Showing posts with label Montessori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montessori. Show all posts
Thursday, September 3, 2020

Homeschool Math: Perfect Squares Hiding inside Area Models

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Syd was simplifying radicals the other day, and not having a fun time of it. She was struggling to link the concept of factoring the radican...
Monday, April 27, 2020

A DIY Binomial Square/Trinomial Square Manipulative

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This trinomial square manipulative is an extension of the binomial square , and if you own a decanomial square manipulative you don't...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

How to Square Binomials and Trinomials using Area Models

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Let's say that you have two lengths: a and b. You would like to know what area would be covered by a square whose sides are each of thes...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Montessori Pink Tower and Cuisenaire Rod Extensions for a Sixth-Grader

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When Syd's sixth-grade Math Mammoth curriculum covered exponents, she and I (and her sister, on occasion...) did a lot of hands-on senso...
Friday, October 27, 2017

Montessori Pink Tower Extensions for a Sixth Grader

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As we have been playing a lot with exponents lately, I finally hit the big red button and purchased a Montessori pink tower. Well, actuall...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

Homeschool Math: Use the Decanomial Square to Explore Binomial Squares

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If you took algebra in middle school, you probably remember that squaring a binomial makes no sense. Let's say you've got to squa...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Homeschool Math: The Decanomial Square and Its Extensions

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Just yesterday, I told a friend that if I'd had preschool to do all over again, I'd have skipped Montessori and saved the money. W...