HappyCamper
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We do Tuesday Tea and Poetry (Bravewriter Lifestyle). On Fridays, we do Kitchen Table Math on a whiteboard and Hands On Equations for Math. On Fridays we also do Clash Cards for Latin and Friday Freewrite for writing and play Wii Brain. I try hard to find ways to make it fun, but make sure we are mastering what needs to be done.
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We are huge MCT fans here. It depends on how much parent teacher time you want to devote to language arts, but it is a terrific complete curriculum.
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Thread came just as I needed it!:)
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We have the Harry Potter vocabulary book and I haven't figured out how to use it really. My daughter is bonkers for all things Harry Potter. Especially, but not limited to, the books. :)
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Great idea! Our read-alouds are taken from MCT literature (Alice in Wonderland), History Odyssey (e.g. Beowolf), and recommendations from REAL Science Odyssey.
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Thanks PattyJoanna! That is exactly the information I was looking for. My parents and sisters live in Tacoma and Lake Stevens, but they don't really have insight into Seattle traffic, neighborhoods or schools. I know Seattle traffic is rough, so I am trying to find a neighborhood that minimizes it. i will definitely check out the eastside schools too. I have only compared the classes offered at Lakeside and Bush on their websites. I am looking for a school with Latin, opportunities for advanced math studies, etc, and it looked like Lakeside would be a good fit. I am in the casting my net wide phase right now.:001_smile::001_smile: if at least DH and swimming are close, there is a chance I could cook dinner and we could have a family meal during the week. Right now, I stay at their swim practice and we are gone for 2.5 hours right over the dinner hour.
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Thank you so much for the info and suggestions. Patty Joanna, we are moving to the greater Seattle area and my husband has a choice of working in downtown Seattle or Downtown Bellevue. We are looking at private schools, I am flying to Seattle and going to the Lakeside School open house this weekend - and checking out a long list of neighborhoods.
Right now, my husband drives 90 minutes each way to work. My son's school is half hour one way and their swim team (year round/4 days per week) is half hour the other direction. We have two swim teams that are closer, but one team is filled with kids who roll their eyes or talk back to the coaches and the other is chaos as the coaches mostly seem to be texting instead of coaching.
I am thinking about Bellevue as it could be super close to my husbands office and seems more suburban, but am worried about the drive to school should they go to Lakeside. I am so tired of driving! But I am off to carpool now . . .:auto:
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we are using it as a supplement on Fridays. For us it is something fun and different to do on thte white board. I am not sure if it would be substantial enough to count as a stand alone program, but it does seem to be laying a foundation for mathematical thinking. HTH
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Any one have advice on swim teams they are happy with or have a good reputation in the Seattle area? I am looking for teams with coaches that provide feedback to the kids with other swimmers that have a positive attitude about swimming. I know it sounds strange, but we haven't always found teams have that going on.
TIA!
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Mom of CM. - I would love to hear what program you used to focus on writing down the steps. Any tips re: developing good work habits would be much appreciated. :bigear:
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You all confirmed my own instincts. So comforting to hear. Even though he is in Middle school, DH is worried about a poor grade impacting later applications to high school. Also, DH was convinced DS could not be making so many careless mistakes; it must reflect a lack of understanding. So, today the three of us went over the entire exam. DH is finally convinced DS understands concepts; DS reports he understands the importance of writing down each step AND including the units in the answer, e.g. inches cubed.
DS is bouncing-up-and-down thrilled.:lol: Now to schedule a meeting with his teacher and the chair of the math dept and make it happen. Why oh why couldn't he have carefully answered the questions? He wanted to do well.:tongue_smilie:
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DS11 (in a private school for gifted kids) adores math and wants so badly to be in Algebra 1. He is one of those kids who gets the concepts very quickly, but is sloppy and hates to write down his steps. His math teacher's take is that he is ready intellectually ready, but has not developed the necessary work habits. His school is letting us decide whether to keep him in Pre-algebra or move him to Algebra , but cautioning us that he could get super frustrated because of his work habits. He scored poorly on the placement exam to get onto Algebra because of sloppy errors - (eg failing to reduce fractions). But showed understanding of the concepts well enough to prompt a parent conference.
The main benefit of leaving him in PreAlgebra is that presumably they will work on work habits. The teacher explained the focus of the year will be building work habits and exploring the why behind math tricks. We are in week 4 of school and DS reports he has learned little.
He is currently taking AoPS online Algebra class and is about 1/3 the way through. His teacher (who was unfamiliar with AoPS) said another option would be to continue taking Algebra on-line and Pre-Algebra at school.:confused:
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What would you do?
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I will try to get more info from DS when he gets home this afternoon.:)
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My son takes Latin at school and it is one of his favorite classes. He's only been going for 3 weeks, but his teacher already has the students doing skits with stuffed animals. He said she started by explaining what the names of the animals were, then doing simple skits herself, then getting the students to do the skits. He said he has learned more three weeks in her class compared to three years of Spanish! My understanding is that they do a fair bit of chanting etc with the white board as well. Have fun!
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Back from scrubbing chili out of the carpet! Obviously poor judgment on my part. No worries about choking, but I love the smoothie idea for variety. Using that one today as it is roasting hot here still. I am going to put almost all of the ideas on a list and rotate them. I know I should be the one advocating they eat different things every day, but I'm not very creative. So they are the ones saying, sliced apples again? But we are so hungry . . .
Thank you all! Off to the grocery store for ingredients:auto::001_smile:
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Toast crumbs, rogue cheerios, and spilled chili have all graced the floor of my minivan. I would love to have a no food policy, but the reality is I can't change my afternoon schedule. The kids have to eat between swim team practice and music lessons. What I have found that works is so limited: sliced apples, carrots, sliced cheese. After swim practice, they truly need a meal. Any healthy suggestions?:bigear:
TIA
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I am off to get CWP 2:auto: this discussion has helped me find where the bar method is taught. Starting with CWP3 is not working for us. :glare: Thank you for identifying the right book!
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You made me smile. We are starting CWP 3, and it is so hard for me to figure out how to explain the solutions. That is why I use MUS for our main curriculum.:tongue_smilie:
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Time for Kids is pretty good. We sometimes pick out an article from our Sunday paper for the kids to read, e.g. Science related, business related, or an obituary of an interesting person. Just direct their attention to the appropriate rather than give free reign.
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We have been trying to supplement with CWP problems, and at one grade level below. While I can get the right answer, I have a difficult time trying to explain to DD 9 how to use the bar method. Is it supposed to be used for every problem? Any resource out there to help us or do we need to back up even further to CWP level 2?
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Eager to try:001_smile:
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It has been working great for my daughter who is an auditory learner. It is completely independent for her with no assistance from me at all. I don't even look at her work. I would estimate it takes her 15 minutes to get through it including set up time. It is not messy at all, just the audio source and a piece of paper to write on. HTH
I love hands on equations
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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My daughter loves it too! We save it for Fun Fridays, but when we finish our current MUS level, we might start doing it more frequently. She really gets a sense of accomplishment out of it and has fun.