Training 4 My Future

It's my turn to Cook!

2010-02-19T19:35:00.000-08:00

I am so excited! My 8 year-old daughter decided that she would begin to cook on Saturdays for the family. She is walking in the same tradition as her mom and grandma. What fun! Last week she cooked pancakes and bacon. It was so wonderful for me-I could take a bit of a Sabbath. It was great for her-she felt so accomplished.

I can't wait for next week!

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2010-01-27T22:49:00.000-08:00

Business training 101.
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2010-01-27T22:40:00.000-08:00

Ship in a Bottle
Is this cool or what?
What boy wouldn't like this as a project?"
It is great activity too-it builds attention to detail, makes him practice fine motor skills, and builds his imagination.
Couple it with a story like All Sail Set read by mom to the kids and you have a great Rainy Day at Home!

Kindergartners Need Scissors

2010-01-23T19:52:00.000-08:00

It's almost Sunday!
After church my kindergartender and I will each grab a pair of scissors and find the Sunday paper. She will practice identification (looking for items that we use in our house) and her cutting skills. Using her scissors well is a developing skill. When we go to Walgreens http://walgreens.com/ she either gets a small treat or the cash from the coupon she cut. She likes the money! She then puts all of our coupons into our Couponizer http://coupinzer.com/.

After cutting our coupons we head to visit our virtual friends: Collin at http://hip2save.com/ and KeriLyn at http://www.shesaved.com/. There they tell us what manufacturer and store coupons we can match to score a great deal. When she just turned 5 she would look for the pictures.

So, give your kindergartner a pair of scissors and see what she can save you this week!

Throw Out the Textbook and Jump Into the Kitchen

2010-01-23T19:16:00.000-08:00

When is 1/2 + 1/2 = 1/4?

How about 1/2 + 2/3 = 3/3= 1

For so many students adding this way makes sense to them. 2 + 2 has always been 4, why change now?

Fractions make sense in the context of a kitchen. Find a recipe, hide all of the measuring cups except the 1/8 and the 1/3. See if your child can figure out fractions. In fact, find his FAVORITE recipe and he will learn fractions quickly!

My 3rd grade daughter picks up more conceptual understanding with one day in the kitchen with me than three weeks with the textbook.

Once she can see that 1/3 is not smaller than 1/4 even though 3 is smaller than 4, learning names like "numerator" and "denominator" isn't so difficult.

So, today, if your son or daughter is whining about math give them a real life math lesson-cook a meal using only 1/8 and 1/3 cups. Let them double their favorite recipe! Make the older ones split the recipe into two parts.

When are we ever going to use this stuff? Moms and dads in the kitchen use fractions every day!