So we are going into our 5th year of homeschooling... This summer we have been really busy with mission trips and camps.. It's been fun. Just the other day my 10yr old - 5th grader, came up to me and said "I want to work on fractions and units of measure..." You see, she is a baker, and that is what she works with the most. She wants to really get good at changing the recipe quantities.
Well I proceeded to download some recipe math worksheets... Granted she can do alot of the math in her head... but on occasion it may be difficult. So I showed her how to multiply and divide fractions, and convert an improper fraction to a mixed number on paper. It was cool seeing how I could teach her something that she would have viewed as a waste of time and apply it to exactly what she was loving to do, which is baking...
I hope that this year will provide us with many hands-on learning experiences... I want my children to have a want-to, a need, and a love of learning,.
