Category Archives: Math

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Interest-Based Learning Versus Child-Led Learning

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I used to think that the terms interest-based and child-led learning were synonymous.  But recently, I had a clarifying moment as I have helped various homeschoolers understand how I facilitate learning with my children as described in my Collaborative Learning Process. … Continue reading

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Your Child Might Be Right-Brained If …

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I thought it might be useful to list some common traits brought up by parents wondering if their child is a right-brained dominant learner. The most important reason that I share the right-brained information is to help adults shift perspective … Continue reading

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Teacher Talk: Math Corners

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Victoria at Unschooling Math left a comment on my blog post about Honoring Both Math Minds about how her son learns right now: His pattern block designs are counted out and planned in his head before execution. They are usually … Continue reading

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Evidence of the Universal Gift of Pictorial Thinking

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One of the two universal gifts of right-brained people are that they think in pictures…three-dimensional pictures. Chapter Five in my book, The Right Side of Normal, explains this more.  Because three-dimensional pictorial thinking is a universal gift (a trait that all right-brained people … Continue reading

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Understanding the Strengths-Based Learning Process

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A little while ago on my Homeschooling Creatively list, a homeschooling mother came on and offered a free worksheet for curriculum planning. There were several glaring things on her worksheet that opposed what we talk about on the list regarding … Continue reading