We revisited the decimal debacle today, from a very different angle. Instead of trying to work with lining up decimals for calculating, we returned to money and her mental calculations followed. First she worked with the image shown below, and then, when I asked her to look at the problem written on the next […]
24 Hour Clock
We started exploring 24 hour format today, which she’s heard of it before, but only slightly. It remains without relevance at this point, but the concept was part of some game she wanted to play, and so she was exposed. Russ will look for an opportunity to bring it into something of interest for Lily. […]
Division and Divisons of Devised and Designated Digits, With Some Knots Included
She’s inventing a new kind of knitting, it’s called, ‘”The Freedom Knit” because you can make it up yourself. You can do it however you want; whatever way you can find that works.” She’s making me something super soft. Images posted in reverse order of completion
Division and Divisons of Devised and Designated Digits, With Some Knots Included
She’s inventing a new kind of knitting, it’s called, ‘”The Freedom Knit” because you can make it up yourself. You can do it however you want; whatever way you can find that works.” She’s making me something super soft. Images posted in reverse order of completion
Bookwormish
Last night I started reading Fairy Swarm to Lily. I haven’t tried reading her a chapter/novel like book from a tangible book copy before now. We read from an electronic device often before bed, or in the car, etc.. but this time, I had book in hand. She snuggled up next to me and as […]
Go Exploring, Triple System Stars?
How Long Would It Take To Travel To The Nearest Star? How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light? http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/about
Storytelling and Book Writing
Lily has written quite a few books, has expressed interest consistently on getting them published and distributed, and we are now looking into the process and she’s learning how she can accomplish exactly what she’s after, and she’s writing more stories. Using this page as a repository for online resources, as well as explorations for […]
Aqualine is a Sapling
Fractions Depicted on a Line
Lily is working through 4th and 5th grade level math on Khan Academy’s Mission section. Her comprehension is at about 50% – 60% without much involvement on my part. When a question is presented that she has no comprehension of, she can either choose to indicate that she’s not learned “this” yet, or she can […]
Equivalent – Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Music Intervals
Visualizing equivalent fractions: To understand equivalent fractions it helps to “see” the fractions using something like a grid with shaded and unshaded sections representing the fraction.