March 29, 2011

Pagerize Helena by Christy

Design Team Member Christy submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 8.  She said:

When I was a child, I learned my times tables by rote memorization. I recall hating it! While it did work for me, when it came time to homeschool my son, rote memorization was just not his way. He is always in motion, constantly chattering and just seems to need to "do" to learn. So we opted for some multiplication games. I think maybe it takes him a little longer this way than if I made him sit down and memorize everything. Then again, maybe not, because he'd fight me the whole way. Either way, we are having a ton more fun together. I documented it with this page. We are playing multiplication UNO. It's the same as regular UNO only you choose a multiple and work through it as you play. For example, every number card you draw is multiplied by 3. So if you  play a four then you multiply it by three. When we first start out, my son gets to use a chart. As we advance, the chart goes away. He sees the problem, hears the problem and says the problem and his hands are active. It's a win- win scenario!

Pagerize this Scraplift #8- of Helena
White acrylic paint with doodled black pen made a great border for this page. I then cut some K & Co. ticket style border strips apart and used scraps of Sasafrass and crate paper as accents. The brown ribbon is unknown. The scallop was a scrap of a crate paper border. I inked a Sassafrass paper whimsy card. It reminded me of the symbol for multiplying. I added some patina glimmer mist for some fun flair

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13 comments:

  1. I love that white frame! Such a fun boy layout!

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  2. this is really cute- I love the subdued tones and the little clusters of embellishments

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  3. very cute! i love how you made the frame!

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  4. What a great idea Christy!! I love your layout too. Such a good "boy" page.

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  5. Love it Christy...great job!! I'll have to remember that game for my son (1st grade now)...

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  6. Great layout. Love the handpainted frame.

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  7. Love the page - all your embelishments & doodling are awesome - and the idea of the uno math - we are working on + & - right now. That would be a great way to play! Thanks for the idea.

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  8. Great take on Helena's layout!! Love the game that you play too! I will have to remember that to help my boys!

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  9. Thank you for the wonderful compliments!:)

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  10. Love your use of paint!! Great layout!

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  11. Love the paint frame and your accents! Great job, Christy!

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  12. I like your paint and doodling border!

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