Kezia Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 And you found yourself looking up online or in books to find the answer? I was asked how to find the area of a bean at lunch today. It is usually math questions. It is a good thing he does not even like math, we already talk about it all day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeineandbooks Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 What a great question! I love that he is wondering about stuff like that, even if he's not enjoying your formal math program. We have a book called Family Math (https://www.amazon.com/Family-Math-Equals-Jean-Stenmark/dp/0912511060/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=family+math&qid=1619826869&sr=8-1) - and there are others in the series - that do explorations a bit like this. It de-emphasizes calculations, which makes it genuinely friendly for a family with kids at various levels, and lets kids explore concepts like area, perimeter, graphs, estimation with no pressure. I can't remember how old your son is, but if he's PK-2 you might also like the I Love Math series (out of print but readily available; this is one of them: https://www.amazon.com/How-Octopi-Pizza-Math-Love/dp/0809499509/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=pizza+math&qid=1619827025&sr=8-3). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezia Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 43 minutes ago, caffeineandbooks said: What a great question! I love that he is wondering about stuff like that, even if he's not enjoying your formal math program. We have a book called Family Math (https://www.amazon.com/Family-Math-Equals-Jean-Stenmark/dp/0912511060/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=family+math&qid=1619826869&sr=8-1) - and there are others in the series - that do explorations a bit like this. It de-emphasizes calculations, which makes it genuinely friendly for a family with kids at various levels, and lets kids explore concepts like area, perimeter, graphs, estimation with no pressure. I can't remember how old your son is, but if he's PK-2 you might also like the I Love Math series (out of print but readily available; this is one of them: https://www.amazon.com/How-Octopi-Pizza-Math-Love/dp/0809499509/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=pizza+math&qid=1619827025&sr=8-3). He is 10 and I have been picking up more fun maths, I just got a few zaccaro books. I will check out family math. He likes math or he wouldn’t ask so many questions. He just doesn’t like the tedious workbooks. He asks a bunch of odd science questions too. He has lots of ideas about time travel. So many questions. I don’t know the answer, kid let’s look it up. I guess you all call these things “rabbit trails”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Kezia said: He just doesn’t like the tedious workbooks. Maybe he needs a more fun math program 😄 . Math can be really fun!! ETA: so what did you decide about finding the area of a bean?? 😂 Edited May 1, 2021 by Not_a_Number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenneinCA Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Can jellyfish get pneumonia? (Answer: no, they don’t have lungs) How do the zookeepers catch the ants for the anteater? (Answer: they don’t. Anteaters in zoos get pellets that look like dog food) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezia Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Not_a_Number said: Maybe he needs a more fun math program 😄 . Math can be really fun!! ETA: so what did you decide about finding the area of a bean?? 😂 We use BA, the most fun looking math I have been able to find. His mind was blown with factorials and the huge number of variations of 20!. I don’t remember learning about permutations and combinations at all. I told him that the area of a tiny rectangle that just fits the bean would be close enough. Well he thought an oval would be closer, so then asked how you figure the area of an oval. I had to google that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Just now, Kezia said: We use BA, the most fun looking math I have been able to find. His mind was blown with factorials and the huge number of variations of 20!. I don’t remember learning about permutations and combinations at all. Oh yeah, BA is definitely the funnest thing I've seen. I love permutations and combinations 😄 Just now, Kezia said: I told him that the area of a tiny rectangle that just fits the bean would be close enough. Well he thought an oval would be closer, so then asked how you figure the area of an oval. I had to google that. Hmmm, yeah, I guess you could pretend the bean is an ellipse or something 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezia Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 10 hours ago, JenneinCA said: Can jellyfish get pneumonia? (Answer: no, they don’t have lungs) How do the zookeepers catch the ants for the anteater? (Answer: they don’t. Anteaters in zoos get pellets that look like dog food) I would have guessed the zoo would keep ant colonies just for their ant eaters, lol. Kids wonder about the craziest things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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