Famous Female Mathematicians Every Teen Should Know
Discover the women who broke through the gender stereotypes to leave their mark on their field of mathematics.
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8th Grade Reading List: Homeschool Science & Math
The 8th-grade reading list for science and math is aimed at middle school students. They are enjoyed by the whole family any time of year.
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Many Ways to Master Multiplication
Give kids a variety of multiplication methods, games, and songs to help them master the facts with deeper understanding.
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10 Ideas for Homeschooling at the Amusement Park
Turn a day at the amusement park into a homeschooling adventure! These 10 ideas for homeschooling at the amusement park make learning fun and easy!
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Relaxed and Playful Preschool Math for Homeschoolers
Preschool math can be relaxed, playful and robust when we focus less on counting, and more on the math that surrounds our preschoolers every day.
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10 Christmas Activities for Homeschooling
December is one of my favorite times of year to change things up and have fun veering off our normal homeschool path. That’s why we include Christmas activities in our homeschool plans whenever possible. This holiday season we’ve stayed busy with mixed media Christmas art and Christmas Around the World. Now that those projects are winding down, we can add some other things to our December homeschool mix.
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How to Find Homeschool Math Lessons in Nature
Looking for and finding math lessons in nature is an art and science that will really benefit and excite your homeschool students!
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Apple Activities for Homeschoolers
Fall & back to school have one thing in common: apples. This popular school theme inspires everyday learning. Here are some of my favorite apple activities.
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Top 10 Ways to Drill Math Facts
Let’s face it, learning math facts is important. Kids will have trouble with math and algebra without their facts memorized. Thankfully there are many ways to memorize math facts. Here are my family’s top 10 ways to drill these math facts.
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5 Spring Homeschool Activities
When the days start to get longer and brighter, it’s a natural inclination to want to embrace the springtime warmth and begin anew. Spring homeschool activities are just what you need!
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Using Picture Books to Teach Homeschool Math
Using picture books to teach math skills is an engaging way to make real-life math connections.
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9 Ways To Make Homeschooling More Fun Than Public School
The fears lurk on both sides of the public school vs homeschool debate. Resources to help you instill unique family values in your homeschool.
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Do These Three Simple Exercises Before Math Lessons
Do you have a child who is struggling with math? Try these simple midline exercises that activate both sides of the brain.
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Learning Functional Math Life Skills in Everyday Activities
Believe it or not, opportunities for teaching and learning functional math skills are everywhere! Here are some you might be missing!
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15+ Awesome Autumn STEM Activities
Pumpkins, cooler weather, crunchy leaves…Autumn is such a fun and exciting time of the year. Now that the heat of Summer has subsided and you’re settling into a normal, daily homeschool routine, it’s the perfect time to add in something new. Hopefully this list of Autumn STEM activities will get you and your family excited!
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Why Building Number Sense in Our Homeschooled Children is Essential
Building number sense in our homeschooled children is incredibly important, but do you know why? Check out three of the many reasons why!
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Homeschool Math Woes? 3 Mindset Shifts You Might Need to Make
Do you consider yourself bad at math? Did you have a poor math experience in your own education? Be careful not to bring negative mindset towards math into your homeschool where it can infect your children. Sometimes we have to change our way of thinking to change how we approach math with our kids.
Let’s take a look at three ways we might need to adjust our attitudes to optimize our homeschool math experience.
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How to Homeschool High School Math Without the Headache
I barely made it through my own high school math, how on earth am I supposed to teach this to my kids?! If any of those same questions are running through you’re mind, take a deep breath and relax! I’m going to share with you an easy and stress-free way to homeschool high school math without the headache.
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Math: How to Teach it Without a Textbook
Are you possibly stifling your child’s math education by clinging to the use of textbooks only? Break out of your math rut and breathe life into math lessons with these non-textbook ways to teach it.
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How To Raise a Critical Thinker
So you want to raise a child who is a critical thinker? These tips will get you started on the right path.
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What You Need to Know About Charlotte Mason Math
In reading Charlotte Mason’s writing about math, though, I have found that there are ample connections between math and the rest of a Charlotte Mason education. In fact, math is an integral part of a Charlotte Mason curriculum, not an outlier. Here’s what you need to know in order to teach homeschool math the Charlotte Mason Way.
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Does Your Child Need a Math Tutor?
What’s normal academic struggle and what indicates that extra support is needed? Find the red flags that signal a tutor is the best course of action.
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Math Tips for Struggling Homeschool Students
After you untangle the stress response of struggling students you can follow these math tips to help them find success.
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Hands-On Multiplication Unit Study
A multiplication unit study can be fun and help kids learn those multiplication math facts faster. This recourse list will get your started.
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5 Engaging Ways to Teach Basic Counting Skills
Rather than always reaching for a worksheet or workbook, try one of these 5 suggestions to teach basic counting skills in a fun way!
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Free-schooling: Awesome Homeschool Resources That Won’t Cost You a Dime
If we’re not careful, homeschooling can get expensive! Enter free-schooling. Free high-quality resources to help homeschoolers learn and enjoy learning.
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Using STEM Activities in Your Homeschool
Your science lessons can be transformed into STEM activities without much thought, and there is a good chance you are already doing them in your homeschool.
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Why You Should Use Math Manipulatives With Upper Grade Homeschoolers
We love using math manipulatives with our younger math students, but we tend to shy away from using them with our older ones. Check out why they should be used!
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Using Literature to Teach Math
Using literature to introduce math cultivates number sense and mathematical thinking and is a gentle method which creates an awareness of how math permeates everyday life.
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Hands-On Education: Cooking with Kids
Cooking with kids is one of our favorite hands-on ways of learning with our children. Did you know that getting in the kitchen can offer more than just recipes and dirty dishes? My kids have learned math, science, geography, and even history!
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Math Learning Tools For Homeschoolers You May Not Know About
With so many math curriculum and tools in the homeschool market chances are there are many math learning tools that you may no know about.
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How to Make Math Meaningful in Your Homeschool
Whether your children love or hate math, it’s a necessary subject. Many children don’t understand its necessity, though, and continually ask the question, “When will I ever use this in real life?” We can help our children understand the answer to that question when we make math meaningful by connecting it to real life.
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Using Books to Teach Homeschool Math Skills
A living math book presents mathematical concepts in real life context, through the power of story. A living math book is not a text book but a book with a storyline, which happens to have math skills integrated into the plot.
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Best Money Games for Homeschool Kids
Here are the best money games for kids, because while teaching kids about money is serious business, but it CAN be fun!
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