Inside: this Star Wars game makes practicing doubles and near doubles so much fun your kids will beg you to print out more game pages When I tell my homeschooling friends that I follow Common Core State Standards, they gasp in horror. Isn’t the main reason to homeschool to get away from that despicable…
Tag: Star Wars
Star Wars Math: seven-day math challenge
“I don’t like math anymore,” announced my 8-year old son taking another plate out of the dishwasher and carrying it to the pantry. “Where does this come from?” I spun around in surprise, “You said you liked math!” It was such an unexpected revelation I forgot that I was measuring ingredients into a bread…
Star Wars Science: Defying Gravity
In the middle of our defying gravity experiment my 3-year old walked into the room and saw Luke Skywalker hanging upside down on a paper clip connected to a magnet (photo below). “Why is it not falling?” he demanded, his eyes wide with wonder. Even a 3-year old has a pretty good notion of how…
