Free Waldorf Homeschool Math Lesson: Finding Homeschool Success
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- In Waldorf Education, we strive to bring our lessons out of stories and other imaginative sources. With our free Waldorf homeschool math lesson you will be set up for success. The ability to count forward and backward by 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 10's, and 11's are very important skills to master in first grade. We will work with such patterns in all of the processes: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. As we do this, we learn to see the same patterns according to the view of certain characters. We will meet Prince Plus in this lesson.
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blessings and gratitude from Spain...
Studing Waldorf Education..and falling in love with math...
hoping to work with children some day ..and move back to north africa Algeria...where there are more children than in Spain..
and looking for math waldorf courses online....
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Everything on your channel is so helpful. It makes me feel more confident that I can do Waldorf at home!
So glad it is helpful!
I use this course to teach my homeschooler. It helped me understand what makes W math different, because even after reading about it, I still had a hard time picturing how to bring it to a child. I just change the stories because my student was not connecting to them in math, even if we work on the same stories in the language arts course.
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I really like to learn from your lesssons because i have autism And in “regular “ school they dont explain it so clear as you do And they dont take the time to learn you
I'm so glad it's been helpful for you!
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Thanks for the ideas. I'm a bit confused by the way you write the calculations 12=4x3 and 12=3x4. According to wikipedia, it's the opposite en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication. Please let me know if I misunderstood somewhere.
I am glad you brought this up. Lots of people find this to be confusing. It is not a surprise, because we know that even when we switch the two factors (the multiplicand and the multiplier), the product remains the same. As you know, 3 x 4 AND 4 x 3 both yield a product of 12. In fact, most people learn this commutative property so early in school that the specifics related to multiplicand and multiplier are perhaps never clearly understood. Before I attempt any kind of clarification, I will confess that I had to clarify it for myself as an adult. I made it all the way through high school, college, and graduate school without knowing which factor was which. I say this to take a little pressure off of this situation.
I have referenced this website, among others for clarification. As you have seen, however, the online reference options are many and the answers they give are contradictory. Many people are confused by these terms and what they actually signify. I chose to reference this one for reasons that I will explain.
www.hmhco.com/blog/teaching-relationship-between-multiplication-division-using-arrays
Teaching Multiplication & Division Relationship Using Arrays - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
An arrangement of objects, pictures, or numbers in columns and rows is called an array.In this article, you will learn how to use arrays to show the relationship between multiplication and division.
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We can see an inconsistency on their multiplication and division page. At the top of the page, there are 12 apples arranged in four groups, three apples in each group. So there are four groups of three's. This is how I presented it in my lessons. If I had that picture, I would say "We see three four times," and I would write 12 = 3 X 4.
Unfortunately, if you scroll further down that very same website page, you will find a similar picture, but using red dots instead of apples. In this picture, the groupings are pictorially the same. There are four groups with three red dots in each--only this time they give the equation 4 X 3 = 12.
We can find this kind of equation represented either way if we look around on the web. So, what should we do?
Honestly, you are not going to do your student any harm either way. I simply suggest that whichever way you choose to do for these early math lessons, keep it consistent. Soon, they will move beyond pictures. They will learn their multiplication tables and division tables. And even before they master the tables, they will understand the commutative property as it is applied in a practical way in addition and multiplication. And they will probably not ever really need to know which factor is the "multiplicand" and which factor is the "multiplier". These terms are not really very important at all when it comes to learning math and applying it to practical situations.
The name of the commutative property will actually be more useful to them later on, as it is often referenced in mathematics work with algebra and beyond.
So if it is more comfortable for you to present the factors in the other order, you can do so with confidence that it will not negatively impact their actual mathematical skills. If you have a situation in which your child or student will be tested on their knowledge of these terms, then I would find someone to clarify which way they define the proper order of factors in the equation.
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Thank you for clarifying this question! I am a public elementary school teacher turned homeschooler and have been perplexed by this very same question as teaching multiplication to my children. My home curriculum matches how you explain it but is the opposite of the school I used to teach and I was stumped thinking I was teaching it backwards then or am I missing something now. ?? It stopped me for a bit trying to clear my misconception so as to not confuse my kids later on in higher math. Your explanation was what I needed. Thank you! I can move on teaching with confidence.
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Surely that is 4 lots of three isn't it?
I understand the dilemma. People like yourself have learned a certain way and practical habits have reinforced it over time. Obviously, as you have pointed out, there is more than one way to say what is presented. You would say “four lots of three”-and that is perfectly reasonable. If a person says that, it makes sense to write 4X3. If on the other hand a person says “I see 3 four times,” then it can just as easily be written as 3X4.
The ways in which people, and even mathematical textbooks, make the bridge from what is presented and what we express with words, are varied. Furthermore the ways in which people, and even mathematical texts, express what is presented, what is said, and what is written numerically, are also varied. What is important for the young student is to pick a way and be consistent with it. There is a careful methodology followed in this math course. It bears import for a while and therefore remains consistent. Once a person becomes clear about the commutative property, later on, this discrepancy between how some speak and then write an expression and how others do it lessens in importance. Thereafter, practical habits will prevail either way.
@@SimplyWaldorf - thank you, you're correct. My son was Waldorf educated and i always found his education, educational for me too! On a positive note i made a number wheel for my grandchildren ( not Waldorf educated) and we've had great fun making shapes with the ribbons and my five year old grandson took great delight in seeing the geometric shapes he's been making. And my 8 year old granddaughter was more interested in making her own wheel!
I love your channel and looking in to the courses. But I only see class 1 and 2 ? No other classes? (3-6 or even 7-12?) Unfortunatly your explanation in this video is not correct. There are 4 groups of 3 stones, so 4 x a group of 3 = 4x3
Thanks so much! At this point, I have only been able to complete the core curriculum for first grade and second grade. There are arts classes for other grades/levels, but the core curriculum takes some time to develop. I am working hard to complete the third grade by this fall (2023). Fourth grade will follow, and so on. How high will we go? I do hope all the way, but I am taking one step at a time at this point, to ensure that what we do create is high quality.
As for the math, I do understand that many people see the groupings differently, because of how they themselves learned it. Unfortunately, it is not presented, either by school systems or by textbooks with consistency either way. I have chosen the groupings according to what I have used with students over the years. In the end, this grouping is only a step toward higher math. Having sent several eighth grade graduates on to become valedictorians of their high schools and even math teachers as professionals in their careers, I can only assure folks who are concerned about this that it actually is not a big deal either way. It is only a matter of convention, not a matter of right/wrong.
Will the third grade core curriculum be ready anytime soon for the 2023 school year? Thank you!@@SimplyWaldorf