Math Homework

 I am not the best homework Mom out there.  I had a terrible time when I was a kid doing my homework and studying in general and it hasn’t gotten that much easier now that I am a Mom.  I do make sure my children do what they need to do and we do all the reading and such, but I really just want them to get in, get it done and get out!  So when a child is struggling with my sit down, hush up and get it done quickly attitude, I am not always the most patient person.

A full page of simple addition can last a whole afternoon when the student isn't willing.

 My second grader is a little math wiz, she really gets the concepts quickly and easily, but she sure hates to sit down and do a full page of math.  I can’t blame her, honestly there are other things that are much more fun to do after school than sit down and do more work!  She spends so much time fussing at me about doing her work that she wastes all her play time.

Counting all the dots in the sugar to find the answer to her math problem.

 So the other day, in a rare blast of brilliance I came up with a solution.  We have practiced spelling before using a plate of sugar to write the words in, but I had never thought of using it for simple addition.  I got out the sugar and plate and she loved it!  The best part for her, was that after she got her work done I let her make little pictures in the sugar, and of coarse, lick her fingers clean.

Bad blurry picture, but I promised that I would post it. 🙂