An Abide By From A Swain Blogger!

I wanted to order a particular give cheers yous to Kristen (a blogging friend who I met through the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 to Z challenge)!  She nominated me to have a Very Inspiring Blogger Award.

A bang-up compliment she gave me was when she wrote "Lucy Ravitch at : She's similar the Danica McKellar of the weblog world."  I actually exercise desire kids, in addition to adult, to know that math tin order the sack hold upwards fun.  I know that learning basic concepts outset volition assistance with mathematical comprehension equally yous acquire to a greater extent than complex problems.

And only for fun I volition response the associated questions that Kristen set up...
1. What is your favorite video game (if any)?  I don't play video games much at all, but occasionally I'll play Angry Birds.
2. Do yous similar to slumber on a rattling soft surface, or a harder surface? Soft!
3. What is the most odd nutrient yous accept tried?  Durian (in a birthday cake for my friend's Dad).
4. What is your favorite odd nutrient or repast (if yous accept one)? I used to beloved the TV dinner Salisbury Steak dinners when I was a kid.  I don't know if I would similar it now, but it was bang-up growing up. : )
5. What is the outset feel yous plow to when describing something inwards your writing (taste, smell, touch, sight, etc)?  Sight in addition to touch.
6. What is 1 of the cutest things yous accept always seen inwards your life?  My children grin when they were babies : )
7. What is the ugliest affair yous accept always seen or experienced?  A bad car accident.  I was close vii in addition to a kid close my historic stream was dead inwards the car amongst her woman raise screaming for her acre people held her back.  Still makes me teary eyed to this day.
8. Do yous prefer typing or writing amongst a pen or pencil in addition to paper?  Drawing in addition to pen in addition to newspaper mostly.
9. What is your favorite affair to drink?  Henry Weinhard's Root Beer!  That materials is heavenly.

Thanks 1 time again Kristen!

For this week's MaTh activeness Th we'll hold upwards focusing on Single Digit Addition!  So, if yous accept ways to brand add-on fun in addition to to a greater extent than engaging delight percentage it amongst us on Thursday!

Liebster Award, Retention Monday Linky, & Invitee Blogger Notwithstanding Needed

Okay, I'm accepting this Liebster award.  For about argue every fourth dimension I meet the give-and-take Liebster I intend of lobster... kinda funny.  I possess got been nominated a few times now, but I possess got ever tried to graciously transcend because I desire my weblog to survive filled amongst math materials only, but I jurist it's fun to acquire to know a trivial virtually whose writing all these math posts from fourth dimension to time.  I desire to nation a exceptional holler out to the people who possess got given me a Leibster before...  Kristen at Griffith's tertiary Grade Garden.  I don't genuinely bask these chain type of things, but I create desire to back upwardly novel instructor bloggers!

These are the Liebster rules...  I say, follow what you lot desire from this list.  No demand to brand also much locomote for yourself : )
1. List xi facts virtually yourself.
2. Answer the xi questions given to you.
3. Ask xi novel questions for the bloggers you lot nominate for the award.
4. Choose upwardly to xi up-and-coming blogs (with less than 200 followers) to nominate.
5. Go to each blogger’s page in addition to allow them know virtually the award.
6. Thank the mortal who nominated you lot in addition to link dorsum to their blog.

I follow SO many blogs it is difficult to acquire through in addition to detect the ones that exclusively possess got 200 or less followers but I constitute some, but here's about prissy newer bloggers from my bloglovin' listing : )

Katina at Wonder Bugs
Stacey at Teaching Ever After
Shannon at The Teaching Reef
Deeann at Math Tubs inwards Kindergarten
Kay at Sommer Pride
Katheryn at A handbasket total of apples
Priscilla at If you lot give a instructor a blog
Math Maniac (who mightiness survive trying to cover his/her name?)at The Elementary Math Maniac
in addition to about Picture mass blogs...
Lisa at I pump Picture Books
Robyn & Whitney at Pen Pals & Picture Books
in addition to they in all probability wouldn't convey the award, but I idea I would mention...
Walker Books has a prissy trivial blog We believe inwards Picture Books and they demand to a greater extent than followers.

I don't intend I could come upwardly up amongst xi random things virtually me....but hither are the answers to the questions from Amy

1.  How many years possess got you lot taught?  I genuinely exclusively taught 1 yr formally, but I possess got been pedagogy my kids ever since they were born--so 12 years : )

2.  What was your worst dependent area inwards school? Social Studies/history.  I dearest individuals in addition to learning virtually individuals, but societies every bit a whole was never genuinely my affair in addition to I had problem memorizing facts in addition to keeping dates straight.

3.  What is your favorite affair virtually teaching?  When a tyke catches the dearest of learning!

4.  What is your favorite affair virtually summer?  The long daylight hours to pass fourth dimension amongst my kids.  I experience similar I possess got to a greater extent than release energy when the Sun it up.

5.  Why did you lot create upwardly one's hear to start blogging?  I wanted to acquire to know other instructor bloggers in addition to thus when my books acquire published I'll possess got an audience.  It's also a expert creative outlet for me : )

6.  Do you lot possess got whatever pets?  Tell us virtually them.  We in conclusion got a domestic dog a yr ago.  Lucky is an energetic terrier mix : )  A motion-picture demo of him is inwards my math activities amongst dogs post.

7.  What advice would you lot transcend on to a novel instructor that you lot WISH someone had told you?  Since I haven't been inwards the classroom inwards quite a while, I'm non sure.  It would in all probability survive 'Don't crunch yourself upwardly if you lot don't acquire everything done, convey things 1 pace at a fourth dimension every bit you lot create your best.'

8.  Describe your pedagogy mode inwards 4 words.  Hands-on, interactive, cooperative, in addition to caring.

9.  What is your best trait?  I bask making everyone experience important.

10.  What is your worst habit?  Can I plead the 5th?  Not sure.  Maybe forgetting to pose things away.

11.  What is your favorite pedagogy tool that you lot could non alive without? My hands.  I tin brand almost whatever pedagogy tool amongst my hands, although I jurist my encephalon is an of import business office too.

My questions to my accolade nominees are...

1. What are a few of your goals?

2. Who's your hero?

3. Favorite affair to watch?

4. Favorite sport to play?

5. Personal positive quote?

Sorry, I couldn't intend of whatever more.  Enjoy your Liebster...

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Another blogging friend of mine, Griffith's tertiary Grade Garden.  I don't genuinely bask these chain type of things, but I create desire to back upwardly novel instructor bloggers!

These are the Liebster rules...  I say, follow what you lot desire from this list.  No demand to brand also much locomote for yourself : )
1. List xi facts virtually yourself.
2. Answer the xi questions given to you.
3. Ask xi novel questions for the bloggers you lot nominate for the award.
4. Choose upwardly to xi up-and-coming blogs (with less than 200 followers) to nominate.
5. Go to each blogger’s page in addition to allow them know virtually the award.
6. Thank the mortal who nominated you lot in addition to link dorsum to their blog.

I follow SO many blogs it is difficult to acquire through in addition to detect the ones that exclusively possess got 200 or less followers but I constitute some, but here's about prissy newer bloggers from my bloglovin' listing : )

Katina at Wonder Bugs
Stacey at Teaching Ever After
Shannon at The Teaching Reef
Deeann at Math Tubs inwards Kindergarten
Kay at Sommer Pride
Katheryn at A handbasket total of apples
Priscilla at If you lot give a instructor a blog
Math Maniac (who mightiness survive trying to cover his/her name?)at The Elementary Math Maniac
in addition to about Picture mass blogs...
Lisa at I pump Picture Books
Robyn & Whitney at Pen Pals & Picture Books
in addition to they in all probability wouldn't convey the award, but I idea I would mention...
Walker Books has a prissy trivial blog We believe inwards Picture Books and they demand to a greater extent than followers.

I don't intend I could come upwardly up amongst xi random things virtually me....but hither are the answers to the questions from Amy

1.  How many years possess got you lot taught?  I genuinely exclusively taught 1 yr formally, but I possess got been pedagogy my kids ever since they were born--so 12 years : )

2.  What was your worst dependent area inwards school? Social Studies/history.  I dearest individuals in addition to learning virtually individuals, but societies every bit a whole was never genuinely my affair in addition to I had problem memorizing facts in addition to keeping dates straight.

3.  What is your favorite affair virtually teaching?  When a tyke catches the dearest of learning!

4.  What is your favorite affair virtually summer?  The long daylight hours to pass fourth dimension amongst my kids.  I experience similar I possess got to a greater extent than release energy when the Sun it up.

5.  Why did you lot create upwardly one's hear to start blogging?  I wanted to acquire to know other instructor bloggers in addition to thus when my books acquire published I'll possess got an audience.  It's also a expert creative outlet for me : )

6.  Do you lot possess got whatever pets?  Tell us virtually them.  We in conclusion got a domestic dog a yr ago.  Lucky is an energetic terrier mix : )  A motion-picture demo of him is inwards my Sandy, is having a linky of Memory Monday.  I idea I would throw inwards a math related retentiveness or two...

I was the youngest of 5 kids in addition to my side past times side blood brother upwardly from me was 4 years older than me.  I wanted to acquire to schoolhouse SO much each fourth dimension my brothers in addition to sisters went off to school.  Eventually, my mom decided she would create a trivial math lesson for me each 24-hour interval (I don't intend she felt confident on pedagogy me reading, in addition to thus nosotros only did math).  So, since I was 3 in addition to 4 I was thinking virtually math in addition to I enjoyed adding in addition to subtracting numbers.

Then about other milestone was inwards outset flat when my instructor had a fractions poster.  I don't recall if she taught amongst it much.  It was posted inwards the room afterward she gave a hand-on lesson amongst cutting a strip of paper.  I constitute fractions intriguing in addition to I could tell that 2/8 equals 1/4 or 4/16 since I was 6 years one-time only from having my instructor create that 1 lesson in addition to how she left the poster upwardly for the remainder of the year.

Fast forwards a few years to 4th flat when other students were having a difficult fourth dimension agreement in addition to remembering their times tables, the instructor allow me survive a tutor for pocket-sized groups of my classmates.  I was able to demo them arrays in addition to helped them empathize the concept of multiplication.  That is when I knew I wanted to survive a teacher.

Since I was immature I possess got loved to larn in addition to I intend a lot of kids start off that way.  As teachers it's a big labor to teach, inspire, in addition to motivate, but it's worth every endeavor : )

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I withal demand a invitee blogger for a minute flat math post inwards September if anyone wants to convey the spot.  Just fill upwardly out the cast on my Guest blogger tab.

Have a non bad 24-hour interval everyone!

In The Tiptop 100 Math Blogs!

Hello everyone!

I know it's been a while--busy in addition to relaxing summertime at the same time.

I'm happy to denote that my picayune weblog hither got picked equally i of the give 100 math blogs! I was #90 : )
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It was prissy to run across many of my blogger friends amid the listing equally well! Congrats to all that made the listing in addition to I promise yous bask the other blogs equally much equally yous produce mine too.

My toddler has been enjoying taking pictures amongst my telephone a lot lately in addition to he got this fun shot of i of his Magnaform creations.

I promise everyone has had a prissy summertime in addition to is enjoying the showtime of the schoolhouse year!