There’s more to school and education than the three R’s: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In fact, chances are that your children don’t automatically gravitate to doing math in their free time, but rather something else of interest. This complex focus and interest in something not rigidly defined by a school subject is a blessing. While […]
The school year is ending and that means a nice long break for many of our students. However, during a break, our mental abilities may atrophy. This leads to one of two results: frustration in September when the student struggles to pick up where he left off, or annoyance that a student needs to repeat
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When we were in the height of the chaos of 2020, not going anywhere, not having anyone in, I clearly remember a moment that I flippantly identified as “losing my mind”, in which I briefly thought about ironing my cloth napkins. It was humorous to everyone, and like-minded stay-at-home-moms echoed that laughter, and we moved
Although we may want to pursue the wonder of the world and open the beauty of creation with mathematics, we often find ourselves in the weeds. We teach our children to identify numbers, patterns, and symbols. We teach them to compute sums and products as though the calculator didn’t exist. In short, we teach arithmetic.
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Creating wonder in our children comes naturally when we consider the world around us. What 2 year-old isn’t fascinated by the cooking pots, dog, or snow outside? These seemingly normal occurrences are new, exciting, and mysterious to our young children. Building from this natural God-given wonder at the world seems obvious when it comes to
