Laura Corin Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I talk a about random maths and science stuff like that. I also noticed after reading an article about what parents talked about when reading to their kids that I talked about the text rather than the picture (the article claimed the opposite). I agree though that many people would not think of talking to their kids about maths. And I don't stretch to base four dinosaurs although we did discuss binary. Reading Penrose is a good starting point. Eta I can't sing and I don't like to listen to music though so I am a bit of a fail there. I think I did a lot of counting when the boys were little, and I used to run my fingers under text and numbers as I read them out loud. I don't think I did much other every day maths at that point - I was glad to use the SM pre-school programme later, which prompted us to do lots of activities. On the other hand, I sang all the time and we read books for hours each day. Both boys play instruments and sing. A nice crossover: we were walking in our neighbourhood and Calvin stopped and pointed at the house number. Then he said the name of a nursery rhyme. When we got home, sure enough, the nursery rhyme that he mentioned was on that numbered page. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah_S Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 While I did delay starting MATH in any official capacity until age 8, let me say that I DO NOT recommend delaying math fact memorization until age 8. Kids memorize best at the earlier ages (not that they don't at age 8 also), but I'd definitely do flashcards/math memory songs earlier than age 8. And I'd have them WRITE numbers before age 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchbark Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I am doing Ray's with my 2nd DS until third grade. Ray's is almost completely oral story problems. We will begin more formal math next year using Strayer-Upton, which begins at the 3rd grade level. I was influenced by writings by Ruth Beechick, the Bluedorns, Benezet, the Moores, and Paul Ziegler of Systematic Mathematics. Also the Waldorf educators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beausa Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 FINLAND is no longer#1 but dropped to#12 in the latest PISA rankings. #1 is Shanghai followed by Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. All kids from these countries start math at a very young age. HAVING said this we should not compare these scores whith homeschool but I just wanted to correct the comment made above regarding Finland. I would be.interested to read studies about kids starting math later on though,If someone has a link.:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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