On our family holiday this year, the children came face to face with amusement arcades. Never having seen anything like it before, they were enamoured and very enthusiastic to spend our money in order to win more back. Needless to say we did not allow them. Until, that is, the last day. It was pouring with……
Category: Homeschool Maths – Living Maths
Exploring Angles and Triangles {Living Maths}
Last week we learnt about Viking runes. We made a stave and found that every letter of the viking alphabet could be made using one of these as a guide. The straight lines, angles and triangles made me think that there could be a maths lesson in there somewhere. So, we spent the week exploring……
Precious Moments #1
This week has been a bit of a disaster week from the point of school. We had the plasterers in to plaster the living room and dining area (our main living space). The children and I have had to spend the week in the hallway and mine and Gary’s bedroom. And this is not been conducive for……
Homeschool Maths: Co-ordinate Graphs
This post will contain all the activities we did in our homeschool maths about Co-ordinate Graphs. First, I will introduce you to an excellent book about x,y co-ordinates. Next, I will show you how we used our aged map to answer some Viking themed co-ordinate graph questions. And lastly, I will describe how we used……
The Muddle of Maths
Maths in our home school has always been about getting it done. Along with science, it is our only text-book curriculum. I have A level maths and whilst my degree is in nursing, it also contained a great deal of maths. I get maths. The problem is I’m not good at teaching it. I naturally think pictorially, so……