Tag: Australian Curriculum Maths
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Counting to Five The aim of this milestone is for your child to learn: Not all counting is counting! Some kids are natural born memorisers and they can rattle off a sequence of numbers without blinking. But this does not always mean that they actually understand what a number IS. Most kids at this age keep reading
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One of the most common questions I heard from parents at a recent homeschool expo that I attended was, “Do you have anything for prep?” It was obvious that Australia needed a Foundation Year homeschool maths curriculum. Unfortunately, I didn’t have one. Yet. I pointed each parent to the articles I have on early years keep reading
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Something that I see a LOT in my tutoring business is kids who have decided that they’re dumb. It’s really tragic and breaks my heart every time. Often, the kid is actually fine and has no real learning problem. They just learn some things at a different pace to their classmates. But, truth be told: keep reading
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I’ve been seeing a lot about AI in homeschool groups on the socials lately. Many times it’s suggesting AI as a tool for planning or preparing reports for registration. If you’re careful about it, AI can definitely shave a few hours out of those tasks. But the thing that virtually terrifies me is when I keep reading
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Homeschooling is a huge responsibility and it often takes significant sacrifice. One of the most obvious (and most daunting) is financial. Generally, at least one parent has to give up an income to stay home with the children and make learning happen in a safe and happy environment. So, it’s not terribly surprising to find keep reading
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In our last article we looked at how to use Sumstix and number bonds to teach your child to add and subtract single digit numbers . These tools work brilliantly for totals up to ten, and those facts are non-negotiable to make sense of higher level maths, like fractions and algebra. But what happens when keep reading
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Heads up! There’s a freebie at the end of this post. Reading time on an analog clock (the type with hands) is a skill that can be very useful but many kids seem to miss out on. The reason is that it’s a skill that takes lots of practice to master. But as far as keep reading
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The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. Paul R. Halmos In our post The Surprising Truth Behind Math Phobia we learned that mathematics is a language. Today we are going to begin exploring how this realisation should impact our teaching (and learning) of maths. Our First Language If maths is the universal keep reading
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If one hundred homeschooling parents were asked what subject they most dreaded, feared, or felt least qualified to teach, the vast majority would probably reply, “maths.” It’s a sad truth that one of the most fundamentally important skill-based subjects is also often the most feared, least understood, and poorly taught of all school subjects. But keep reading
