Before you begin homeschooling Algebra, you’ll want to know about two critical, foundational skills your child should master first. I’ll review these skills next, but first I’d like to offer you a word of encouragement, parent to parent. Continue reading
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Ditch Your Curriculum for these 13 Competitions Instead
As a homeschooler, what do you have your kids do for PE? You could design fitness curriculum that includes exercises and an introduction to various sports. Or maybe you include some form of physical fitness as part of your planned unit studies. Or more likely, your kids join a local basketball team or take a class at the YMCA. And in doing so, you don’t worry too much about justifying it as fulfilling a PE requirement—it’s pretty obvious isn’t it? Continue reading
Curricula for Teaching About Fractions
The following article is from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement which is part of the Department of Education.
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by: Gayle M. Millsaps & Michelle K. Reed
February 1998 (Updated July 2002)
The study of fractions is foundational in mathematics, yet it is among the most difficult topics of mathematics for school students. Students have difficulty recognizing when two fractions are equal, putting fractions in order by size, and understanding that the symbol for a fraction represents a single number. Continue reading
Three Homeschooling Resources I Wish I Knew About Earlier
There are a lot of excellent resources out there for homeschoolers. It would be impossible to list them all and foolish to try. After all, what works best for one child may not work for another. But that’s generally the point of homeschooling, there’s no one answer to every child’s learning needs. Continue reading
Teaching Fractions: New Methods, New Resources
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- Student Conceptions
- Mistakes Teachers Make
- New Teaching Approaches
- World Wide Web Resources
- Fractions in the ERIC Database
- References
The teaching of fractions continues to hold the attention of mathematics teachers and education researchers worldwide. In what order should various representations be introduced? Continue reading
