Letters From the Homefront

Just an update of some of what we've been doing around here. MATH Bug finished the addition booklet I printed out for her to use with the addition finger chart. I also gave her the first presentation of commutative addition (modified because it's been a while since I gave it to Miss Priss, couldn't remember exactly the steps I  used last time, and I needed to give it immediately that day) with the printed bead bars. I am in the process of  making her a new version of the addition booklet, to practice identifying the commutative addition equations. \ Miss Priss was working on some pages she tore out of an old workbook we had eons ago, that had been hole-punched and put in her binder. She came to a page that had addition equations involving money and several addends. She was having a difficult time, but has been resistant to using the stamp game - I think it's becoming more time consuming than she feels is necessary. I showed her how it is possible to do the s...

Months ago, when I began making free printables for personal use and sharing on the blog, I made a few for Fall/Thanksgiving time.  Thanksgiving Puzzles Cornucopia (with miniature fruit pieces to cut and glue inside the 'horn of plenty') These can be found on my  FREE PRINTABLES  page. These have yet to be printed off, and may be something we use for Thanksgiving day while visiting family, so they can have something to keep their little hands busy while giving my husband and I a chance to enjoy ourselves as well :) One that I have printed off and put on the shelves so far, though, is our 'What's In The Pie?' printable! I have a fun, simple printable for you today!!!! These cards are approximately 5 1/2 inches in width, 3 1/2 inches in height.  I altered the way it looks for the post, but in actuality, it's going to print out like this: with four cards to a page.  The set contains six different types of p...

I haven't taken as many pictures as I'd like the last couple of weeks, but here are a few that I managed to get during our work time.  Bug was intrigued by cleaning the brown stair one day, and decided she would clean each piece while putting it together.  She enjoyed it a little more than I expected. Here she is, checking her work a final time before putting it away. This is the history that LM is divulging herself in lately. I had the CD's, but they weren't captivating enough for our children for some reason. The books, though, are LM's current favorites to read. As of right now, she's made it through this one entirely, and is working on Volume 1 (kind of taking a step backwards, I guess :) ). Hoss is even enjoying reading more than he used to, which is good to see. He does still have a 'shut down' mode, however. When he *shuts down* he can read the words, have no comprehension whatsoever, and quickly gets frustrated. I have ...