{"id":1625,"date":"2010-05-18T00:31:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T04:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2010-05-18T06:44:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T10:44:58","slug":"crazy-for-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=1625","title":{"rendered":"Crazy for Math"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a page of the Improper Fractions lesson from our homeschooling Fractions block.\u00a0I hope to get the entire book up on the Homeschooling page eventually. For now it serves as an introduction for what I am about to tell you.<\/p>\n

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Recently a big group of us had dinner at the home of our friends Lynn and Giovanni. The meal ended with everyone playing with math puzzles and games around the dining room table. Lynn, a Math Whiz, owns hundreds of them. For years she was a math instructor and tutor. Then in 1999 she developed a summer Math Camp called \u201cMathTree.\u201d It\u2019s not only for kids struggling with math, but also for kids who can\u2019t get enough and want it included in their summers. (I understand that there actually ARE such children, although none has shown up in my family.)<\/p>\n

MathTree has taken off\u2014that first summer there were two locations, and now there are 26 of them (!!!), for kids ages five to teens, all over the Washington metropolitan area. Lynn has developed a hands-on approach using objects, games, puzzles, and real-life experiences. (I was reading the fliers for the camp choices and thinking I might like to sign up myself! except they don\u2019t have my age group.) If you are looking for an unusual kids’ math camp, MathTree might be just the ticket. So I\u2019m putting a link to the website<\/span><\/a> and brochure<\/span><\/a> here. As my husband and I frequently remind each other, Someday Our Children Will Thank Us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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