When Kirk was learning his multiplication tables, we tried flashcards. No dice. Kirk was bored. If he got an answer wrong, he frankly didn’t care. We tried the Multiplication Rap song. No help. While the song had a peppy back beat, nothing was sinking in. Then I happened up Math War Multiplication, an inexpensive card game and [...]
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Multiplication Tables made easy – War Games!
Posted in math, tagged easy way to learn multiplication, games, learning, learning multiplication tables, making math fun, math learning as fun, Math War, Math War Game Cards on October 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Does time with your toddler bore you to tears?
Posted in boys, boys reading, kids reading, reading, Uncategorized, tagged boredom, goals, happiness, learning, parenting, progress, reading on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I remember one Sunday night, feeling frazzled after a long day with my three-year-old, and doing a Google search using the terms ”boredom” and “parenting”. Eventually I identified two key problems with our Sunday afternoons, when ten minutes into playing blocks I was bored silly and felt an overwhelming need to go nap. First, through no [...]
No fights to read – book tapes and records – what a deal!!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alphabet, curiosity cottage, education, fun, learning, reading on April 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last summer I went to a garage sale and saw a Fisher Price record player and several book stories for $4.00 and thought, “What a deal!” The lady sitting behind a cardboard table then asked for forty dollars and I realized I had missed a zero. She informed told me this was now a collector’s item. Having [...]
Cookies and reading – Your kids’ motivation.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosity cottage, curiositycottage, learning, motivation, reading on April 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Do you remember back in college or highschool, when you’d plowed through a chapter of assigned reading in Sociology or Biology, then looked up and realized you had no idea what you’d just read? Part of that may have been that you weren’t familiar with the vocabulary or that you were distracted by worry that [...]
Your Baby Can Read! Or Can He?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosity cottage, curiositycottage, fun, learning, reading, reading fun learning books school, school on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I recently started reading a book called How To Teach Your Baby To Read by Glenn Doman and Janet Doman. If you’ve seen the commercials, “Your Baby Can Read”, you get the idea. There is some controversy about pushing kids with formal learning too early and a lot of research that says babies learn first [...]
Dinners that feed the stomach and mind…..
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alphabet, curiosity cottage, curiositycottage, education, fun, learning, reading on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For almost half a year now, the kids and I have been sitting down to dinner. Prior to that, we sort of “grazed” through the evening, snacks at the kitchen counter, much the way I grew up. My own family rarely if ever sat down to a meal. My dad was building a company, my [...]
Invitation to share ideas for reading and math and creativity and social skills.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosity cottage, curiositycottage, education, fun, learning, math, reading on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My purpose in this blog is to share ideas that are simple, quick, fun and effective in helping kids improve their abilities in reading, math, creativity and social skills. I’ll tell you what has worked for us and hope you’ll share what’s working for you. The goal is to create a parent group where we [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosity cottage, fun, learning, math, reading, school on April 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Kai working on some pre-reading skills.
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