We are spending too much time at the desk. So, at least through April, we're going to do math using a different format. I'm going to use books and activities to illustrate, discuss and demonstrate math concepts.
A lot of my book and activity ideas will come from here.
This week, for example, our CC math memory work dealt with measurements (specifically, one foot). So we read the book How Big is a Foot? by Rolf Myller.
It's an amusing look at standard measurements. I also got an idea incorporating a ruler, a discussion about fleas (as in Ctenocephalides felis) and a jumping contest from a book called Right In Your Own Backyard: Nature Math from Time-Life Books.
I think a literature-based approach to math will be a fun change of pace.
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