Kyle has begun reading chapter books! I'm so excited at the new possibilities for him. His first book is a mini-chapter book (more appropriate for 3rd graders than 7th graders)- Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. The best thing: it's midwinter break and he's choosing to read on his own! Now, we have to encourage him to slow down when he reads so he can comprehend everything he just read.
And, on another exciting-educational-milestone he's figured out multiplication. When I explained to him to just think that "5x3" is five sets of three (five cookie sheets with three cookies each) then it made more sense to him. I did warn him he's going to have to memorize the times table in a couple of years and it can get pretty frustrating.
4 comments:
Hey kyle this is your aunt tina i am so proud of you i love u and miss u
you can tell him I still do the X9 tables on my fingers :) and I swear no one else learned that trick but me!
Nice job with the cookies on the tray. We actually teach kids the conceptual way of multiplication first (your cookie example) and then go for the tables.
Nice job - math mom!
well Jen, who woulda thought me; miss "I Hate Math" would be called a "math mom"?!
better tell Mr. Jacobson if you see him, make him proud. :)
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