Stacey

I am new to homeschooling and I am currently using a curriculum
(k12), mostly because I am still in the "I have to do something that
other people will recognize as schooling or they will think I am not
educating my child" panic.

Ok, with that said. I really am interested in how to approach number
concepts without 'seat work'. I just finished reading an
article/blog entry on doing so, but...the person writing the entry
LOVES math. In fact she does trig for fun and referred to algebra as
mind candy. Math is not my thing. I am not very good at it and
really never have been; Which is part of the reason I took my
daughter out of public schools. (They had placed her in a low reading
group and she began to dislike reading. It reminded me way to much of
my math issues.)

I realize that my mindset has to change and that will take some time.
In the meantime does anyone have suggestions for math games or
activities? My daughter really likes math and likes the worksheets
she has. Maybe playing learning games together would help me to feel
I am doing something quantifiable to expose her to number concepts
but still not be working with ridged school room methods.

Thanks
Stacey

Meredith

--- In [email protected], "Stacey" <caillagh@...> wrote:
>> Maybe playing learning games together would help me to feel
> I am doing something quantifiable to expose her to number concepts
> but still not be working with ridged school room methods.

How old is she? What does she like to do? Does she play with legos?
Jump rope? Dress and undress her dolls? Cook? Play any board games at
all? Math is everywhere, like language. You don't have to be able to
see and "quantify" the math for her to be internalizing the concepts -
really.

If you need a little more than that, here's a site with a few
interesting ideas:

http://www.livingmath.net/

---Meredith (Mo 7, Ray 14)

amberlee_b

How old is your child? Do you shop together? Have you watched the
show Numbers??? That has ME interested in math. My DH and I have
been having wonderful math based discussions because of that show. It
is so fun. Are they interested in playing with math? Or if it is
just you "pushing" it, then drop it till they are interested. They
will learn what they need to when they need to, honest!

--- In [email protected], "Stacey" <caillagh@...> wrote:
>
> I am new to homeschooling and I am currently using a curriculum
> (k12), mostly because I am still in the "I have to do something that
> other people will recognize as schooling or they will think I am not
> educating my child" panic.
>
> Ok, with that said. I really am interested in how to approach number
> concepts without 'seat work'. I just finished reading an
> article/blog entry on doing so, but...the person writing the entry
> LOVES math. In fact she does trig for fun and referred to algebra as
> mind candy. Math is not my thing. I am not very good at it and
> really never have been; Which is part of the reason I took my
> daughter out of public schools. (They had placed her in a low reading
> group and she began to dislike reading. It reminded me way to much of
> my math issues.)
>
> I realize that my mindset has to change and that will take some time.
> In the meantime does anyone have suggestions for math games or
> activities? My daughter really likes math and likes the worksheets
> she has. Maybe playing learning games together would help me to feel
> I am doing something quantifiable to expose her to number concepts
> but still not be working with ridged school room methods.
>
> Thanks
> Stacey
>

Sherri

I love numbers and we do talk about it. I never thought of it as learning,
silly me.

Sherri in NJ



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Stacey

Great site! thank you for the info. :0

Stacey

--- In [email protected], "Meredith" <meredith@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Stacey" <caillagh@>
wrote:
> >> Maybe playing learning games together would help me to feel
> > I am doing something quantifiable to expose her to number
concepts
> > but still not be working with ridged school room methods.
>
> How old is she? What does she like to do? Does she play with legos?
> Jump rope? Dress and undress her dolls? Cook? Play any board games
at
> all? Math is everywhere, like language. You don't have to be able
to
> see and "quantify" the math for her to be internalizing the
concepts -
> really.
>
> If you need a little more than that, here's a site with a few
> interesting ideas:
>
> http://www.livingmath.net/
>
> ---Meredith (Mo 7, Ray 14)
>