Exploring Volume

March 20, 2012

The volume of a 3-D solid is the space inside of it; that is, how many cubes of a certain size it would take to fill it.  For this reason, volume is measured in cubic units (ex: in3 or cm3).  Volume can be a very confusing concept to children.  If your child is learning about [...]

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Joke: What’s black and white and red all over?

March 15, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to [...]

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Idiom of the Week: “Heart of gold”

March 14, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true [...]

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Even and Odd Numbers

March 13, 2012

Your Kindergartener or First Grader will learn about Even and Odd numbers.  Even numbers are numbers that can be divided equally into 2 groups, while Odd numbers cannot.  Children typically learn about Even and Odd numbers before they can actually count by 2’s, but knowing about Even and Odd numbers is an excellent springboard to [...]

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Joke of the Week: What time do you go to the dentist?

March 8, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to [...]

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Idiom of the Week: “To bite someone’s head off”

March 7, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true [...]

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Polygons and Quadrilaterals

March 6, 2012

A polygon is a closed figure whose sides are all line segments.  A polygon cannot have curved sides.  Examples of polygons include a triangle, square, rectangle, or any unnamed shape that is closed in, and has straight sides.  A circle is not a polygon.  A quadrilateral is a special kind of polygon that has exactly [...]

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Joke: Where do baby ghosts go during the day?

March 3, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to [...]

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Idiom of the Week: “Down to earth”

March 1, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true [...]

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3-D Solids: Faces, Edges and Vertices

February 28, 2012

A 3-D solid (sometimes called a 3-D shape) is a figure that is not flat, it is three-dimensional.  Some examples of 3-D solids include a cube, rectangular prism, cone, cylinder, pyramid, sphere and so on.  Once your child has had an opportunity to explore various 3-D solids, she will be ready to begin looking at [...]

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