Why Math is Actually Useful
Kala is working through the Life of Fred series for math, et al. She’s in Honey, which is the book that introduces domains and conditions to sets and unions. It also introduces long division. She’s learning as she sees fit, with lots of external stimuli, and is discovering that she’s been doing extended division for […]
Magic Tic Tac Toe
Kala is taking a class that explores the theory behind the game, looks at different interpretations and iterations, and encourages the group to create their own variations to expand the simple game. Session one of four discussed: The group explored: We were asked to review the following over this week, in preparation for the next […]
Kala Steps In
Kala and I have begun to share the opportunity to blog about our explorations, rather than just Mama being the primary author of these entries. Kala will be contributing her thoughts on most, if not all future posts, so watch for her tidbits and see if you can pick out how certain aspects of design […]
Kala's Market Booth
She decided she wanted a booth this year. She wrote a business plan, raised capital, compiled an inventory of original works and creations, took a business partner, designed her display and presentation, learned how to tend to customers, gained an understanding of profit, expense, and projection, learned supply vs demand and how to market to […]
Much Learning, Little Blogging
I told Kala she was going to have to take over her blog. I’m struggling to keep up with it, but mostly I want her to be composing her own reflections of what she’s discovering. So very much growth has occurred this past year, it’s hard to capture, though if it were, it could fill […]
IT Assistant
Today Kala worked work me to install a Linux/Chromium build on a couple of the old systems we’re revitalizing from the local Lutheran school. She had to observe how all connections we’re made, how to interrupt the boot sequence, how to choose a boot device, and walk through the os install. She’s never worked with […]
She Has a Book
Her idea… Weird.
She Has a Book
Her idea… Weird.
Worksheets vs Real Life
We calculated the amount of weight the bricks on our chimney actually total this morning. See image, you’ll see the problem. Lily pushes back pretty hard when asked to do mathematic calculations, but she does work through them with me. Our discussion of which she would prefer, figuring out stuff that matters to our life […]