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…
Category: Living Maths
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…