Five Summers ago, I reviewed various elementary mathematics curricula. At the time, Beast Academy was a fairly new curriculum on the market. Five years later, I continue to use this program. When new programs come on the market for math students, I tend to be skeptical. I want to try to help my children enjoy […]
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We’ve been focusing on wonder and discovery quite a bit lately and there’s a reason for that. Not only does it seem to fit with the seasons of spring and summer, but it’s important. As we continue into our high school mathematics journey, the temptation to focus narrowly on the task at hand is hard
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I have declared the summer of 2023 a summer of arithmetic! It’s about time to get ourselves back in the basics and review the foundation of our mathematics mastery. One of the most beautiful parts of the creation of the Lord is patterns, and those patterns are explored, although imperfectly, in the world of numbers.
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We come to the successful completion of another year. Many homeschoolers look out the window in May and dream of this day. The day to put away the pencils, shelve the books, and close the laptop. Although these next few weeks may signal the completion of an era, it is not the completion of learning.
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Have you ever connected the fact that a mathematics problem has the elements of a great story? What are the elements of a great story? Many would say that the only thing necessary for a great story is good characters and a clear problem. Well if math doesn’t have that, then I don’t know what
