What better time than spring to go outside , explore nature and discover new things about insects, eggs and baby animals? My 4 year old girl absolutely LOVES animals, she can spend hours playing with her cuddles , ( she almost never plays with dolls) she invents stories, takes care of them , and la suite…
Mois : avril 2018
Logic and sorting out Games
Learning to sort out , categorize and having logic skills is a very important part of being ready for Math . I love manipulatives and Math Games , and my kids too. Since I seem to never have enough I create some … This Two games where created for a special occasion : We la suite…
To Bring Spring into the Math Lessons or the Math Lessons Out in the Spring ?
It’s a beautiful sunny day outside… Kids eyes are starring outside and not so much on their work sheet. You already did your morning routine, you managed to keep kids sitting at the table for their reading and spelling, a bit of grammar maybe . Now it’s time for the math lesson , you feel la suite…
Spaghetti Geometry
This morning we put aside worksheets and improvised a new way of doing math , just to do something different and add some on hands experience that kids could remember. Can you guess what we used? I give you a clue : we live in Italy . No, no we didn’t cut pizza to la suite…
Homeschool Encouragement: Trying too Hard or getting Inspiration from Above ?
Today I write for moms, mostly for moms that homeschool, and especially if you’re in need of a boost of energy and encouragement . So… we are homeschooling moms, this is what we chose to do, it’s our main job. It’s our way of life. Do you feel it even defines you? It’s who you la suite…
Fractions and Lego STEM Task Cards
Learn math by playing Lego ? is that really possible ? Of course! To see for yourself try these fraction and Lego task cards! Math was not really my favorite topic at school. So when the time came to teach it to my kids I knew I had to find a fun and efficient approach la suite…