Springs Homeschool held its math extravaganza with 130 students participating and Homeschool staff facilitating a day of game-based educational math activities. Play-based math allows students to “tackle activities with their creativity and perseverance, not memorized formulas or procedures,” explained Nikkole McAdoo, events and community engagement coordinator. “It strengthens physical, cognitive, social and emotional health. Self-directed exploration increases a student’s creativity and problem-solving skills.” The students worked together on strategic math puzzles and even made their own playdough as part of their measurements and fraction rotation.
Homeschool also held a regional spelling bee. First place winners included Afiyah Ashrafi, Rancho Cucamonga Discovery, Camilla Rueckert, Empire Homeschool, Berlin Shaughnessy Gallegos, Citrus Homeschool, and Cameron Arcilla, Otay Ranch Academy Learning Center. The top placing students have been invited to participate in an all-school championship invitational spelling bee at the Temecula Event Center on January 17.
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