I've been thinking that I need to start a system with chores around here lately. My kids know how to clean up their toys and help around the house (Will even occasionally helps me vaccum- he likes to vacuum with the hose) BUT I'd like to do something consistent that involves making every day chores fun.
I've heard some good ideas from some of my friends, but I just wanted to put this out there b/c I know a lot of you do some really creative things to help the kids get involved.
So, any suggestions?
Monday, September 21, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Counting to 100
We got a new numbers book at Goodwill this week for 50 cents I think. It's in excellent condition and the kids love it. Don't ya love 1/2 off days?
Anyway, it goes all the way to 100 and Will loves it. He's been wanting to read it a lot lately and every time we get with the page that goes to 100 he wants me to count all the way to 100. The first time I figured- Why not? I thought he was probably a little young to catch onto counting all the way to 100 but I thought it'd still be good for him to hear it. I thought maybe the more he hears it the sooner he'll start hearing the pattern and learning it.
Well, the first time I did it he started counting with me and tried to keep up the whole way. He started getting better each time we did it, but I still thought he was just saying it with me and I wondered how much of it he was getting. So today I decided to write all the numbers down so he could see the pattern. But then after I got to 50 I had the idea that there might be a better numbers chart on the computer that would be easier to teach/ learn.
So I found some stuff. First I found a cool chart where you could color each number any color you wanted. So I think that really helped him to see that and color cordinate it as we counted, then we found a great counting song on YouTube.
THEN we found a great math/ numbers game/ chart. :) Here it is http://www.hbschool.com/activity/count/index.html
I think it really clicked with him today. It would count 54, 55, 56 then say what comes next? And he knew the answer 90% of the time. He really got it! I'm so proud of him that he's learning this at such a young age, and I thought those two things that I found were pretty cool things to help learn counting, and I wanted to share them with you. :)
Anyway, it goes all the way to 100 and Will loves it. He's been wanting to read it a lot lately and every time we get with the page that goes to 100 he wants me to count all the way to 100. The first time I figured- Why not? I thought he was probably a little young to catch onto counting all the way to 100 but I thought it'd still be good for him to hear it. I thought maybe the more he hears it the sooner he'll start hearing the pattern and learning it.
Well, the first time I did it he started counting with me and tried to keep up the whole way. He started getting better each time we did it, but I still thought he was just saying it with me and I wondered how much of it he was getting. So today I decided to write all the numbers down so he could see the pattern. But then after I got to 50 I had the idea that there might be a better numbers chart on the computer that would be easier to teach/ learn.
So I found some stuff. First I found a cool chart where you could color each number any color you wanted. So I think that really helped him to see that and color cordinate it as we counted, then we found a great counting song on YouTube.
THEN we found a great math/ numbers game/ chart. :) Here it is http://www.hbschool.com/activity/count/index.html
I think it really clicked with him today. It would count 54, 55, 56 then say what comes next? And he knew the answer 90% of the time. He really got it! I'm so proud of him that he's learning this at such a young age, and I thought those two things that I found were pretty cool things to help learn counting, and I wanted to share them with you. :)
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