Isaac and Elizabeth seem to have inherited a knack for Math from Ben. Ben once said to me that he just sees Math, and I think Elizabeth is showing that same tendency.
Both kids are in a Math Club - their choice. The other week, Elizabeth's teacher told me that Elizabeth's strength is logic - that she is the one who can look at a problem and know what to do.
I saw this for myself tonight. She was doing some math club homework and came to me and said that she didn't know how to divide numbers which had multiple decimal places (eg 8.26 / 2 =). I briefly showed her how to carry the remainder. About 10 minutes later she came back to me and said "Mum! I used what you showed me to work out how to divide using numbers with decimal places. (eg 2 / 9.7 = ) I love how she was just able to transfer one concept to another.
She just seems to "see" math too.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Happy Australia Day
Australia Day is pretty quiet here. Not surprising, really, considering we do live in America.
For years, we have held a Heritage Night at school. As I have been the only Australian, I have always been in charge of the Australian booth.
However, over the last year or two, there have been more Australian families moving into our school zone. This year, I was actually able to hand over the booth to another family. It was so nice to be able to explore other countries instead of manning my booth.
The best part of all of this was that tonight we went to an Australia Day party. The family that took over the booth was holding a party and they invited us along. The kids made Music Sticks with bottle caps. We had lots of Australian food - including sausage rolls, meat pies, lamb roast and pavlova. And there was even some Australian music, until people groaned too much.
It wasn't quite the fireworks celebration type of night that we might have had at home, but it was nice to have a night with some other Australians and share stories of Australia with non-Australians.
For years, we have held a Heritage Night at school. As I have been the only Australian, I have always been in charge of the Australian booth.
However, over the last year or two, there have been more Australian families moving into our school zone. This year, I was actually able to hand over the booth to another family. It was so nice to be able to explore other countries instead of manning my booth.
The best part of all of this was that tonight we went to an Australia Day party. The family that took over the booth was holding a party and they invited us along. The kids made Music Sticks with bottle caps. We had lots of Australian food - including sausage rolls, meat pies, lamb roast and pavlova. And there was even some Australian music, until people groaned too much.
It wasn't quite the fireworks celebration type of night that we might have had at home, but it was nice to have a night with some other Australians and share stories of Australia with non-Australians.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
First Tooth...Lost
Kai has lost his first tooth. Both in the sense that it has fallen out and we don't know where it is!
I was cleaning his teeth last night, when I suddenly noticed his tooth was gone. I hadn't even realized it was wobbly so we hadn't even spoken about the fact that his teeth would fall out.
I asked him if he knew when it came out and he told me it happened at preschool. I'll have to check with them next week to see if they knew about it.
So here we are at 4 1/2 with a missing front tooth. It's so much earlier than the other two.
I was cleaning his teeth last night, when I suddenly noticed his tooth was gone. I hadn't even realized it was wobbly so we hadn't even spoken about the fact that his teeth would fall out.
I asked him if he knew when it came out and he told me it happened at preschool. I'll have to check with them next week to see if they knew about it.
So here we are at 4 1/2 with a missing front tooth. It's so much earlier than the other two.
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