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Leonie
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 6:11pm \| IP Logged

I just received an email from the Simply Charlotte Mason folks.

They have a new Maths kit available - an expanded version of "playing store" - Your Business

Here is a bit of the blurb, in case anyone is interested...

<<<A few years ago, when my (Sonya's) oldest two were in the 8-12 year old
range, I got this idea for a fun, living way to review math skills: We
pretended that each child was the owner of a store. They each got to choose
what kind of store they wanted to own. Together, we determined what items
they would sell and the prices for those items. Then I wrote little orders
for them to add up and figure sales tax. I gave them bills that they had to
write checks to pay. And at the end of each "month" of business, they
entered all their transactions into a little ledger to see how much money
they had in the bank. After a couple of "business months" of running their
stores, my husband John came up with the idea of adding some extra
excitement to the process: Chance cards!

The children sure enjoyed running their stores! In fact, they still have
their original store notebooks on their shelves today, years later. It was
such a nice change of pace from regular math books, but they still did a
lot of math calculations. They just didn't think about it's being "math."

So here's the good news: Those fun little stores are now available for your
child as downloadable e-books! Choose from a pet store filled with fur and
fish, a book store that carries classic literature, or a sports store that
caters to family fun! We gathered and updated all the orders and forms,
added easy-to-understand instructions for the student, and even put
together a teacher book to save you time. (Yes, the Chance cards are
included!)>>>>>

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momwise
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 6:52pm \| IP Logged

I received this email too Leonie! I've bookmarked the site to take a look. I'll either make my own or order for this year. One of my ds's favorite things ever was this Young Ameritowne day, where everyone gets a job, a storefront, paycheck, etc. I think my dss would love this kit!

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