Away

We're going to be away from this space til next week- as soon as I finish teaching tonight we're headed to the land of no internet and nary a cell phone signal for our last adventure before settling in to the school year.

In the mean time, won't you check out some of the other great places around the web?

What You Don't Want to Do

Ann Voskamp's upcoming book

Memorization

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We'll see you Monday!

Learning to Tally

Ender and I spent last week learning to use tally marks. Our tools? A felt rectangle to define the space, wood numbers, and toothpicks.




The first day we used the toothpicks as our counter of the day and practiced counting out the correct number. On day 2 we practiced making groups of 5 with the toothpicks, and on day 3 we practiced crossing the 5th toothpick across the other four.


Then we were on to the fun part! On the 4th day we learned how to make numbers other than 5 with our tally marks. Ender tried each number in turn, and figured out that it was pretty easy to do after the first few.

On day 5 we added in how to write the tally marks. I wrote numbers down the side for Ender and he tallied the numbers first with toothpicks, then on paper. Right after we finished this work he asked to add tallies to his math journal. If he adds work to his math journal, I *know* he likes the work!

Today

The beginnings of paper mache blue whales- Ender's current project.

The cabinet top that is supposed to stay clear except for the little statues. Somehow it alwas seems to be invaded by random art work, art materials, little animals, knitting, books . . .

The fridge arrangement of the day, composed by Ezra.


The favorite work of the day.

Pinecones, Explode the Code, and plenty of paper for a project: just another morning in home education.