Category Archives: Numbers

Today’s “maths lesson”

Sudoku on the DS: oldest daughter teaches middle daughter, youngest watches and listens. My input: none whatsoever required!

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Learning last year

In and amongst the new year celebrations here, I’ve been thinking and chatting with the children about what we all learned last year. It’s probably quite easy for me to list some of the skills that some of us mastered: … Continue reading

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More happens when you leave it alone

Lyddie and I haven’t done any reading practice for weeks. Peter and Jane have been abandoned on the sideboard since she lost interest in them back then. I started getting a bit concerned this week, thinking the development of her … Continue reading

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“Hey Mum, five and five is ten…”

“So it is.” “And three and three is six. And six and five is eleven!” “Yes! How did you know that?” (I know she ‘knows’ that – we’ve done various bits of number work – it’s an ongoing thing – … Continue reading

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