Math Games and more

Logan and I enjoyed playing Mancala today. We made one out of an egg
carton, using all 12 cups. You need 4 stones (or other small pieces)
per cup. There's an online version of the game
http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-mancala/index.html that you can play if you need to learn the rules. It's a simple game, but as you get better you learn more strategies to win.

I also got a lot of great (kindergarten/1st grade) math games and math
ideas this weekend from this site:
http://www.mathwire.com/games/numbergames.html -- you should have a look around! I'll probably post some pictures and talk about this more in the next couple of weeks. I've got more than 1/2 dozen new activities for Logan (especially using the 100s board --
http://www.mathwire.com/archives/october07.html; I also got some ideas from this site: http://www.squidoo.com/hundredboard)

As for us, we're all doing pretty well. Elora continue to teethe (or
suffer from a cold), which means Mom isn't getting much sleep. We
really enjoyed Show Days (like a county fair with crafts, animals and
lots of rides). We'll hopefully post some pictures of the entries that
Logan and Delenn submitted soon. Delenn got a 1st place and two 3rd
places for her entries. Logan won two 2nd places and a special mention
for his entries.

Mom was very happy to finish putting together some science centres for
the biology/natural world science cards we've been working with the last
couple months. The folders go hand-in-hand with this chart of the
natural world:
http://www.maitrilearning.com/files/naturalworldchartweb.pdf
(Non-living vs. Living; Five Kingdoms; Invertebrates vs. Vertebrates,
etc.) For example, here is one of the card sorting activities I used for Non-living vs. Living http://talibiddeenjr.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/science_living-non-living.pdf Again, I hope to post some pictures at some point soon (but not
today -- I'm going to REST!).