To keep the multiplying and dividing processes straight. Sorry – I couldn’t resist a little extra rhyming there. Apparently, I’m in rhyme mode. But it was necessary to save our sanity during math time. I promise. Princess has recently learned how to divide fractions. Before that, of course, she learned how to multiply them, and she was doing just fine. In fact, she’s never really had a fraction-related problem AT …
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Princess’ Math Story; Why we’re switching to Teaching Textbooks.
Last year Princess used Switched on Schoolhouse for 5th grade. We used it because it was passed on to us, it’s what we had, and we wanted to try it out. We had high hopes for it, really. Princess began the year using all the S.O.S. subjects except for math, because she wasn’t yet ready for it. Instead, she began the year with a Saxon 5/4 book (also free and …
The Biggest Flash Card Deck – EVER. And mastering math as a right-brain, visual learner.
I KNOW how some of you feel about flash cards.. I can *see* your reason, but I’ve never really *gotten* it. Perhaps.. it’s because flash cards appeal to my learning style. We’ve used flash cards before but they’ve been a tool that we’ve used for a little here and there. I’ve have never been very strict or diligent about them. They’ve been a tool, not a regimen. I’ve been even …