Archive for the 'Morning Dropoff Lessons' Category

Introducing Fraction to Youngsters
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

(I’m writing a bit long article today on introducing fraction to a young child.  For best result, this should be done at home when you have more time and space.  Good luck!)
Fractions are an important building block in Algebra, introducing it properly can help your child to progress along in mathematics smoothly. One way that [...]

04/28/06: What Does Fraction Really Mean?
Thursday, April 5th, 2007

“What does Fraction really mean?” Alexa asked today while I was dropping her off to her school.Thus far, I’ve covered 2-digits multiplications (26 x 32 on paper), divisions (321 divided by 3 mentally; and 4225 divided by 65 on paper) with her and she was ready to move on.
“What do you think it’s about?”  (I [...]

04/27/06: Adding with 8’s
Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Today during the drop off, Byron announced that he is tired to adding with 9’s. I promptly asked him ‘oh, yeah, what’s the trick with adding 9’s?”
“Borrow 1, make ten and add ‘teen’.’ (Not bad for a 4-yr old, I thought).
“Cool! Do you want to know what to do with adding 8?”
“ Then, we are [...]