Are Fractions Fun?

Umm...are fractions fun? Well for me personally they were not hard in anyway but I don't know if I ever considered  them fun! But math was the one subject I never had any problems understanding, because you do the formula correctly then your answer always comes out right. Now English on the other hand was the one subject that I would run the other way! ((shutter))I mean really capitalization, quotation marks, spelling not to mention the poetry that never made any sense to me being important, and who really uses that knowledge now anyway. LOL ~ Yes I wish that I had listened better in school when it came to everything English!  Oh well, I am learning it now with the boys! 

Now back to the fraction talk! I talk a lot about my oldest when it comes to fractions because well... he had a lot of trouble with them. Fraction lessons to him were like going to the dentist when you don't brush and floss! Something that had to be done but it was ever so painful! Online math games and just typing "fraction fun for kids" into Google I found several sites that offered free fraction math games. Some were fun while others even bored me to tears, that's why I would go through the sites with him for the first time. Ya know, just to make sure that they were going to actually help him and not damage the ever so fragile fraction relationship that we had nurtured up until that point. We also use Time4Learning.com for a great supplement curriculum which has wonderful animated fraction lessons, which are great for my visual learner.

Some other "hands on" fraction activities that we did for him was cooking. I know pretty simple its right there just find the right measuring cup or spoon. But if you want to half the recipe or make 3 times the amount you have a mini fraction lesson right there. Fractions in this form were easy for him to figure out and who doesn't like a math lesson that ends in chocolate chip cookies?! So that's my take on fractions and how it worked for us, now how about sharing some ideas that helped you??