You have heard me talk about living math over and over. I thought it was high time to organize all my living math resources for you in one convenient "table of contents" of sorts. Start Here If you're new to the concept of living math or need some help refining your definition/vision, this post should be your first stop. What is living math? Go Here Next If you're ready to add living math to your homeschooling plans, Loving Living Math will give you all the how-to you information you need. Parents, it doesn't matter how old your student is, anytime is a good time to add living math! Enjoy These Posts Peruse my living math category of posts. In other words, you'll ... Read More
My Favorite Logic Resources
Is it really important to add logic studies in your homeschool from PK-High School? Yes! Our children need to know how to think. With the ability to think, almost any topic at any time can be learned and/or thought about critically. Christian children who will go out into this devil-trodden world absolutely MUST be able to think critically. Their very {eternal} life depends on it. This post contains affiliate links. Read my entire disclosure here. Formal vs. Informal Logic Most people would argue that a child's mind isn't ready for "formal logic" until at least middle school, and I agree. That doesn't mean you can't teach any logic. Introducing what I call "informal logic" ... Read More
The King’s Chessboard: The Power of Doubling
Target Age Range: 4th-8th Skills Covered: reading, addition/multiplication, calculator skills, problem solving, charting data (This post contains affiliate links and links to my business website, Shining Dawn Books.) The King's Chessboard by David Birch is a fantastic book - both for math and character training. In it, the king foolishly agrees to doubling a gift of rice everyday for the number of days on a chessboard. Because he doesn't know about the power of doubling, he loses A LOT of rice. Reading the book is a great way to start off a lesson on the power of doubling. After reading, ask your child, "What if I offer to pay you 2¢/day for doing the dishes every night for 20 ... Read More
Moving Through Dimensions (3-D Math)
Last month at The Curriculum Choice, I wrote about logic/critical thinking resources from Prufrock Press. I am continually impressed by their living math resources! Most of you know we only do Saxon math three days a week. The other two days of math time are spent doing living math, logic, critical thinking activities and/or math games. Over nine weeks of last semester, one day a week was spent with Mahayla (7th grade) doing the lessons from a Prufrock Press book called Moving Through Dimensions. It a very hands-on, out of the text book approach to teaching 3-dimensional geometry concepts. Take a look at some of the fun we had together. For a homeschooling family, ... Read More