Busy, Busy, Busy!

Hope everyone had a great Easter break! We have been pet sitting
non-stop and haven't had much time for anything else. I hope things get back to normal soon.

I have a new math program I can't wait to try. It's Hands On Equations and it's an algebra program that uses game like pieces. I think my son is going to love it! He already grasps a number of abstract math equations, so I think this hands on approach will bring it full circle.

I also need to get a quote on new gutters before summer. I hope our rainy season starts soon. It's scary dry here now (forest fire dry)!

* I purchased the Hands On Equation system myself and this is not a paid post.

The Rabbits Run Free!

With a heavy heart but a happy mind, our orphans wild rabbits

have been released.

Only one looked back at us for a second, but then he and his siblings were gone in a flash.

Happy trails, little ones!

Mother's Little Math Helper

The most beautiful thing arrived in my mailbox today, a math dictionary! OK maybe not beautiful but incredibly handy to say the least. As my son is racing ahead in his learning, my brain has been lagging behind in the memory department. I was in need of a refresher in math vocabulary. So off to Amazon I went and ordered Math Dictionary for Kids: The Essential Guide to Math Terms, Strategies, and Tables (Grades 4-9)

No, my son is not doing 4th grade math yet, but we have skipped 2nd grade and are starting 3rd. This little book is perfect for what I need now. It will be great to make sure I'm using the correct term when talking with him and also to keep me one step ahead. It's amazing how much of the terminology you forget when you are not practicing math every day, yet you are using what you learned years ago!

You know what else is amazing? I never liked math, it was confusing and tedious to me. However, watching my son grasping concepts like fractions and pre-algebra equations, has left me in awe and sparked my own interest in the history and beauty of mathematics. If you would have told me ten years ago that at fifty, I'd be teaching my 6 year old son fractions, I would have laughed at you! Yet, here I am, doing just that.

New Bunny Photos!

Our orphans at three weeks old.

I warned you they were cute!