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
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.
Plotting and Planes, in Prep for Camera Obscura
This is the video we watched, followed by the session for applying shown below. Lily also worked on the concept in our notebook (see image) without hesitation. We will revisit this concept via exercises over the next day or two, as we incorporate them into the creation of our camera obscura project. Skip to the […]
Fibonacci, Golden Ratio Exploration Beginning
http://www.brandemia.org/la-proporcion-aurea-en-el-diseno-de-logotipos
Fibonacci, Golden Ratio Exploration Beginning
http://www.brandemia.org/la-proporcion-aurea-en-el-diseno-de-logotipos
Math Focuses 2015
Decimals Multiplication Factors Graphing, Visual Representation Solving for Unknowns Base 10, Base 2 Computing Mental Processing/Computing
Where in the Math Are You?
We have been trying to ascertain where Lily’s comprehension of a few foundational mathematical aspects are, in order to have an idea of some upcoming activities and explorations. She seems to really enjoy Odd Squad and Peg+Cat still, and has gained some relevant and important understanding of concepts from these shows. 1) Rounding: She understands […]
How Many Seconds Have We Lived Here
We decided to round up to 5 years, and then, she pointed out that we had to add a few more seconds to the total because of how long it took us to figure it out. 157,680,400 7 x 5 = 35 70 x 5 = 350 8 x 5 = 40 80 […]