If you've seen my blog post on ixl math, you know I really like the program and had previously purchased a one year subscription for my daughter. I have since purchased another year subscription. My biggest draw to ixl is it's completeness skill wise. You can see very clearly all the math skills for that grade level and which ones your child has learned and has still to learn. However, despite how much I do appreciate this program, there are still 2 things I wish were different. The first is ...
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Making math fun….on the Computer!
What's more fun than math on a computer for holding the attention of a young learner! My daughter loves doing math on the computer. One website I found particularly helpful is: http://ca.ixl.com/ Yes it is a subscription based website, and no I don't get any payment of any kind for my suggestion. I genuinely just like it, but more importantly my daughter does. You can use it to a limited extent without paying for the yearly subscription. I believe you can do 20 questions a day without a ...
Teaching Your Preschooler Math
Teaching your preschooler math can be a lot of fun. As a math loving homeschooling parent, here are 4 of my personal recommendations: Teach your child that math is in so much we do. Math is not something we sit down and do for "school", math is all around us and can help us with so many things we do.Find ways to incorporate bringing out the math in things you do everyday. For example, playing Legos together, there are so many opportunities to incorporate math. You need to sort Lego's by ...
