Posts Tagged ‘math’
Elijah’s Goodies
Not everything is fair in life especially when you are 4 years older than your little brother. I notice Elijah eyeing Simon’s workboxes everyday. They are bright, colorful, and scream FUN! Then he looks over at his boxes. Not as bright…not as colorful…not as fun. He’s never complained, but I wanted to spice his day up with a really fun box.
So, I did the unthinkable (for all you healthy mommas out there) and filled a box with the following:
little candybars
small packs of cheese crackers
ring pops
price stickers
small poster board
markers
money
I told Elijah to make a poster for his sweet shop, assign prices to the items, and then Simon and I would visit his store. He was SO excited. He actually got all his other boxes done in record time (and done well); I strategically placed the sweet shop box as the final one for the day.
As we visited the store, I made Elijah do all the math (adding the items, counting back change, etc.). This was fantastic! We even talked about how to greet and treat customers. Elijah eventually swapped me places and I manned the shop while he made his purchase (I still made him do the math!). We have plenty of junk leftover for many more sweet shop adventures in the future. Jason is also planning on making a stop at "Elijah’s Goodies" tonight.
Rightstart for the Workbox
We just finished up our THIRD week of workboxing. I love how Sue teaches you to break things up and utilize review in your boxes.
Here is something from our math program that can be thrown in a box with a dry erase marker. I simply printed practice sheets on colored paper and laminated.
The goal of the practice sheets is for Elijah to become rapid and fluid with these problems. He is not supposed to count to add the numbers together.
He has to figure them out by visualizing and thinking.
Rightstart has given Elijah an understanding of numbers; it has helped him to see the natural patterns that occur in mathematics, so he has already learned and figured out strategies that will enable him to complete the problems without counting.
Rightstart also wants the child to think about the number in as many ways as possible. You can see on the practice sheets that they mix it up (and my son is completely comfortable with all the different ways the problems are presented!).
This set is presented like this- 6 + __ = 10
This set starts with the whole.
I punched a hole, added a ring, and voila! All ready for workboxes. Elijah can choose one to complete. Once all the sheets have been finished (over many days), we can wipe them off and start over again!
I hope to continue adding some thoughts about Rightstart Math throughout my next few weeks of blog posts. Let me know if you have any questions about this math program.
Money Lapbook
This was something Elijah asked for last fall, and we put it together then. It is very simple, but one of his favorite lapbooks to pull out and play with; he LOVES to set up candy shop and have me visit his store!
This is a part-whole circle set similar to what is used in our math program (Rightstart)
Candy Shop Cards! (from Making Learning Fun)
Back Cover
I pulled this and that from a few different places for this lapbook
Money Value Page on the back of the lapbook is from Lapbook Lessons
Candy Shop Cards from Making Learning Fun
Money Poem from 1+1+1=1 Blog (scroll down); I shrunk this down to fit in our book
Printable Bills from Money Instructor
A few things I made for this lapbook
The colored pockets were purchased from the teacher store
