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By: L.R. Knost

L.R. Knost — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:27:32 +0000

I hear you! Through the years, I’ve found that my children remember things we use ‘in real life’ 100% better and learn them more quickly, too (and I don’t get a headache from beating my head against a brick wall, lol). For instance, with multiplication (and most math concepts) I usually use money. It’s amazing how quickly they get a concept when it involves money! For multiplication concepts, instead of drilling them I might do something like tell them I’ll pay them in pennies for jumping jacks. I’ll say, “I’ll give you three (or whatever number we’re working on) pennies for every jumping jack you do if you can tell me how much I owe you. Then I’ll call out, “Five!” and they’ll do the 5 jumping jacks, then they have to multiply the 5 jumping jacks times the 3 penny offer and tell me how much I owe them. Great excercise to get the brain cells firing, too! Baking cookies and using a pizza cutter to teach fractions is a fave at our house, too, but not as healthy as learning multiplication, lol.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:06:27 +0000

Homeschooling and having to teach the same thing seemingly a million times. I swear I could spend my whole day just teaching multiplication, why we capitalize, and read the same chapter of the same book – as soon as school day is over – it’s all forgotten. AAAhrgh!

By: L.R. Knost

L.R. Knost — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:41:10 +0000

Lol, no, not just you! I call it ‘joyful chaos.’ May noy feel so joyful all the time, but I keep reminding myself that the only perfectly peaceful and completely clean house that stays that way for more than a miraculous second is a vacant one!

By: Kerri

Kerri — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:57:48 +0000

Sounds EXACTLY like my house. So it’s not just me…

By: L.R. Knost

L.R. Knost — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:49:13 +0000

Oh, I can soooo relate! Do you at least have a moby or sling to help with the nursing-on-the-go? Oh, and have you checked out http://www.littleheartsbooks.com/2011/10/24/super-simple-healthy-foods-with-a-side-of-fun/ (that link may not work, but it’s Super Simple & Healthy Foods with a Side of Fun)? One idea with your lunch issue might be to put out a small amount of each item to make one of the ‘Cone’ lunches and let your 2.5 make his own!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:10:55 +0000

The endless circle of conversation with the 2.5 year old trying to determine what he would like for lunch b/c if you pick it out for him it won’t get eaten, but everything suggested (and I mean everything in the pantry, fridge, and freezer) is rejected, pulling the 1.5 year old out of the trash can, picking up the 3 month old, back to the lunch conversation, while pulling the 1.5 year old off the table, bouncing the 3 month old on your hip, again asking about lunch, trying to get the 1.5 to color, or play with the doll, or pretty much anything that might occupy her for more than 2 minutes, nursing the 3 month old while preparing lunch that you could never gain consent on with the free hand, pulling the 1.5 year old out of the bedroom where there is now a pile of wipes on the floor rather than in the container, having the one-handed lunch rejected, but if taken away, screamed for, trying to one-handed burp the 3 month old while putting the 1.5 year old into the high chair so she too can reject the lunch but scream for it if removed for another option. Repeat daily.