Honey is a very visual kid. She sees things that others don’t see. I’m not sure, but I think that she thinks in pictures. Memorizing math facts has been very difficult for her. We came up with a way to help her memorize a few of her math facts. I wrote 8 + 8 = 16 on a piece of construction paper and then she changed the numbers into pictures. The story that she made up is that Mr. and Mrs. 8 are bakers and they baked 16 cupcakes
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The pictures really seem to have helped.
For 7+7 = 14 she made crocodiles that ate 14 fish.
And for 9 + 9 = 18 she drew pretty girls and a queen.
Sometimes math can be fun.
Tags: homeschool, math
February 16, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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February 16, 2009 at 10:23 pm
I love this idea! We do this for spelling quite often. Why have I never thought of it for math? Brilliant!
February 17, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Isn’t it funny how our brains get stuck on one thing. Sometimes it is hard to see the obvious. I have really been trying to think outside the box lately and it seems to be helping Honey.
March 2, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Brilliant, thank you for that Honey.