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“Decades in Weeks” and “Both Jordan and Will Perdue played basketball”: 2 observations while educating a Kindergartener

Here's trying to get back into the writing habit again... Just 2 observations, and 2 quotes, as I try to get back into the flow "Both Jordan and Will Perdue played basketball for the Bulls"                                                         - I wish I remembered                            When I worked at YouTube, I watched at lot of Sal Khan's videos , but more out of curiosity and not deliberately with the intention of learning something. Now that I have a kindergartner whom we're trying to homeschool, I find myself trying to teach him basic math almost everyday. We started using the Khan Academy videos a few weeks ago, and I find myself so impressed everyday by the choices Sal Khan makes and how engaging the videos are. My son seems to follow along so much better than when I try to teach him things, and makes solid progress every single day on the exercises.  It reminded me of the quote above (I read it a long time ago and can't find the