kids + numbers

i feel like i write about a lot of random things on here and forget to talk about where i am most of the day: escuela. my kids are awesome and they are all slightly (ok, some are VERY) crazy in their own ways.. i won't lie- at the end of everyday i am exhausted. i mean exhausted. i have always been someone who can run on very little sleep and go, go, go but i have never experienced exhaustion like this.. ok, that's for another day, another conversation. what i am actually trying to get to is that my crazies are LEARNING. they really, really are. i am so incredibly proud of them.

in math we have been moving towards adding. YES. adding. before you can do the whole
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thing, you have to understand 1 to 1 ratios, be able to count objects, recognize numbers, understand a number represents an amount, etc. before jumping into setting up addition problems, we did some prep work.. they worked in teams to put the right amount of dots with the correct number.. aaand they rocked it.

"check us out.. all done!"

this video is just a little bit of the kids in action. ok, ignore the smack in the middle of it (told you.. they can be a little feisty) and listen to their problem solving smartness. OH and teamwork (minus the smack).

we've started written addition problems and they are learning so fast.. my guess is that they'll be doing statistics by the end of this year.. maybe a little trig, who knows? :)