning, etc, etc, etc, but my (almost 8 year old) daughter is coming upon a time when she ought to be learning more mathematics than measuring cups, play money and the calendar. She loathes workbooks and papers and has a deep dislike of math (my fault from the early days when I followed Abeka). Manipulatives only carry her so far. There is coming a time when I've got to decide what path to take with her and math. Certain aspects of unschooling with math read more »
Math "lesson"?
Posted March 26th, 2008 by TraceyWe were having a snack of cheese and crackers. The boys like to make sandwiches (one cheese between two crackers) with theirs. I asked N how many he wanted...he said, "two sandwiches...that's two cheeses and four crackers, mom." I gave him what he asked for, and then S said, "I want three sandwiches...how many crackers and cheeses is that?" N spoke right up and said, "six crackers, three cheeses." For kids who have never had a math lesson and learned this all on their own, I'm impressed. :)
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