Anyone remember Circumference = 3.1416 x diameter?  We had such a wonderful math lesson to understand this yesterday.  The lesson was inspired from Family Math, pg. 97.

Taking several sized lids, I asked the kiddos to trace five different lids on a piece of plain legal-sized paper.  Using a centimeter tape measure, I asked them to [...]

I meant to put this post up before Christmas break – oops!
I hope you aren’t getting bored with all the fun math we’ve been doing from Hardhatting in a Geo-World.  I just can’t help sharing what has been a GREAT math & science unit!  If you are getting bored, you’ll be glad to know this [...]

We are having SO much fun with this book!  A little break from the regular math schedule has turned out to include such exciting math and science that my kids are actually asking to do more. 
Here are some photos from one of this week’s investigations….
Cylinder structures – Using various sized cardboard tubes and [...]

October/November = lots of falling leaves and lots of candy.  What better to do with both of those things?  Math, of course!  )
Whether you have extra M&M’s, Skittles, Smarties, Runts, or just a big bunch of assorted candy bars, take a few minutes to turn those sweets into more than cavities.  Even little bitty [...]

It was COLD in Central KY yesterday.  The nature walk part of our study was rather short – a quick trip down to the creek bed to collect a variety of leaves.  But once we got home – the learning and fun began!
We started with a review discussion about the purpose of leaves and why they [...]