Forest

Here is our morning table on the forest as a habitat. Here we explored different measurements that we could take in a forested environment. We learned about measuring length, width, diameter, and circumference. We also practiced multiplying and dividing. You may note that I wrote the division problem like a fraction on the note card above. It says diameter equals circumference over pi. Do you want to explain how fractions are just division problems? Here's a YouTube video I made about that.

https://youtu.be/9ESQQCgxOmo

Here's what our card explaining the area of a forest looked like. Note that I made the color of the length match the L in the equation, and same with the width.

Here's a little math problem we did with blocks made from birch branches as counters. They look like little tree trunks to us. The problem in this picture is 3×5. Our girls solved the problem by skip counting by 5's.

Do you want to learn how to solve multiplication through skip counting? Our daughter made a video to explain it for you! Here's a link to the YouTube video.

https://youtu.be/FETPzRXLtJQ

We also went outside and measured the circumference of a tree, then used pi to calculate the diameter. 

Are you curious about how pi, circumference, and diameter can be easily introduced to children? Here's a link to a YouTube video that I made explaining it:

https://youtu.be/RKEWuEW-cjw

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