When We Grow Up

Our current Expedition is Financial Literacy.
We are learning about earning, spending, saving, and donating.
As we learn about earning, it's fun for us to think about what we want to be when we grow up and how much money we think we will make.  

Below is a 30 Hands presentation that includes each crew member's future job and salary!  This would be fun to look at with your child.

My Valentines

Every year I look forward to watching the crew pass out Valentines.  So precious! Check out the mustaches at the bottom!

Practicing being Math-ish

In a past post I wrote about teaching my children about being "math-ish".  This is highly important for them as they learn how to work out story problems.  I encourage them only to use tools and give it a go...not worrying about the "right answer" as much as at the process.

So I presented with this problem to work out.  I wanted them to be able to draw a picture and to be able to show their thinking.  

Wow.  I was impressed and so I decided to bump it up to something a bit more difficult.
I told them we were off to the animal shelter.  Inside were 10 cages and 2 dogs in each cage...how many dirty paws now?

Pretty awesome, don't you agree! 
This shows how we are becoming mathematicians who can figure out real life problems!  It was a thrilling lesson for me as their teacher!