February 28, 2008
A Rarely Touted Benefit of Homeschooling
Gid's working on the numbers 11 - 20 lately. Today we're doing 13 & 14. This morning we practiced writing all the numbers on my leg with our fingernails. With fine motor skills undeveloped bigger writing surfaces are better than beginning with pencil and paper. Teaching school we did writing in shaving cream & paint but this is one I don't think we could've done in school. And this is really a little better b/c the kids get distracted making other stuff with the paint and with this all the fun's in the actual writing. Gid wanted to do all numbers from the beginning straight up to twenty. I've gotta be honest and tell you I made him stop at 14. I've got a nice sore red spot on my leg and just couldn't sacrifice any more in the name of education. Maybe Dad'll let us use his back tonight. . . it's been a nice practicing spot before for writing out memorization. 
Creative idea! We have done shaving cream, sand, and corn starch for remembering letters and numbers. Plus with number recognition, I have always used the egg carton with beans. It has worked well with my girls. Yes, I love the freedom that comes with homeschooling.:)
Posted by: Christina at February 28, 2008 01:06 PMI love your blog!
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