July 27, 2026

Discovering

Unfold what you wish to know

Category: Decimal

A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Calculating with Knowns to Find Unknown, Decimal, Developing Self, Economics, How We Learn Best, Knowledge Base Expansion, Math Discoveries, Mental Arithmetic Processing, Pattern Recognition, Percentage, Roe

Pattern Minds

My son finds the reasons for calculations-we don’t have to offer or come up with opportunities for practice. He also determines his item methods for calculation, asking for help when something is elusive. We have given all our kids Base 10 from the beginning, and this definitely informs how they calculate, especially in their heads. […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Bugz & Her Explorations, Calculating with Knowns to Find Unknown, CDE Standards Reference, Culture Appreciation, Decimal, Economics: Global, Equivalents, Fraction, Geography, How We Learn Best, Lils, Math Discoveries, Pattern Recognition, Percentage, Playing, Political Science, Questions from Lily's Brain, Reasoning

Algeria, Texas, Scale, Ratio, and the United States-Faster

Lils is diving into the Stack the Countries game, which not only focuses on global location/geogrpahy, but also political facts, information, languages, and customs. For every 8 or so questions she answers accurately, she is awarded another country across the globe. So far, she has about 20 countries, giving her at least one within every continent. […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Broadening of Mind, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Context Comprehension, Decimal, Energy & Motion - Integrated Learning Permanence, Equivalents, Fraction, From the Mama, Lils, Math Discoveries, Mental Arithmetic Processing, Numeracy, Pattern Recognition, Percentage, Reasoning, Values Associated with Placement

Decimals and Their Equivalents

This post goes to, and is filed with tags related to focus, attention, frustration, and the simple concept that unless we begin to condition our youngest ones from the very beginning to be willing to comply with the forced parameters we tend to identify with conventional schooling, it seems attempting to integrate even a small […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Compassion, Confidence, Decimal, Developing Self, From the Mama, How We Learn Best, Kindness, Lils, Look for Learning, Math Discoveries, Responsibility, Success & Failure, Thought Process & Development

Relevance & Regret

  This post is cross posted from my Childhood Revered site     We educate our daughter independently, in a manner that is driven by her curiosity and interests. This method works beautifully because it inspires, encourages, and ignites her (and us), it also requires relevance be at the root of our activities, which means […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Compassion, Confidence, Decimal, Developing Self, From the Mama, How We Learn Best, Kindness, Lils, Look for Learning, Math Discoveries, Responsibility, Success & Failure, Thought Process & Development

Relevance & Regret

  This post is cross posted from my Childhood Revered site     We educate our daughter independently, in a manner that is driven by her curiosity and interests. This method works beautifully because it inspires, encourages, and ignites her (and us), it also requires relevance be at the root of our activities, which means […]

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