August 24, 2005

  • Kaylin loves math and has excelled at it.   It comes naturally to her, and I don't want to still that from her.  Yesterday I came close to it getting bogged down by a detail.     I'm soooooooo greatful to Womie for this statement she made today;


     


    Hey...

    I wouldn't be too concerned about that. It's an interesting exercise actually... subtracting one thing from another type of thing... like how often do you say to yourself "Here's $10 and 6 rocks, how many more dollars do I have than rocks?" Generally it makes more sense to subtract the same sort of thing from itself...
    I am sure she will be able to answer questions like that in time. I wouldn't be concerned.

    I really only thing any exercise or learning activity is as good as how much it applies to real life.


     


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    I so agree, its my philosophy of teaching.   But when using  a curriculum you find yourself loosing that focus.   Thanks for the reminder Wommie.   If I was in Australia, I'd come get you for a teacher for my kids.     Or glean from your knowledge, or both.  *grin*  


    So I'm not gonna review that page, we're gonna just move on.   It will come back.  


    The choice I've made to move back towards a more curriculum style learning has been a good one for my family and *is* working.   But at the same time, I have to remember to be flexible, and not stressed by my child not being able to do something immediately.   *deep breathe*


    I told and keep telling Rob every day I self-doubt myself.   Its a HUMONGOUS responsibility to do this.   And then I breathe and try to relax and enjoy it. 


    Teeter-totter   Teeter-totter.   Needs to relax more about this, and remember learning is supposed to be fun.  


    The reading is fun again, and my kids are LOVING it...even Rainee and Jamari love the stories and stuff.  


    And the math is fun most of the time.   So we keep working on it.


    Thanks again Wommie for a good reminder.

Comments (3)

  • yes,  it was good advice.  Relax and don't worry about her getting it the first time.  Subtracton of different things is a difficult concept.  I had students who were older then Kaylin who were stuck on it for a while.  Go on and come back to it every once in awhile until it clicks.

    As for it not being a real world exercise:  well, I think it is.  Think of it this way.  We have 6 kids, we have 3 cookies on the plate.  How many more cookies do we need for eveyone to get one?  There is subtraction of different items... but extremely real life when you have children. :lol:

  • giggles, but see thats all cookies she can do that.   Now if she had to figure out how many more carrots there were then cookies...we'd have issues.  *snigger*

  • I am glad what I said was useful. The way a problem in maths is presented won't always click with all kids. I don't think it's a conceptual problem at all... more just the way she saw that question at that time.

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