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Homeschool Lesson: Substraction with Cuisenaire rods

Title (Dublin Core)

Homeschool Lesson: Substraction with Cuisenaire rods

Description (Dublin Core)

When first grade started virtually, I knew in 1 day that I’d have to homeschool my daughter. And while I know it’s the right thing to do for her, everyday I’m learning a little bit more about how to teach her. I started with the easy stuff, and even moved her schedule to Wed-Sun because I work full time and have to cook and clean and take care of a 2 year old, so sometimes it feels like there’s not enough time nor energy to get everything done. It’s not hard for me to get the literature curriculum up and running, but I’m lost when it comes how to teach math. I mean, I understand how it works, but I have no idea how to teach it effectively to a first grader who hasn’t done it before. I bought Cuisenaire rods in March thinking that I’d figure out how to use them over the summer. I didn’t figure it out. But, thankfully YouTube has some great videos that explain how to use and work with them. Yesterday we worked on addition, and today we started subtraction and it wasn’t hard or frustrating, it all felt kind of natural. So for the first time I’m feeling a lot better about teaching her until in-person classes start back up.

Date (Dublin Core)

September 8, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Katy Kole de Peralta

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Katy Kole de Peralta

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--K12
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

remote learning
math
YouTube
#COVIDmom

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

child
Cuisenaire rods
homeschool
kitchen
first grade

Collection (Dublin Core)

Motherhood
Children

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Maya Peralta, age 5, talks through the fence to her neighbor and classmate from Scales Technology Academy about Coronavirus.
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Curatorial Notes (Dublin Core)

Anasitasia Vaitele
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

09/08/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

09/17/2020
02/15/2021
04/18/2022
06/21/2022

Item sets

Covid 19
Children
Arizona State University
Motherhood

This item was submitted on September 8, 2020 by Katy Kole de Peralta using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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