We are using this (below) as inspiration to explore the patterns found in, and created by nature. Lily will generate her own something (yet to discover what she intends to create), and we’ll see what she uses to make whatever pattern she decides upon. Lily’s perception of the following images, consecutively, are: Spider Web Honey […]
Early Mathematics, Surprised Me
Today, Lily and I spent the day in Chama, NM. Russ was working on a new site build, so she and I went exploring. We walked a couple miles into town, found basically um, nothing, except a place to have lunch. While at lunch, she and I colored a couple pages full of fairies and […]
Fairy Octaves
I’m still working to complete this entry… but figured I should post it before I forget, as she’s already moved on to more development related to this topic. ________________ Lils sat down to the keys today with her baby doll, Vidia, and started to play. She focused on two octaves, c3 – c5, and […]
Adding, Subtracting, Grouping, Amounts
Yesterday, Lily lined up 9 babies on three steps, instructed me to sit next to them, got out a pack of addition flash cards (the kind with the answer missing, and a box on slick cards that one can write the answer in), and announced she was going to teach her babies stuff. She proceeded […]
What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up?
Taking this from a FB posting… Thierry says to Ray: I have read your comments on someone else’s wall about graphing calculators. I am of a “in between” generation: I have never had a slide rule–too young–and never had a graphing calculator–too old. That being said, I am a geek, and thought at some point […]
Word Construction, Roller Blades, Helping, Ratio, and Headed North?
Yeesh, the last two days have been full! Lily made a new friend yesterday, and today decided to roller blade with them (and the entire run of kids on our street), as well as Russ and I around the neighborhood. She has learned how to have mama on her blades while Lils enjoys a very […]
Dimensions and Temperature
Lily explained that she was just the right size, she thought, to fit in the sunbox. She decided to find out. Then, she began with different amounts of her body in and out of the box. We talked about portions, fractions, and dividing her body into segments. Finally, we talked about the temperature range in […]
Numeracy: Addition, Subtraction, and a 5th Wheel
Well… she can add now. 🙂 She picked up three items tonight (tires, as it so happens – Legos) and said, and I quote, “I have three tires here, but I need one more cuz this car needs four. So, if I have one more tire then I’ll have four.” After a moment Mama said, […]
Grids, Balls, Little Person, and Kitty Cats
Today, after getting what appeared to be a fairly decent night’s rest, Lily popped down for breakfast and started counting the fire makers (lighter sticks) in the package on the counter. She indicated, as she touched each, that there were a total of 5. Then she counted the ginger bread cookie cutters (4) and the […]
Ordinal Numbers
Ok, math people… We have introduced the concept of Ordinal numbering formally today. I need ideas on what to do with this, beyond the simple concept of first, second, etc. Lily has had direct exposure, but no exploration as of yet. First (For her, this means she leads the way) Second (This means it’s going […]