teaching math with legos

i posted a few pics of our lego adventures one day this week
www.stillthegreengate.blogspot.com
the ideas came from this site...
http://www.milkandcookiesblog.com/2012/04/lego-math-for-elementary-school.html
she has some great ideas about teachings kids and making it fun...

elisha! i have had your question rambling in my head since you left on the machine =) about brainstorming on how to make the homeschool day fun and for us i'd say we definitely have times that aren't fun for jack ! ha! i mean, he is pushing through learning to read...count money etc...but when he does get it, i can see his joy...his ownership of it.

to flow our day though we have lots of 'play'...here's some things we do
....i have a large fish bowl on the wall (cardboard the kids painted) and i hung 5 hooks on it...we made 5 beautiful fish labeled for each day of week...i post spelling words about 'bowl' each week and after we practice them each day he can hang that day's fish....

....we put a balloon chart on the wall (10 spaces til you reach the top...their names printed on balloons that are threaded on a fishing line) posted above is their memory Bible verse and their poem they are learning...each time they recite, they move up a space..when they hit the top they can go in the treat box

.....each month is some shape...august is a sun. so i have a circle on the wall with august written inside. each day jack has to write the full date 'august 26, 2012' and then tape it to the circle...making a sunshine by the end of the month...for september i think i'll make a bonfire picture and he'll add a flame each day with the date...gets him writing august over and over =)

.....i have popscicle sticks with sight words written on them (well, about to...=)) he goes adn picks out 10 and then reads them to me...or 20 whatever...i bought some dice that have LOTS of sides so we can roll to see how many he picks out

......i have a connect the dots book...with numbers up to 200...when i see him straining we take a break and do this...helps with counting...also have a count by 2's connect dots book...

hope these help! we just try and play while we learn...but something it is just pushign through too