Janis in DE Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Hi Sandy, You posted on my thread about Video Text and you mentioned combining LOF and VT. I just looked at a sample of LOF and it looks really interesting. I'm thinking it might be good to do the same. Especially since my daughter is only going into 6th and I plan to do VT in 3 years. Any pointers on how best to do this? Janis in DE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyr Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Sorry for the delayed response - we've been away this week and I just saw your post. Our basic approach is - LOF is our main text and VT is backup. We do a chapter in LOF first, then I look for the corresponding topic in VT. We're about half way through LOF Beginning Algebra and so far they've been covering the same topics in order. We take our time working through all the problem sets, and I also have the Home Companion, which I would recommend getting for more practice problems. If my son has grasped the concepts fairly well, we go really quickly through VT, because I don't want to bore him. Mainly, the benefit of doing this at all is just more practice. If he gets stuck in LOF, which so far only happened when we hit the word problems, we'll take more time with VT for a different perspective. I realize not every text works for every kid, but we love these books (so far my oldest has done LOF Geometry, is currently finishing Trig, and can't wait to get to Calc. He had already finished VT when I discovered these books. My youngest has done LOF Fractions, Decimals and Percents, and is working on Beginning Algebra). I've read and worked through each of these book along with my kids. I like them because they don't just present material and then give repetitive problems covering that same material. The author challenges them to take the concepts and apply them forward. It's important to know that much of the teaching actually takes place IN the problems. As far as scheduling this over 3 years, I don't think I'm much help there. As I mentioned before, that seems like a long time, but you know your daughter best. I will say, though, if she really takes to LOF, you'll find it hard to hold her back! The author has a delightful sense of humor! Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janis in DE Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 That really helped a lot. I already ordered LOF with the home companion. My daughter looked at the sample and really like the humor. I think I am going to go like you said. Using LOF then following quickly with VT. We are just going to do math 4 days a week for about 30-45 mins. and see how far she gets done. If we get it done in two years then she will just be ahead. I am considering having her skip 7th if she does really well next year. Janis in DE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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