And we’re back! I know, it’s been a month since I last wrote a blog post and you’ve all been anxious to know where we’ve been. I titled the last blog post “All the time in the world” in reference to my recent discovery that I need to teach more patiently, allowing more time for my son to go at his own pace and for me to not feel desperate when he isn’t interested in moving forward. Combine that with…
I presented Golden Bead Division to DJ this week. I had been most nervous about this operation and I don’t know why because it seemed DJ understood it better than any of the others. I started by having him roll the place value ice to choose the starting quantity. He first rolled 9,290 so I began to use my calculator to figure out how to adjust it to a number evenly divisible by 3. But before I finished, DJ picked…
DJ received this neat US map placemat for his birthday last week. It has images on the various states representing things you would find in that state. Then the border has some of the same images so you can play a game of finding which state each one belongs in. It also sparked questions like why the pig was in Iowa and the alligator in Florida. That inspired him to pull out his US puzzle map. He placed all 49…
This was another short week in terms of “schoolwork” and I’m a little late in getting this post up. DJ turned four years old this week. He insisted he wouldn’t be 4 until he ate cake. Hah. He also is very nostalgic for babyhood and does not want to get bigger. I miss my baby too but I’m also loving how well my boy is growing. DJ is showing a greater interest in the calendar and trying to understand the…