Table Topics
Mind-stretching brain games and conversation starters. It's the perfect opportunity for sharing stories, building knowledge, strengthening character, and having fun!
I'm listening to the Canadian geese honk as they fly across the sky. They are migrating. What is migration and which animals migrate? How is that different from hibernation?
Animals in winter - hibernation, migration, hibernate, migrate, adaptation, adapt, animal behavior
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Memorizing Math facts can be boring and tedious for many children. As a matter of fact, I actually believe that flashcards can be responsible for turning children off toward Math at an early age. More important than mere memorization is the ability to spot a pattern and then apply the rule for that pattern to solve similar problems. One of the simplest examples of patterns in Math would be counting by 10’s. Even the youngest Mathematician can see that counting by tens is the same as counting by ones while adding a zero to the end. What other Math patterns can your family identify? Do all the multipliers in your family know the rule of the 9’s? No? Without telling, see if they can figure it out.
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