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100 Bottles of Juice on the Wall

chameleon — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:00:03 +0000

A teacher in Santa Cruz, California, came up with this way to help her own kids – ages 5 & 8 – do mental math with addition and subtraction. She revamped the old song “100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” in this way:

5 bottles of juice on the wall

5 bottles of juice

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Carschooling Math: Play “21″

maria — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:23:37 +0000

Each player looks for license plates with numbers that add up to 21 or more. License plates with three or more numbers are the only ones that will work for this game. For example, license number 4VJD875 would add up to 24. When players find a license plate that adds up to 21 or more, [...]

Carschooling Math: Getting Started

maria — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:13:23 +0000

Kids are eager to learn, from the minute they wake up in the morning until they hop into bed at night. Some kids may resist schooling, but they rarely resist learning – especially if they can see the relevance of a subject to their own lives. A discussion about how math is used every day [...]