Jamee Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I was so tempted to get a couple of these with the sale and all for not only school, but for DH as well who teaches math. Are they at a level pretty much any middle schooler would understand? Or be interested in? What are some of the best for the logic stage? How do you use them in your homeschool? I'm thinking that since DS loves audio books as much as he does, that he may actually be ok listening to lectures if the topic truly interests him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I was so tempted to get a couple of these with the sale and all for not only school, but for DH as well who teaches math. Are they at a level pretty much any middle schooler would understand? Or be interested in? What are some of the best for the logic stage? How do you use them in your homeschool? I'm thinking that since DS loves audio books as much as he does, that he may actually be ok listening to lectures if the topic truly interests him. I think the history lectures I've listened to are great. My older kids have been listening to Rome and the Barbarians. My middle son especially likes them and will listen to a lecture before breakfast. My older son is a little less enamoured, but still enjoys them if I assign it. I don't assign them to take notes or tell me about the lecture. I'm just happy that they listen and absorb some of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 Do you use just audio or the DVDs too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Do you use just audio or the DVDs too? I find that we're more likely to use the audio, which can be on iPods or on tape/cd players (our Rome set is cassette so picture my seventh grader listening to it on a yellow Playskool tape player) while we clean or play with legos or are in the car. The DVD versions tend to tie us down to the tv more and I often find it harder to fit them in to our day. But there are some that are more suitable to DVD, like the visual arts sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Do you use just audio or the DVDs too? We have tried DVD and it did not really work - because we would have to sit still and just watch. And it can be pretty boring to watch a person who talks about history. We have switched to audio, listen mostly in the car, that works really well. If course, fro history of Art that would not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 We use DVDs. I understand others arguments against them b/c DVD versions do tie you down. However, I make my kids sit and watch them and take notes just as if they were in a lecture hall. I don't find they retain enough info from just listening and I also want them to have note-taking/lecture practice. It really is a learned skill to determine what is note-worthy and what isn't. Of course, I use most of our TC dvds with older vs. younger kids. I have had younger ones sit in with the older kids and they just listened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Thanks! I figured there'd be some courses where the DVD would be more useful than the audio, just wondered if it was the other way around too--although the course we were looking at only came in DVD so it's not really an issue. I do like the idea of watching and taking notes. My little guy, grade 1, did that yesterday with a YouTube video and I was most impressed. It's a good skill to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 This is how we use them here. We use DVDs. I understand others arguments against them b/c DVD versions do tie you down. However, I make my kids sit and watch them and take notes just as if they were in a lecture hall. I don't find they retain enough info from just listening and I also want them to have note-taking/lecture practice. It really is a learned skill to determine what is note-worthy and what isn't. Of course, I use most of our TC dvds with older vs. younger kids. I have had younger ones sit in with the older kids and they just listened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexia Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I prefer audio as well. My son said he can concentrate better. But, since I get it from library, I get whatever form they happened to have. I have also reserved few Schlessinger dvds too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratia271 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 We use DVDs. I make my kids sit and watch them and take notes just as if they were in a lecture hall. I don't find they retain enough info from just listening and I also want them to have note-taking/lecture practice. It really is a learned skill to determine what is note-worthy and what isn't. This is what we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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