I listen to you from Brazil and I find your work so helpful Pam! Thank you very much for your videos 🙏🏻 Interesting thoughts about math. Thanks to both 💙💙
@@LivingJoyfullywithUnschooling Your work is more than helpful! It's so inspiring and gives me so much peace to listen to you all. You've got your experiences, your own way done. We are making our way, with small children still, learning all the time (about life, about relationships, about choices...) but as I listened in one chapter, you made me conscious that 'we are not inventing the wheel'. It's so helpful knowing that you have succeeded. Now we need to do our own path. Thank you very much! At the same time I'm improving my English. Never been very proud of my English 😅 I now think it is because it was a subject at school (I speak other languages, not mother language, learnt later but from my heart 😊😘). THANKS AGAIN 🙏🏻
My son didn't learn the alphbet until 5.5 . I was so worried about it and tried everything. Then i let go and turned to unschool. He just did it. Now with reading same thing. He's almost 7. He knows all the letter sounds and understands that's how you reas but no interest. He doesn't see the need. He plays video games and can't read them so we're hoping this will connect the dots.
@@LivingJoyfullywithUnschooling But will they be good at it math? Won’t they be confused by not having a deep understanding of math facts when they arrive to high school or college math? Can you please advise, why some people say that to be excellent at math; kids need lots of daily practice?
I don't think a lot of school kids have a deep understanding of math facts when they arrive in high school or college. They've been taught to memorize and execute the process to get to the answer. That's not understanding how that applies in the world. There's a classic essay that dives into this, Lockhart's Lament, written by Paul Lockhart, a K-12 math teacher, that you can read here through the MAA (Mathematical Association of America) website: www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf One reason I suspect some people believe kids need lots of daily practice is precisely because they are memorizing the process, not deeply understanding it. Also, it could be interesting to explore the need to "be excellent at math." 😃
I LOVE that roller coaster analogy! lol...
Right?! LOL
New subscriber, just want to say thanks for the content. Starting on the journey with a HS freshman.
Welcome! 😃
I listen to you from Brazil and I find your work so helpful Pam!
Thank you very much for your videos 🙏🏻
Interesting thoughts about math.
Thanks to both 💙💙
Thanks, Maitena! So glad you're finding my work helpful. 😃
@@LivingJoyfullywithUnschooling Your work is more than helpful!
It's so inspiring and gives me so much peace to listen to you all.
You've got your experiences, your own way done.
We are making our way, with small children still, learning all the time (about life, about relationships, about choices...) but as I listened in one chapter, you made me conscious that 'we are not inventing the wheel'.
It's so helpful knowing that you have succeeded.
Now we need to do our own path.
Thank you very much!
At the same time I'm improving my English.
Never been very proud of my English 😅 I now think it is because it was a subject at school (I speak other languages, not mother language, learnt later but from my heart 😊😘).
THANKS AGAIN 🙏🏻
My son didn't learn the alphbet until 5.5 . I was so worried about it and tried everything. Then i let go and turned to unschool. He just did it. Now with reading same thing. He's almost 7. He knows all the letter sounds and understands that's how you reas but no interest. He doesn't see the need. He plays video games and can't read them so we're hoping this will connect the dots.
And until then, you get the joy of connection as you read the game text for him. 😃
Did I understood well…so is not necessary to learn basic math like addition to fractions and you can just jump into high school math?
They will have picked up basic math skills along the way. Numbers are all around us. 😃
@@LivingJoyfullywithUnschooling
But will they be good at it math?
Won’t they be confused by not having a deep understanding of math facts when they arrive to high school or college math?
Can you please advise, why some people say that to be excellent at math; kids need lots of daily practice?
I don't think a lot of school kids have a deep understanding of math facts when they arrive in high school or college. They've been taught to memorize and execute the process to get to the answer. That's not understanding how that applies in the world. There's a classic essay that dives into this, Lockhart's Lament, written by Paul Lockhart, a K-12 math teacher, that you can read here through the MAA (Mathematical Association of America) website: www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
One reason I suspect some people believe kids need lots of daily practice is precisely because they are memorizing the process, not deeply understanding it. Also, it could be interesting to explore the need to "be excellent at math." 😃
@@LivingJoyfullywithUnschooling
Thank you for responding.
I get on that roller coaster all the time😀