Ahhhhhh! Math

Luke has flat out decided he is NOT doing MEP (math) any longer. I am tired of the daily meltdown over it SO we will put in on hold or maybe just chuck it all together. We'll see how things go. In the mean time we started using Miquon, literature based math and what ever else works to keep him engaged and moving forward. Luke has a LOVE of drawing, coloring and anythings creative which just keeps getting stronger. I am going to try to use that to incorporate math into that which should not be hard. He does not mind using manipulatives for math but if he can draw his math sentences or concepts all the better for him.

I loved the other day when he told his dad when he got home that he had not done school work that day {chuckle chuckle}. It works out so much better when they just think we are playing- right! I had to privately tell my husband otherwise. Don't want him to think I am slacking around here :) Even better, this morning, my husband came in and told me the kids were doing math. I was still in bed and just assumed they were playing with the rods we had left out in the livingroom. Nope! he had given them "cookies" (I know I thought the same thing-- Cookies before breakfast!!) Gotta love him. My 3 yo said to Luke 4yo "If I have 4 cookies and I take 2 of them away how many do I have now?" He answered 2. Not sure how far that conversation went but my husband found it so cool he had to come and tell me. It took the --Oh my goodness I can't believe you fed the kids cookies before breakfast -- negative thoughts away. Here are a few pics of the math enjoyment going on here.

I took the Miquon book apart and put the sheets in page protectors and a 3 ring binder. That way we can reuse the sheets and Sophie can use them also when it's time. Those sheets can be used for so many different lessons and I didn't want to keep making copies so into my beloved page protectors they went. This also adds to the love for Luke so he can just draw and color away on them.

This was the day Luke told Mike he had not done math. I suppose measuring mittens and graphing has nothing to do with math. Haha!!

Happy mathing!  Julie