If I Were Homeschooling Elementary

If I Were Homeschooling Elementary

My kids are now in middle school and high school, but when they were younger I homeschooled them until 5th grade. If I had to do it right now here’s what I’d use. Math It’s a tie between: Beast Academy – Paid Khan Academy – Free I’d probably end up using both. When we homeschooled my kids LOVED the Beast Academy books for ages 8-13. They come in pairs where one is full-color graphic novel style to explain concepts and…

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Multiplication Tricks: 9 Times

Multiplication Tricks: 9 Times

I will start this blog with a confession. I loved math in school. I competed in math competitions and took advanced math classes. However, even in my twenties, I was still calculating my 9 times facts on my fingers. No matter how hard I tried I could never memorize them in school. As my kids started to learn math they had similar troubles. They loved the thinking parts of math but struggled with the memorization. Just as I did they…

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