Math Treasure Hunt

Here’s a game you can play with your kids that will have them practicing their math without even realizing it…
Supplies:
Paper, pencil or pen, and some kind of treasure.
Method:
Cut paper into small pieces, and put them in pairs.
For each pair, make one paper a math question and number it (i.e. “question 1″), and the other paper [...]

Recognizing Your Child’s Learning Style To Support Their Education

The public school system is set up in a particular way, and while the teachers do have some flexibility in how they deliver their curriculum, for the most part students have to conform to a “one size fits all” method. This is not entirely a bad thing, because it prepares them for the real world: [...]

Homemade Word Searches

Here is another tool I’ve used when my kids were really young (3-4) - homemade word searches.
There are a lot of word search books out there for older children (we have a few on our book shelves) but it’s almost impossible to find ones for the “cat, hat, sat, mat” level. Generally puzzles are created [...]