Dave Pommier
I am a homeschooling dad with a wife and two boys. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, so I feel compelled to write it all down.
In my spare time, I work as a registered nurse, drink too much coffee, and intermittently renovate the house.Top Posts & Pages
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Euclid’s Elements
My teaching style tends to rely quite a bit on the application of concepts first, and then filling in the details as we go. It seems to fit more naturally to the pattern of how people learn. I also try … Continue reading
Posted in Math
Tagged bloke, dragon box, easy complexity, flexibility, geometry, homeschool, math, play
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Teaching themselves algebra
In purely practical terms, I have never actually had to know the adjusted speed of a 40 tonne submarine previously travelling at 50 km/hr through a friction-less ocean, having just discharged a 100 kg torpedo with a velocity of 80 … Continue reading
Posted in Math, Teaching and learning
Tagged algebra, bloke, dragon box, easy complexity, flexibility, homeschool, math, play
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