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Apr 20, 2021

Review: Prodigy Game the Math App

This game has great music, intriguing storylines, and makes *me* want to play it. I have been sitting next to my child, watching the game with great interest. First she got to pick her avatar’s name and appearance. (Some of the other math game apps we tried did not have…

Math App

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Review: Prodigy Game the Math App
Review: Prodigy Game the Math App

Mar 25, 2021

Math at Home for Preschool & Kindergarten

After teaching elementary and middle-school math for a decade, I became a different kind of teacher, thanks to COVID-19: a homeschool teacher to a kindergartener and a preschooler. ACTIVE/OUTSIDE While I am a big proponent of Montessori-style child-led learning, let’s just say that my kids — like most kids —…

Math

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Math at Home for Preschool & Kindergarten
Math at Home for Preschool & Kindergarten

Apr 25, 2020

Follow Kids’ Curiosity: Research Projects during a Pandemic

If your kid, like mine, wants to learn about a specific subject, here is what you can do. (One of my kids wants to learn about dinosaurs, so I will use that example.) I do these steps without kids (under age 10): 1. Open internet browser. Search “dinosaur DK”. You…

Research Reports

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Follow Kids’ Curiosity: Research Projects during a Pandemic
Follow Kids’ Curiosity: Research Projects during a Pandemic

Mar 30, 2020

Pandemic Parenting & Online Advice

I hear parents talking to one another and give one another advice. I’m a teacher, and when I know both kids as students, it pains me to overhear the conversation. I think to myself, “That would NEVER work for the other kid! And yes, it TOTALLY works for your kid.” …

Coronavirus

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pandemic parenting & online advice
pandemic parenting & online advice

Mar 15, 2020

Your Children At Home: Pandemic Parenting & Creating a Routine

Our local schools are closing. Yours have, too, or they will soon. What will you do with this time? First, you may ask yourself about your job, your healthcare, your finances. Do I have sick leave? PTO? Does FMLA cover me? Second, take care of your children emotionally. You tell…

Coronavirus

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Your children: at home
Your children: at home

Mar 12, 2020

So you’re a homeschool parent now: Advice from a Math Teacher

As I write this, Seattle Public Schools has closed for a minimum of 2 weeks due to coronavirus. Other cities may follow suit in the coming days and weeks. Chinese schools have been closed for 6 weeks so far, Japan for 4 weeks. “What am I going to do with…

Homeschooling

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So you’re a homeschool parent now.
So you’re a homeschool parent now.

Jan 27, 2020

Nine dead in a helicopter crash

Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter feared dead. LA mourns Kobe. The world mourns Kobe. His wife and three daughters at home. One can imagine the wailing or the stony silence of their house. Two young ones who will not understand for years. A teenager and her mother clutching one another…

Kobe Bryant

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