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Leap of Faith: Plus Gnome's Magic Box
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Plus Gnome's Magic Box. To cover the concept of place value we turned, yet again, to the gnomes. Inspired by a lesson from Eric Fairman's POD I created a little story about Plus Gnome. It went something like this:. All this place value led naturally to column addition when King Equals asked that Plus Gnome please keep track of all the jewels collected all week. Yikes! What's a gnome to do? I like that you actually made bags for this lesson. 1 Pick up the nearest book. Nationa...
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Leap of Faith: Math Magics
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Sunday, January 20, 2008. After successfully revisiting the gnomes, working scads of number problems and worksheets and number facts (whew) I opted to take Nightowl in a different direction. For this I primarily used Path of Discovery, Grade 2 by Eric Fairman. Finally, to better grasp how many squares and triangles were actually in the picture we recreated the squares within squares exercise in felt. How many triangles to you see? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. National Afr...
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Leap of Faith: Math - Number families and gnomes
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Saturday, January 12, 2008. Math - Number families and gnomes. When I mentioned Math to Nightowl her first response was the joyful yelp of: "Gnomes! Ah, yes we love the gnomes here. It is abundantly clear to me that the Gnomes will be an integral part of our math for some time. After our review we began the serious work of number families - using David Darcy. Second grade lesson on the "Richest Number" was surprising to me. It seemed so esoteric that I wasn't sure Nightowl would get it. But I plo...All o...
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Leap of Faith: Grade Three - Books and Lesson Plans
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Grade Three - Books and Lesson Plans. This is my list of materials that I'd like to use for Grade Three. I'm putting the list together as I find things and get new ideas. Hopefully, I won't lose this list - as I'd lose a scrap of paper. An Overview of the Elementary Math Curriculum. R - Kathryn Stout. Quilting for the first time. Donna Kooler, Kooler Design Studio. Hey Aleisha, it's Rhoda. You will probably want Roy Wilkinson's Farming Gardening and Housebuilding book.
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Leap of Faith: Welcome Back 2.5
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008. Welcome Back 2.5. Our first day went well, probably because of the plan. Even things with the Bearcub went smoothy. Honeymoon period? Maybe Our main activities today: establishing the routine, checking out the new school supplies, making our weekly calendar, violin, and the first session of co-op. I find it is really helpful if Nightowl helps design the schedule. Then she knows what's coming! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. What keeps me going.
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Leap of Faith: Gone
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Monday, October 08, 2007. Tonight I am leaving. I've packed my bags and shown Chillymama the homeschool schedule. I've got my passport and my in-flight knitting project. Friends I am leaving. For seven (S-E-V-E-N) whole, glorious days I'll be gone. I was thinking about it this week, as I was packing and itemizing my lists and keeping my voice warm. My chorus is my first, and longest commitment. I auditioned and joined this group in 1993. I was a mere 23-years-old, a pup! So I'm going. Off for a week ...
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Leap of Faith: Money Math
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Nightowl made this little clutch purse on her weaving loom. She uses it to store her money. She now earns a weekly allowance and is saving her money to purchase a flock of chicks and chicken supplies. Occasionally, her riches seem tempting so she'll bring her purse along when we do errands. She might purchase a book, stickers, etc. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A work at home mom homeschooling my two, adorable girls ages 8 and 3. View my complete profile.
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Leap of Faith: Finished!
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Sunday, November 11, 2007. Here they are, all ready for our first math block. Left to right: King Equals, Plus, Times, Divide, and Minus. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A work at home mom homeschooling my two, adorable girls ages 8 and 3. View my complete profile. Nightowl - Grade 2.5. Lessons, Books, Resources. Waldorf Inspired Web Ring. National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance. Nightowl's bookclub is reading. The Tail of Emily Windsnap" by Liz Kessler. Aleisha's Bookclub is reading.
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Leap of Faith: Ummm....
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Sunday, August 31, 2008. Well, I think I'm finally back. It's been awhile. Much happening. The run down of outside tasks taking place during our last 8 months of homeschooling is as follows:. 4 - Sad farewells to the Hills family. 8 - Drying, construction and other fun summer activities. 9 - Life, kids, planning for school etc. So here we are. I delve into our third year of homeschooling on Tuesday. Nightowl is 8. Bearcub is 3. Things here in our new little home are fast and furious. What keeps me going.
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Leap of Faith: Mathcat
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Saturday, January 12, 2008. I like homeschool because I get to do math with my cat. 8211; Nightowl, age 7, 2nd Grade. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A work at home mom homeschooling my two, adorable girls ages 8 and 3. View my complete profile. Nightowl - Grade 2.5. Lessons, Books, Resources. Waldorf Inspired Web Ring. National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance. Nightowl's bookclub is reading. The Tail of Emily Windsnap" by Liz Kessler. Aleisha's Bookclub is reading. Fluke" by Christopher Moore.
