Fun with Math at Lunch
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 7:25AM 
It's Tuesday, and I love linking up with Sue for The Hip Homeschool Hop. Check out how other homeschoolers are doing this week by clicking her button above!
Yesterday my children were apparently bored with my offering of a peanutbutter and honey sandwich, yogurt and fruit for lunch. I had to hop on the phone as it was approaching lunchtime, and when I got off (about 20 minutes later) they had come up with this:
A sign taped to our kitchen island stating our kitchen was now "McDonalds"
A menu written by my five year old:
(I love the "dezzerts", don't you?)
And a menu written by my nine year old:
I was proud of her spelling, but notice she couldn't spell "Koolaid" correctly - probably because we have it on very rare occasions.
I pulled some chicken nuggets out of the freezer and put them in the oven, set out some yogurt and fruit and kids ordered from me. Of course they had candy from their store for dessert. We added up prices and talked about change. Voila! A real world math lesson created by my children. I love it!
Reader Comments (8)
Love it, I love to see where the kids can go with their imaginations. Stopping by from the hip homeschool hop.
Hi, Mary! I'm stopping by from the HHH today ... I love the new look to your blog - so cute!
My kids are on the verge of revolting over our current lunch menu, too! I can see them doing something similar - how funny!
Have a blessed day!!
What an awesome lunch! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Hip Homeschool Hop Day!
Just stopping in from Hip Homeschool Hop! I love combining non"learning" activities with learning ones!
Now I saw a LinkWithin to a post entitled "reformed Mess Maker" that I really need to check out--after our field trip today my 8 year old ASKED me to help her clean her room!
Stopping by from Hip Homeschool Hop...Have a great day!!
HI Mary!
Thanks for stopping by my blog via Hip Homeschool Hop and commenting on my Fall bulletin board idea :)
This lunch looks fun and awesome and educational too! Can't beat that!
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Have a great school day!
Tracy at "A Slice of Smith Life"
http://www.asliceofsmithlife.blogspot.com
How sweet! They are quite creative. I love it when our children play store, church, post office, etc.
Came over from the Hip Homeschool Hop. Aren't kids fabulous?! Love seeing your kids creativity. Could so see my 8-year old doing something like that!