Five minutes a day
The Practice Room
Quick, calm rounds of ten. Three strong rounds on three different days and the skill is mastered. Scores are saved for whichever child is practicing.
Choose a practice
Ten questions. Then go play.
Sit beside your child and let them point or say the answer. Read the question aloud for younger ones.
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Our way with drills
Real things first, quick recall second
- Every skill here is first met with real things: beans, stones, the calendar on the wall, the sky at night. Drill only makes quick what is already understood.
- Keep it short. One or two rounds, while attention is bright, then stop.
- A missed answer is not a mistake to fear. Say the right answer together and come back tomorrow.
- Match the practice to the pathway: letter sounds and days for littles and kindergarten; bonds, adding, and taking away for the early grades; times tables, planets, and roots for the upper grades.