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Archive for the ‘Math’ Category

Algebra Is Good Eats!

Who’s the best at Algebra??  That would be ME!!  Nik couldn’t handle the pressure of my mad Algebra skills today so he grabbed my paper I was working formulas on….and he shoved it into his mouth!  He is soooo weird!!  I think he would say the same about me since I was just working problems […]

Have I told you all how much I love, love, love Explode the Code??  Well, I do and it’s because Belle is doing so well with the books.  Seriously, she is like a reading maniac right now and that is fantastic!!  I’m just thrilled!!
Jake has been reviewing fractions these past couple of days.  He doesn’t […]

A Few Lapbooks

Belle has been busy this week putting together her addition and subtraction lapbooks. She was very pleased with the results and told me that she would be saving her books for her children because they would need to learn math also! Here are some shots of her work:

I got all of the templates […]

Today we read a neat book titled Archimedes Takes a Bath by Joan M. Lexau.
We’ve heard the stories about Archimedes, but this one had a different story line than the others.  In this book, a young slave boy, Xanthias, was given the job of making Archimedes eat and bathe.  Apparently, Archimedes was not in favor […]


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I am a mom who has been blessed with the opportunity to educate my children at home. Most days are great...some days though, you might just catch me in a corner rocking back and forth with my eyes glazed over! Rest assured though that God is teaching them...well us...ok, ok...ME many lessons!!

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