Teaching with Nature – Basic Mathematics

Melissa | May 27, 2008

 

 
I would have never thought there would be so many opportunities to teach Math from Nature Study.  With just about every nature subject that we pursued, there was some opportunity to tie it into Math.  It hasn’t always come naturally, sometimes it does though.  Math is one of the harder subjects for us in general, so it sometimes takes [...]

Internet Math Games

Melissa | February 22, 2008

 
Since we changed up our homeschooling methods a bit, we’ve been doing less Saxon textbook math (about 3 days a week), and more real life math, literary math and computer games the other days.  In my internet search for good online math games, I’ve come across some really great sites:
 
http://funschool.kaboose.com/arcade/math/index.html
 
http://www.funbrain.com/
 
http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm
 
www.brainormous.com
 
 www.mathplayground.com (thanks Tammy!)
 
www.coolmath-games.com
 
These are my favorites so far that I have found.  I [...]