Beth in SW WA
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I've been emailing Headmistress Athena (Kirsten) and she seems wonderful. I registered dd9 for Mythology and World Geography on Wednesday mornings.
I registered dd7 for Beast.
Anyone else signing up today?
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*Jealous!* Tell us everything! If your girls aren't featured on his site, I'll be so disappointed! How can he not show a vid w/ those cuties?
Let us know all about it, OK?
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You are mad!!!
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He lives near the condo where we are staying. We're dying to meet him and 'play' math. Only a visit or two. We'll need a break from all that snorkeling anyway. :)
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Paperless summer :)
Dd8: Between family vacations and camps...she will play math via HoE, Education Unboxed fractions/squares, Crewton Ramone...combined with reading, music, swimming/wakeboarding/boating/biking
Dd9: Summer fun...and Crewton Ramone, MUS Alg, reading, music, swimming/wakeboarding/boating/biking
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Aly's Spring Art Class Projects...She's obviously a big fan of pastels...:)
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Dd9 is slightly vsl. Not sure about gifted. Probably. She draws pictures of moments in her life. Yesterday she drew a picture of what is going on inside her mind w/ gears and such. She sees in pictures and has a photographic memory. She reads everything. Words and numbers are her best friends.
For math, I read that Mortenson Math methods (Crewton Ramone, MUS) along w/ Hands On Equations are quite effective for VSLs. :iagree: as they have been quite effective here. She also enjoys TT for the bells/whistles/visuals. She has read most of the upper levels of LOF. Her collection is growing. She reads them with a lightwedge at night and then dreams of Fred.
She likes the old Calvert Spelling cds and now Wordsmart (my recent splurge for older dc for SAT prep). Thankfully all my dc can use Wordsmart.
She loves chemistry labs and Scratch for programming. She spent an hour today with the Basher periodic table flashcards. A month ago she pastelled the periodic table.
She loves art. Here are some of her creations.
Her favorite Bibles are graphic-style. The Action Bible is her current obsession. The questions she asks me about old testament battles. Oh, dear. :tongue_smilie:
She is enjoying drawing Chinese characters these days for her Mandarin class.
I could go on. Let me know if you need more scoop.
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Me to dd9 this morning: "I have to take Aly to violin. Your math is downstairs on the table. The video is ready. Just hit play."
She then watches the MUS alg video for lesson 25 (difference of squares) and yells upstairs, "Can I do as many lessons as I want? This is fun!" :001_smile:
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I have about 50 new followers due to this thread. Only homeschoolers would remotely appreciate my pins. No decorating, no recipes, no memes. Just curriculum ideas. My non-homeschool IRL friends think my boards are boring. What? They don't think virtual frog dissections are pin-worthy? :tongue_smilie:
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Because who doesn't want to do math on their birthday?! :D
Bill (fun-dad :tongue_smilie:)
We're going to Maui in June and dds will 'get' to do math on vacation with Crewton Ramone. We know how to party. :)
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Not that we don't have other fish to fry, but I too am waiting (with a complex mix of patience and impatience) for the release of Beast Academy 3C (and 3D).
Bill
:iagree: Looking forward to more Beast. TT Alg 2 2.0 is coming out soon so dd9 will work on that in the fall if it is out.
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I will work all summer to prep for next year's math and science. I am already savvy on the other content.
For instance, last night I watched an hour of AoPS videos and Crewton Ramone's precal videos. I'm a big-picture gal and like to know what's coming down the pike so I'm not caught with my pants down. Plus I love it -- and I'm so thankful I have the time to devote to self-study. Older dc are in high school and I don't 'teach' them anything anymore. The students have become the teacher on many levels. Dd earns money 'tutoring' little dds so I'm home free this summer and able to devote to my reeducation. :tongue_smilie:
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I can't speak for the others, but I think AoPS is fantastic for those who want to think hard and chew on some problems. It's for those who don't want to be told how to do it before being asked to do it. Part of that is personality. Part is having an open mind and might work best with whole-to-part thinkers, (although my ds is not).
I can't say whether is will prepare students for engineering. It will prepare them for solving problems, not just math, which would be a useful skill in nearly any career.
My ds is interested in engineering, too. He got a shirt as a gift that reads: Engineering is like math....only louder.
:iagree: AoPS would be ideal if that accommodates his learning style. Not sure if ds16 would have enjoyed it at 12. He currently likes the AoPS precal/calc books I bought him for self-study.
Ds *thinks* he wants to purse engineering. At 12, he was doing CD math. In high school he did Prentice Hall followed by his jr. year with college alg/trig. Next up, cc for calc and beyond.
CD prepared him well in middle school (followed by years of Saxon which he tolerated). Dh made him do most of the CD problems which made anything following that seem like a cake walk.
ETA: The key for ds has been the teacher. His high school math teacher is the best within one hundred miles. She is phenomenal. She poured her passion into ds -- something a text cannot do on its own.
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Bummer. My Costco doesn't have them...yet. :)
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Look at Rosie's Education Unboxed Vimeo page. I am working through the concepts w/ dd7 who is learning fractions and factoring squares. Pics here on my blog.
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Thanks for sharing. I put it on ds's FB wall in honor of Saturday. :)
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Beth,
Is your son doing Running Start or AP? My son did Running Start and was one of the 30 freshmen direct admits to the EE dept. this year. He's lovin' it!
Best wishes to your son.
Kimm
Hi, Kimm.
Ds will do RS next year as a senior. He was extremely impressed with UW when he visited last month. He wants a strong comp sci focus, too, along w/ EE. But this could change.
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I suggest you start here at Rosie's website: Education Unboxed. She's a mom here on the forum.
My dd7, who is finishing up 2nd with fractions, loves these videos. I also watched this video on C-rods with her this weekend. She wanted to do the problems that the first graders in the video were doing. She loved it.
But start w/ Rosie's videos. You can't go wrong. :)
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I have no problem whatsoever providing my dc with various teachers. Sometimes it's me. Some days it isn't. I am not the sole teacher but I am sole facilitator and manager of the madness. :)
I want my dc to have a variety of learning environments (home, out-of-home, online, computer-based, dvd, local tutor, public school classes, private, labs, etc.) I've never been a fan of 'pure' homeschooling for our family where all the teaching/learning takes place at home (based on what I've observed in my irl friends). We don't homeschool for religious reasons - although we make the Bible front & center. It's just who we are.
Our goal for our dc's education is rigorous academics with a strong emphasis on STEM and music. How this education is achieved may vary student by student, year by year.
My hybrid approach works beautifully here.
HTH!
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STEM'ish in focus.... ETA: Not sure how much time per subject.
Dd9/4th:
The Action Bible
MUS, Cybershala, AoPS word problems
Landry English 102 online (MCT plus random lit) + Mythology online class (maybe)
Science Fusion, EE, EiE, homegrown electronics, OMSI labs
homegrown Chinese history/geo
Mandarin class/tutor/BetterChinese online
Piano & Voice lessons
Tennis lessons
4-H FLL Robotics team, Scratch programming
Enrichment at ps school 2x/week: Science class, Technology class, Art class (1x)
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Thanks, gang. :)
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Is it secular?
Yes.
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Oh, my goodness - I don't know why but that really embarrasses me! Beth, I'm sure you're an amazing teacher!!!! Your girls are blessed beyond belief to have you as their Mama!
They just love the way you work with your kids with those rods. I never really knew what to do with the rods until I saw your vids. Aly is requesting to play multiplication war (as I type this). :)
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Dd will be 8 and wants to attend our local ALE for a few more out-of-the-house classes. Any thoughts on EnVision math grade 3?
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Thanks!!
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This is my hybrid approach for Dd8/grade 3. Our local ALE is moving near our house. Aly is excited to take a few more classes 2x/week at this little public school for homeschoolers. She currently takes science and LOVES it. Not sure if we will stick with the literacy & math. It will be an add-on to our main programs.
CLE Bible 3, The Action Bible
WWE3/WWW3/MCT Island
homegrown lit & non-fiction
Beast, SM 4A wb, SM 3 cwp/ip, HoE, MM Fractions (finish), TT6 for review
Science Fusion, EE, EiE, homegrown electronics course
Enrichment classes at ps 2x/week: Social Studies, Science, Literacy, Math (EnVision), Art
Mandarin class/tutor/BetterChinese
Piano & Violin lessons
Tennis
4-H FLL Robotics team, OMSI labs/classes
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My Calvert cds are old, old. Not sure they sell them anymore.