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  • GrinningFool Aug 8, 2011 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    I think using math in the home for everyday is a good thing. I try to expose my kids to it as much as I can.
  • Math Cool Games MoM Jun 24, 2011 @ 4:24 am | delete
    What do you call the colorful circles on the second picture? It looks so enticing, my kids will surely love playing with it. Right now they both love playing memory games online, geography games as well as Math cool games at http://www.clubtuki.com because it saves me a lot of bucks, instead of buying toys... they just play games online but I make sure that they play games that can enhance their skills and can be beneficial in their studies.
  • sorana Mar 11, 2011 @ 7:14 pm | delete
    Living Math ... what a great idea. You present Maths in such a fun and interesting way. Lensrolled to My Mathematics Lenses lens. :)
  • JaguarJulie Nov 18, 2010 @ 1:11 pm | delete
    Now, you know ... math was a top subject for me. I love how you have presented it artistically.
  • javrsmith Oct 29, 2010 @ 6:22 pm | delete
    I love your ideas. Thanks!
  • javrsmith Dec 30, 2010 @ 2:00 pm | delete
    Returned to give this lens a Squid Angel blessing.
  • IscahDesigns Oct 14, 2010 @ 3:17 am | delete
    You've made me want to learn math and teach math, at the same time! I want to get in and play with the toys! It makes perfect sense that kids would want to too!

    Brilliant site! I want to order everything! Why does money (or the deficiency thereof) get in the way?
  • KateG Aug 28, 2010 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    I love this idea of Living Math. As a special education teacher, the most important math I teach is the math that they will encounter in their every day lives. There is always the argument of teaching to the test versus meeting the real need of our kids. These are some great ways to teach the math that is relevant. "Living math is outside of worksheets and textbooks and inside the context of solving relevant problems..." This is so important!
  • Cindy Aug 28, 2010 @ 8:28 pm | delete
    Love your ideas! I'm blogging about living math and have a rather extensive booklist. Hope you visit! :)

    http://love2learn2day.blogspot.com
  • Sarah May 19, 2010 @ 9:23 am | delete
    Jamie this is an amazing list of resources. I live overseas like yourself and to have these at our finger tips just makes me smile all over. I am very keen to make many of the manipulatives with my three boys. Thanks again for this great warehouse of fun ideas!!!
  • Amy in Peru Aug 19, 2009 @ 7:48 am | delete
    Yay! I'm REALLY excited about this one! Lots of links I'll come back to... once again, I was going to blog this, but instead maybe I'll just link to you! hahah.
    Amy
  • dc64 Jun 30, 2009 @ 10:44 am | delete
    Love the ideas here. I'm homeschooling my son, and it is difficult to get him engaged when it comes to Math. I've scoured the internet looking for ways to make math fun and interesting, to no avail...until I came here. Finally, something cool and fun for him.
  • OneFootPutt Apr 30, 2009 @ 8:17 pm | delete
    Great information on starting children early with Math. I even consider games like Chutes and Ladders and Monopoly great ways to learn basic counting and counting money.
  • { jamie } Apr 5, 2009 @ 12:14 pm | delete
    A big help. I'm trying to incorporate more living math, & this is very helpful! http://jamiescottage.com
  • spirituality Feb 26, 2009 @ 6:17 am | delete
    I love your homeschooling lenses :) this one has some great resources listed. And as a math teacher myself, I totally agree: make it practical. Certainly before age 6 there's no use forcing paper and pens on kids. And after that arithmetic should be complemented with practical calculations and spatial exercise (did you know PE is actually good for geometrical insight?).
  • marsha32 Feb 3, 2009 @ 8:53 am | delete
    I'm glad I opened this one. I found a couple of links to put in to favorites :)
  • cindykwest Jan 3, 2009 @ 3:30 pm | delete
    Okay, seriously, how many of these lens do you have?? :o) I added this one to my links, too!

    Cindy
    http://ourjourneywestward.com
  • Dec 28, 2008 @ 11:23 am | delete
    Excellent resource. I like your approach. Lensrolled at
    http://www.squidoo.com/fractionmath
    Is this okay?
  • Jasmine Nov 26, 2008 @ 9:43 pm | delete
    THANK YOU, Jimmie! I just read your blog today and had to check out this lens. With 3 little ones at home, trying to find math games for everyone is tricky. THanks for putting all these resources together in one place!! You saved my sanity :) treeoflifehs.blogspot.com
  • poddys Nov 10, 2008 @ 8:17 pm | delete
    I try and do a lot fo practical math with my eldest daughter. She loves to figure out prices on the menu or other places where we see prices or numbers. It's a lot of fun and educational too. 5***** for yet another great homeschooling lens. Thanks so much for the blessing on my Religious Jokes lens, I really appreciate it.
  • Belinda Jul 31, 2008 @ 7:42 am | delete
    This is a great resource - thanks Jimmie! I'm having great success with the literature math books - but I'm going to have to try some of these other games etc.

    Lifestyle Homeschool
  • Susan52 May 7, 2008 @ 8:16 pm | delete
    More wonderful memories for this retired homeschool mom. Such great ideas. You have some very fortunate kids!
  • Kathy Apr 12, 2008 @ 4:55 pm | delete
    Jimmie, your lenses have saved me so much time!!! Thank you for putting them together.

    Now to share...here's a link to free math manipulatives and printables at Houghton Mifflin:
    http://bigfamilysmallschool.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-printable-math-manipulatives.html
  • Evelyn_Saenz Mar 23, 2008 @ 7:24 am | delete
    The Alligators came over to check out your lens and liked it so much that they are sending you some virtual math games. We always look forward to reading more of your lenses.

    Lensrolled to Hands-OnLearning/">Hands-On Math and Fun Educational Games.
  • groovyoldlady Feb 26, 2008 @ 6:12 am | delete
    I'd love to see a ink and plug for Math*U*See here. We love there curriculum so much that I wanted to sell it, but they don't market it thrugh individual dealers. It's practical, it's simple and it's FUN!

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Hello! I am a homeschooling, stay at home mom who loves to teach, cook from scratch, write (and blog), sew, listen to great sermons, and travel.

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