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“Isn’t a full morning of math too much for my five-year old?” asked a mom recently. Then she added, “I know that math is important, but I’d even have a hard time paying attention in a math class that lasted 3 hours!” To be honest, so would I! Three hours of sitting still and trying […]

INGREDIENTS: 1 or more eager children Summer Calendar Paper and Pencil Willingness to laugh At least a pinch of desire to try new things DIRECTIONS: Call a family meeting with your calendar and pencil and paper in hand. Pre-pencil in all “hard and fast” events on the calendar. Ask each family member to name something they would like to do this summer that they have never before done. Record ideas. Ask each family […]

Students struggle with fractions. Every year I hope it will be better. I try to encourage students to embrace and learn to love FRACTIONS, after all, fractions are what make the world fair. 🙂 Fractions allow you and me to share a piece of chocolate. 3 friends can split the tab. My high school students will often […]