Tangrams are great for math. They help with spacial awareness and they’re fun.

We have a great book the kids like to use with the tangrams, “Grandfather Tang’s Story” by Ann Tompert.  It’s a great story with different puzzles through out.

You can find lots of different Tangram sets on the web. We are particularly fond of out wooden set, but I would love to have a travel set as well.

I don’t know about you but I love buttons. No, it’s not some weird fetish. It’s just a warm memory of my Grandma. She had humongous jar of buttons. Actually it probably wasn’t that big but everything seems bigger when your a kid. I used to love to look at the buttons when I visited her. I would pour then out and sort them. You can do a lot with buttons. There are different shapes, sizes , colors and textures.
I now have have my own button collection although not as …

Fridays are game days in our house. For school we play learning games. Math dominoes is a great game. I made these dominoes specifically for math. They are green one ones side for addition and blue on the other side for subtraction. We take turns putting one down and according to the color we have to say the equation and answer out loud. It’s a great way to practice our addition facts. You could change the rules around and come up with different variations. If your child does the same …

We have completed our first math block. We covered the numbers 0 through 9. We also learned about even and odd, and greater than less than. Bryn really go into writing his numbers and the hundreds chart. He has a bound journal that is his to write and draw in whatever and when ever he wants. You can see him practicing his numbers on his own here.

We also made leaf crowns again this year. It is a very simple craft and the boys really enjoy it.

Next month we are finishing …