Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Grocery math

Spontaneous math lesson: looking through junk mail, Danny starts picking out numbers, so i asked him to cut out three thinks he would buy. Glued them and wrote down price, added manipulatives (shells) and got him to count the shells for how much money we need to go shopping.
I try to incorporate basic math concepts in every day situations, to make it as 'real life' as possible at this stage. With preschool only 2 months away, I'm getting more formal with the abc and 123 stuff, and hoping that school will not steal the incredible curiosity and creativity in this little homegrown kiddo.

1 comment:

~Frooghi's~ said...

hi sweetie!

Moving again! Well good luck to you hon. I can only say you are an expert at it.

And the kids are so lucky to have u as mom. Getting started early with Math can never be a bad thing! Finding a way to make it fun from the beginning - GENIUS!