Most homeschool families have at least one student who either doesn’t like math or finds it more challenging. It’s just “one of those things.” Unfortunately, math skills are such a source of contention, both for parents and students that we often just toss our hands up and think that there isn’t going to be an answer to our woes in this area.
Learn how to use items in your kitchen to make math FUN.
March 14 is National Pi Day! Make your plans now to celebrate math with Pi Day using some of these neat resources, books, and ideas.
There are many wonderful math problem-solving activities that can be done in the home with your child. Many of these activities require common household items or small purchases of everyday items. But, more importantly, you and your child will be able to spend “quality time” together creating memories and learning math skills at the same time.
Math can be hard. Monday through Friday we sit at the table next to our children and do math problems. It takes forever to do just one page. Sometimes it feels like it is the only subject we get to. It becomes a monster … a math monster.
Math was never an easy subject for me in school. It didn’t seem to matter how much I tried I never seemed to understand what the teacher wanted and I dreaded when we worked out problems on the board, I always made a mistake and the other children always snickered or had hurtful comments to make.
It is interesting that, despite math being such a fundamental part of life and society, many people did not, and do not, enjoy math class. Even more interesting is that, when math is applied to something that is of interest to the person, much of their resistance to math fades.
Math can be hard. Monday through Friday we sit at the table next to our children and do math problems. It takes forever to do just one page.
When you think of Charlotte Mason, you think of using living books as the foundation of your studies. So, how are you supposed to use living books that you read to help your child understand and learn mathematical concepts?
Math is one of those subjects that many homeschooling moms find it hard to teach. While one child may find the concepts easy to grasp, others wonder how math will relate to them in the real world.
