Susan wrote us: “Hello, my son and I are struggling with Lesson 154, with problems 9 & 10. Can we please have an explanation? Love your materials! Thank you.” Well, Susan, this took me a while to come up with a good clear explanation! Here’s ... Read More
RS2 Level C, Lesson 53: Subtraction Puzzle
There’s been some chatter on the forum groups about RS2 Level C, Lesson 53 and Lesson 54 and the Worksheet 25. I thought this would be a dandy topic for this week’s blog. Here’s the worksheet in question. It’s asking the child to complete the ... Read More
Quilting and the AL Abacus
I am a quilt designer. I’ve made about 200 quilts in my lifetime, 98% of my own design. I’m currently working on my fourth quilt from someone else’s pattern. I have the directions in front of me as I’m approaching on the final steps of Bonnie ... Read More
RS2 Level B, Lesson 100: Introducing Area
As many of you know, when we find errors in our manuals, we make the corrections immediately (because we print our books in house as needed), then post the information online here under corrections at the bottom of that page. Recently, someone ... Read More
RS1 Level E, Lesson 104: Classifying Polygons
This week’s discussion on taken from RS1 Level E, Lesson 104. Well, actually, it’s more related to Worksheet 115, the worksheet for this lesson. The lesson is on classifying polygons, but the problem spot is the measurements of the pentagons, ... Read More
RS2 Level B, Multiplication as Arrays
Today we’re going to talk about why we teach multiplication to our younger children. Earlier this week I talked with Jenna from Portland. She was wondering why we’re teaching multiplication at this level. Very good question, Jenna! We introduce ... Read More