Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] new topic-unschooling math
Bonnie Painter
Cathie,
My kids are still younger so I may not really have any good answers, but I
would think that you just continue what you've done all along except move on
the more complex thoughts. For example, when you are clothes shopping, they
always have % off sales. Let them figure out what the sales price will be.
I know that my dh has already had my ds figuring out algebraic expressions
when shopping (my ds is 5). Usually my husband is more responsible for this
than I am because I am more right brain, he more left.
Hope this helps even a little. By the way, I laughed at your previous tag
about getting your 3 yo off the computer at 10:30pm. Mine has been up
playing with her dad (him on one computer, her on the other) until well past
midnight :)
Bonnie
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My kids are still younger so I may not really have any good answers, but I
would think that you just continue what you've done all along except move on
the more complex thoughts. For example, when you are clothes shopping, they
always have % off sales. Let them figure out what the sales price will be.
I know that my dh has already had my ds figuring out algebraic expressions
when shopping (my ds is 5). Usually my husband is more responsible for this
than I am because I am more right brain, he more left.
Hope this helps even a little. By the way, I laughed at your previous tag
about getting your 3 yo off the computer at 10:30pm. Mine has been up
playing with her dad (him on one computer, her on the other) until well past
midnight :)
Bonnie
>From: "Cathie _" <cathie_98@...>________________________________________________________________________
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>Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:50:27 PDT
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>
>So, to move along, how do you guys unschool math? Thats a tough one for me,
>as it doesn't seem to come up in my kids daily lives without my pushing it.
>I found it very easy when the kids were young-I remember asking "How many
>plates would we need on the table if Aunt Christy were coming to dinner?"
>and everyone knew fractions pretty well just because we were doing good to
>find one measuring cup when we made cookies.
>
>Now that they are older though, it is a little more unnerving to me. On one
>hand I think that I didn't understand algebra after taking it, and it
>hasn't
>hurt me, but on the other hand, will they be limited by not learning higher
>math as children?
>
>TIA
>
>Cathie
>
>
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In a message dated 6/29/00 9:35:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
bonniepainter@... writes:
<< My kids are still younger so I may not really have any good answers, but
I
would think that you just continue what you've done all along except move on
the more complex thoughts. >> Hi, my kids are still quite young, too, but
one thing that came to my mind was how the Colfax family's boys learned not
only through books, but through a lot of hands on experience. As they got
older they ran small businesses that they created, and they built structures
where various mathematical concepts were learned and applied. Math was
always my weakest subject area-- I wish that I could have learned it in a
more hands on way; it would have helped me see the relevance of many
concepts, as opposed to just looking at it in a text book. Good luck !~Karen
bonniepainter@... writes:
<< My kids are still younger so I may not really have any good answers, but
I
would think that you just continue what you've done all along except move on
the more complex thoughts. >> Hi, my kids are still quite young, too, but
one thing that came to my mind was how the Colfax family's boys learned not
only through books, but through a lot of hands on experience. As they got
older they ran small businesses that they created, and they built structures
where various mathematical concepts were learned and applied. Math was
always my weakest subject area-- I wish that I could have learned it in a
more hands on way; it would have helped me see the relevance of many
concepts, as opposed to just looking at it in a text book. Good luck !~Karen
Pris
I'm a right~brainer, too ... my mother taught me math via sewing and for
some reason, math just made sense ... huh??? so, does that make me a
*visual* learner??? <G> ...
Pris
some reason, math just made sense ... huh??? so, does that make me a
*visual* learner??? <G> ...
Pris
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From: <HPaulson5@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] new topic-unschooling math
> In a message dated 6/29/00 9:35:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
> bonniepainter@... writes:
>
> << My kids are still younger so I may not really have any good answers,
but
> I
> would think that you just continue what you've done all along except move
on
> the more complex thoughts. >> Hi, my kids are still quite young, too,
but
> one thing that came to my mind was how the Colfax family's boys learned
not
> only through books, but through a lot of hands on experience. As they got
> older they ran small businesses that they created, and they built
structures
> where various mathematical concepts were learned and applied. Math was
> always my weakest subject area-- I wish that I could have learned it in a
> more hands on way; it would have helped me see the relevance of many
> concepts, as opposed to just looking at it in a text book. Good luck
!~Karen
>
>
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Zak plays whats he calls "The Cookie Game" with his grandpa... When we go
over there (being British) we have tea and cookies... Grandpa puts different
amounts of cookies on each plate and asks Zak how many and if you take away
this many how many are left and if you add this many how many do you have and
he loves that game.
Dawn F
over there (being British) we have tea and cookies... Grandpa puts different
amounts of cookies on each plate and asks Zak how many and if you take away
this many how many are left and if you add this many how many do you have and
he loves that game.
Dawn F
D Klement
Cathie _ wrote:
get a little acared about the lack of math skills.
We use Miquon and Key Curriculum' Key to ... series of work books. Math
isn't forced on them but I prefer it if they do a couple of worksheets
out of there books 3 or 4 times a week.
The kids are happy with that and take control of all their other
learning.
Someday I hope to be relaxed enough to let them take on the
responsibility for there math by themselves.
This is just my own personal phobia about math. I struggled so hard
through school with it and I just want my kids to be confidant in their
math skills.
Buzz
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The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
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>Personally ... I don't truly unschool math because I'm math phobic and
> So, to move along, how do you guys unschool math? Thats a tough one for me,
> as it doesn't seem to come up in my kids daily lives without my pushing it.
> I found it very easy when the kids were young-I remember asking "How many
> plates would we need on the table if Aunt Christy were coming to dinner?"
> and everyone knew fractions pretty well just because we were doing good to
> find one measuring cup when we made cookies.
>
> Now that they are older though, it is a little more unnerving to me. On one
> hand I think that I didn't understand algebra after taking it, and it hasn't
> hurt me, but on the other hand, will they be limited by not learning higher
> math as children?
>
> TIA
>
> Cathie
get a little acared about the lack of math skills.
We use Miquon and Key Curriculum' Key to ... series of work books. Math
isn't forced on them but I prefer it if they do a couple of worksheets
out of there books 3 or 4 times a week.
The kids are happy with that and take control of all their other
learning.
Someday I hope to be relaxed enough to let them take on the
responsibility for there math by themselves.
This is just my own personal phobia about math. I struggled so hard
through school with it and I just want my kids to be confidant in their
math skills.
Buzz
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In a message dated 6/29/00 11:30:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
x_t_sipr@... writes:
<< I'm a right~brainer, too ... my mother taught me math via sewing and for
some reason, math just made sense ... huh??? so, does that make me a
*visual* learner??? <G> ...
Pris >>
how did she incorporate math into sewing? fabric folding, stitch counting
and such?
jeanne
x_t_sipr@... writes:
<< I'm a right~brainer, too ... my mother taught me math via sewing and for
some reason, math just made sense ... huh??? so, does that make me a
*visual* learner??? <G> ...
Pris >>
how did she incorporate math into sewing? fabric folding, stitch counting
and such?
jeanne
Pris
Hi Jeanne ...
actually, sewing does contain a LOT of math or @ least it did when my MOM
sew'd, haha ... my mother made EVERYTHING when we were little and bless her
heart, she still does @ 77 yo!!!
wellllllllllllll, lets see ... first we'd start out w/ using the measuring
tape to figure out the correct pattern size (add/sub), then we'd figure out
how much material we needed to buy b/c one of her pet peeves was overbuying
material (add/sub/multip/div) ... we always bought everything on sale b/c
her goal was to make the dress/whatever cheaper than what we could buy it
for b/c otherwise what's the point of making it (haha, you'd have to know
mom! so, I guess that was more of a lesson in economics) ... then we had to
figure those 25%, 50% sale prices out b/f we selected the material <G> ...
she loved to use contrasting material for collars/cuffs
/whatever to set off the dress, so we figured out how much contrasting
material to buy if the pattern didn't give the info (more
add/sub/multip/div) ... on and on, I could sit here for the rest of the day
telling what my mother used to come up w/ trying to incorporate math in her
sewing ... OH, I forgot the buttons, there are so many diff button sizes and
we used fractions to figure these out ... my sisters and I had so much fun
digging throught the sale bins to find a set of matching buttons ... this
was great fun, I still enjoy doing this today!!! course I haven't even
started talking about using math while CUTTING OUT OR SEWING ... was the
seam 3/4 or 5/8 in wide or were you supposed to trim the seams to 1/4 or 1/2
in, etc, etc ... but we talked about FRACTIONS, %'s, $$$, add/sub/multip,
division/METRIC don't forget converting everything to metric, mom did this
b/f the pattern cos converted, lol ...
and, yes if your curious ... I *ADORE* sewing and English smocking today
(this called for math, too!!!) but *uhhhhh*, do I enjoy math??? ~~>>
***NO***!!! haha ...
Pris
actually, sewing does contain a LOT of math or @ least it did when my MOM
sew'd, haha ... my mother made EVERYTHING when we were little and bless her
heart, she still does @ 77 yo!!!
wellllllllllllll, lets see ... first we'd start out w/ using the measuring
tape to figure out the correct pattern size (add/sub), then we'd figure out
how much material we needed to buy b/c one of her pet peeves was overbuying
material (add/sub/multip/div) ... we always bought everything on sale b/c
her goal was to make the dress/whatever cheaper than what we could buy it
for b/c otherwise what's the point of making it (haha, you'd have to know
mom! so, I guess that was more of a lesson in economics) ... then we had to
figure those 25%, 50% sale prices out b/f we selected the material <G> ...
she loved to use contrasting material for collars/cuffs
/whatever to set off the dress, so we figured out how much contrasting
material to buy if the pattern didn't give the info (more
add/sub/multip/div) ... on and on, I could sit here for the rest of the day
telling what my mother used to come up w/ trying to incorporate math in her
sewing ... OH, I forgot the buttons, there are so many diff button sizes and
we used fractions to figure these out ... my sisters and I had so much fun
digging throught the sale bins to find a set of matching buttons ... this
was great fun, I still enjoy doing this today!!! course I haven't even
started talking about using math while CUTTING OUT OR SEWING ... was the
seam 3/4 or 5/8 in wide or were you supposed to trim the seams to 1/4 or 1/2
in, etc, etc ... but we talked about FRACTIONS, %'s, $$$, add/sub/multip,
division/METRIC don't forget converting everything to metric, mom did this
b/f the pattern cos converted, lol ...
and, yes if your curious ... I *ADORE* sewing and English smocking today
(this called for math, too!!!) but *uhhhhh*, do I enjoy math??? ~~>>
***NO***!!! haha ...
Pris
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Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] new topic-unschooling math
> In a message dated 6/29/00 11:30:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> x_t_sipr@... writes:
>
> << I'm a right~brainer, too ... my mother taught me math via sewing and
for
> some reason, math just made sense ... huh??? so, does that make me a
> *visual* learner??? <G> ...
> Pris >>
>
> how did she incorporate math into sewing? fabric folding, stitch counting
> and such?
>
> jeanne
>
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