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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – GyMathtics

November 21, 2009 Reviews

It’s exercise! No, it’s math class! No, it’s exercise! It’s both!  Exercise and a review of 2nd through 5th grade math facts all in one.  You can get your heart racing with regular old calisthenics – why not get your mind into it too with Counting Calisthenics! While the math facts are on elementary grade [...]

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Successful First Grade Math Activity!

November 12, 2009 Lesson Plans / Ideas

We had TONS of FUN doing math recently and I just had to sit down and tell you about it!!  It was such a simple and easy idea that I am amazed at how much the kids liked it. This year, I’ve been working on 1st grade studies with one of my children.  We began [...]

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Guest Post – Real World Math by Kelly Ling

July 24, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

While I am on “vacation” from the blog, moving my family into a new home, I found this great article from Kelly Ling. She points out several great ideas to teach your children important math concepts in everyday life. Real World Math Math is one of those subjects that many homeschooling moms find it hard [...]

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Thirsty Thursday – Math Motivation

June 18, 2009 Memes

I am so thrilled to be able to participate in the VERY FIRST Thirsty Thursday with Joy at FiveJs! Since I started this blog in order to really concentrate on homeschooling, I am glad to have some outside direction to make sure I get some homeschooling thoughts out there each week. Here in HomeGrownMommy-Land we [...]

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WeE-Book; “Building Strong Arithmetic Thinking” by Dr. Ruth Beechick

May 3, 2009 Reviews

Welcome back for the second installment of three WeE-Book reviews.  I chose to read “Building Strong Arithmetic Thinking” by Dr. Ruth Beechick.  Check out the first review here. I always struggled with math in school and now my oldest struggles with an “I hate math” attitude.  When I saw this title, I was very excited to get [...]

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