Jun

13

Lemonade Math

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June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Even though summer has arrived, my wife and I do not plan to slow down our children’s learning activities.  We might, however, make many of our lessons less traditional.  Summer at our house isn’t really the time to tell the kids, “Sit at the kitchen table and finish your multiplication.”  (Actually, we rarely do that [...]

Nov

3

Does Brain Age Work?

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November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment

Nintendo games such as “Brain Age” have been popular for a few years.  And like a lot of fads, my family is usually the last to get on the band wagon (if we bother hopping on at all)!
Advertisements suggest that “Brain Age” will exercise your pre-frontal lobe.  The implication is that your brain will get [...]

Oct

8

Good Old Fashioned Flash Cards

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October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m endlessly fascinated by the vast contrasts between my two children.  They are both good-natured, witty, energetic, and usually kind to one another.  However, their learning styles are becoming increasingly different.  We tried using flash cards with my older daughter when my wife and I began teaching the multiplication tables.  We soon discovered that our [...]

Oct

1

Say Yes to Chess!

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October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Chess is an elegant game, don’t you think?  I’ve admired it since I was a boy.  And to be honest, I sort of assumed it was primarily a boy’s game.  Turns out I was quite wrong.
About two years ago, I got the old chess board down from the game shelf.  The kids had just learned [...]

Sep

24

“Speak and Spell” Online!

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September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 Do you remember”Speak and Spell”?  It was a great educational toy created by Texas Instruments.  I haven’t seen them in the stores lately — LeapFrog Products and other high tech gadgets have taken it’s place.  But I nice that vocabulary building device, not to mention it’s cool Stephen Hawking-styled voice.

Well, if you are your kids [...]

Jul

26

Vintage Childens’ Records

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July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

When I was a kid way back in the 60’s it was fun, especially on a rainy day, to listen to one of the story records that I owned. These were 33’s and had stories read by various people, with sound effects and music. I think that they entertained me for hours! My favorite [...]

Jul

22

All About Sunday Afternoons

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July 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

I am sitting here listening to my family play a rousing game of Monopoly. I was playing until my 15 yr old (who we call Huck or Thoreau but perhaps we should change his nickname to Donald) put a hotel on Boardwalk. And I landed on it.
Anyway…I have fond memories of board games, [...]