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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Home(work) for the Holidays

Most of the family got together last weekend to celebrate DH's birthday.  Such fun!  The DGDs had just received their first trimester report cards and we were asking, as Grandparents MUST do, how they had progressed.  S confessed that she had been asked to master her multiplication facts through 4 over the holidays.  Poor S!  Everyone tried to help by springing multiplication questions on her at random moments!

Later that evening, I remembered the 'Flip Chute' that I had made 100 years ago when student teaching and how that had made the memorization process a fun game.  DH did his part by finishing off the carton of chocolate milk and after it was washed and dried, I added the card stock chutes inside and covered the outside with DCWV paper.  To make it seasonally appropriate, I used my Imagine and the Snow Angel cart to decorate the outside.  I finished off with plenty of Stickles and bling! 

If you haven't ever seen one of these before, you read off the question and post the card in the top slot.  You must answer the question before the card flips and presents the answer through the lower slot.  Very cute!   Is your mind racing with possibilities?  Parts of speech, states and their capitals, historical dates?  LOL!   

I am linking my Flip Chute up with the challenge at

Exploring Cricut . " It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas "


and the

FCCB Challenge #191 Anything but a Card, Holiday Ed.

 Thanks for visiting with me today!  : ) Christine




8 comments:

  1. What a fabulous idea! My daughter will be going to school next year - I must remember this learning tool for the many years of memorization she's in for! Thanks for playing along with us at Exploring Cricut!

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  2. This is such a fantastic project-you did such a great job! Thanks for joining us at Exploring Cricut and FCCB!

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  3. Did you make me one of these when I was little? I feel like I had one of these but there is no way it was more than 15 years ago. ;-)

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    1. Yes! It was covered in contact paper and you helped me decorate it with a kazzilion stickers. (Way more than 15years ago - I can't believe you remember this since you were just a baby!!! LOL!!!)

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  4. Great job and thanks so much for sharing and joining us at Exploring Cricut.

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  5. What a great project, I'm sure it will do the trick! Thank you for joining us at Exploring Cricut.

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  6. Wonderful idea. A fun way to memorize multiplication. Thanks for linking your project to our challenge at FCCB. Kim

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  7. Oooh, this is great (and adorable)!! Thanks for sharing with us at FCCB.

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