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My kids will vote for French and German:001_smile:
My daughter had taken 6 month course of Spanish and she decided it wasn't her favorite language. She is more comfortable with French.
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Singapore and MEP, may be Miquon for fun exploration.
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DS ( K-ner/ 4,5 years old)
LA: SWR, Cursive First, reading books
Russian LA (learning to read and write)
Poetry/Memorization: IEW, level 1
Math: finishing RS A, SM PM 1A/B, IP 1A/B, CWP, Olympiad Trainer 1; Russian Math Peterson (1 grade), MEP 1, Miquon.
Latin: Song School Latin
Greek: Song School Greek
German: German Kindergarten
French: French Facile, Jr.
Science: Let's Science; Zoology Lapbooks, on-line science classes, RS4K pre-level
History: MOH 1/2, SOTW 1/2, unit studies and lapbooks Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, China
Critical Thinking: Hands on Primary, Mind Benders, Kumon mazes and others
Music:Music for little Mozarts(piano)
PhE: Skating
Art: mama's "art school"
Geography: A Child's Geography
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Our plans for 2011-2012 official school year( September 1st-June 1st):
DD (4th grader):
Math: Singapore Math (SE 4A/B, 5A/B, IP 4A/B, 5A/B CWP4/5, Olympiad Trainer 4/5), Russian Math 3C, 4; MEP 4,5
LA: CWR, MCT, Classical Writing, SWI A
Science: Apologia Zoology II/III; RS4K level 1, unit studies
Russian language and literature ( still deciding on books)
Art and Art appreciation: still deciding
Latin: Latin for Children A/B
Greek: Greek for Children A
French and German (reading children books), deciding on curriculum
Logic: Critical Thinking books and Logic games
PhE: Figure Skating
Music/Piano: still deciding on curriculum
History: MOH 1/2, SOTW 1/2 and the unit studies
Poetry/memorization: IEW, MCT and some other
additional plans: some ballet/choreography/dance classes; science fair and math olympiad, speech/debate competition, lapbooks
DS ( K-ner/ 4,5 years old)
LA: SWR, Cursive First, reading books
Russian LA (learning to read and write)
Poetry/Memorization: IEW, level 1
Math: SM PM 1A/B, IP 1A/B, CWP; Russian Math Peterson (1 grade), MEP 1
Latin: Song School Latin
Greek: Song School Greek
German: German Kindergarten
French: French Facile, Jr.
Science: Let's Science; Zoology Lapbooks, on-line science classes, RS4K pre-level
History: MOH 1/2, SOTW 1/2
Critical Thinking: Hands on Primary, Mind Benders, Kumon mazes and others
Music:Music for little Mozarts(piano)
PhE: Skating
Art: mama's "art school"
DD ( pre-K/ just turned 3)
German K, French Facile, Jr., Song School Latin/Greek, learning Russian, Russian math, mazes, skating, possibly some gymnastic/ballet/dance classes, art and music/piano.
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In arithmetic in the early grades, there isn't much depth to be had and if you go broader, you're likely moving up to get there.
What I've found is that it's a balancing act. What seems to work here is combining acceleration, going wide, and going deep, in different proportions for different subjects (and different kids) and adjusting as needed.
:iagree:
I think it depends what your goals are. If you are using 2-3 different curriculum per 1 subject you more likely will study it wider and deeper.
As an example, I use 3 math programs for my oldest child. She had learnt some Algebra concepts at age 7 using Russian 2nd grade math book and 4 operation problems which are covered in SM 4. Can I say that our math studies are having an accelerated approach? Yes, I can, even my goal was to make it deeper and wider.
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I spent around $500.00 per child per year on curriculum related items only, others such as french/german books add extras to our school budget. My oldest child takes skating lessons so it costs around $900-$1000 extra.
I officially homeschooled only one child last year. On my son, who is 4, I will be spending around $100.00 for academics without skating lessons.
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Hi, I am not familiar with WWE, but my daughter used CW Primers and we really enjoyed them. Each week is divided into 4 lessons: narration, copywork, nature study, grammar, picture study and dictation. It was a good introduction to CW before we moved on.
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In Russia, men hake hands, girls-hug and kiss in a chick (for close friends). For family members, I can hug my male cousin and give him a kiss, even he is married. I would do the same whether I greet him or just saying "Bye". We have a distinguish differences between formal/informal greetings.
Zdravstvuite/Dobroe utro/Dobriy den/Dobriy vecher- formal for people older than you/ your friends' parents, teachers or officials;
Privet-for friends. If you see someone who is younger than you first time you will use a formal language.
Do svidaniya - a formal equivalent to Good-Bye; Poka- informal.
"Prozhchay"- an equivalent to " Goodbye forever"
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http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-03-04/news/1998063127_1_phonics-read-english-russian-language/3
I find it fascinating that the whole language/phonics debate is active in every country, including those whose languages are so much more regularly phonetic than English.
I am a native speaker of German, and have spoken English for so long that I am practically a native speaker of that, too. Along the way I have studied: French, Spanish, Italian, Latin, and Irish Gaelic. Of those, Irish was the most difficult, but even that was manageable.
Russian will be the death of me. I have such a hard time comprehending a non-Latin script. I wish I'd studied Greek when I was younger, as it might have prepared my brain for this.
Finally, the other day, I came upon a solution to my quandary... Geraldine Rodgers discusses in her history of reading instruction how English students were taught to read phonetically using syllables in Latin, a language which they didn't (yet) understand. Only when the decoding was cemented did they apply this knowledge to English, which they did understand... what a great way to prevent guesswork!
I began to realize that my problem with the way I've been trying to learn is that all the methods I'm using (Rosetta Stone clones like LiveMocha) are basically whole language for Russian, showing an image and a word or phrase. What I want/need is a Russian phonetic course for foreigners.
I found this awesome chart on youtube, and I'm trying to figure out how to get my father-in-law, who is a very busy man and wouldn't like to go to a teacher supply store or the like, to get me one: a chart with the syllables which pronounces them for you. I suppose my argument could be that I could use it for my sons, too. ;)
So anywho I've realized that I need to forget the focus on meaning and communication and just focus on the reading, getting the letters and syllables down pat, and just plain reading words until I can do so without problems. Once I can do that I think the meaning will come so much more easily.
Does anyone have a Russian curriculum recommendation for me (an adult learner) or my sons? I can't really guide them yet, but my husband could.
Do you speak/ understand any form of Russian?
Sorry, I might missed it. Being a native Russian speaker I would say that Rosetta Stone is useless(some people might not agree with me).
This is a very good textbook for someone who speaks Russian on a family level and desires to learn more.
http://www.iaic.org.il/RusskiyYazik.ru
I don't have a complete program recommendation, because I use a Russian based books for my daughter to learn Russian. I would also recommend you posting on Bilingual board where most people who speak more than 1 language participate.
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MEP IS our supplement, to Singapore.
:iagree:
We do every assignment most of the time, but skip "class activities", because we do not have a big group to interact with, or modify them to be applicable only for a single kid.
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We discovered it late:), so my daughter started with 1b and flew through it. We used only workbook pages. After MEP and Russian challenging problems Singapore IP was too easy for my child. I require to do 8-10 pages of MEP per day when she uses it. It gives my child a solid math foundation.
My son who is 4 will start MEP 1a again(he started 1 year ago but it was a little bit too much for him, so we did Russian math instead). I didn't know about reception, but now Reception will be too easy for him, he is almost at the level of 1b.
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What is this 'Olympiad math trainer'? Is it from Singapore or another company? Link?
I bought mine from Singapore. I have only level 2,4 and 5. It is by Terry Chew.
http://sapgrp.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=782
Here is another very good one by the same author:
http://sapgrp.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=333
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On the word problems question, if you don't find what you need in your current material, you could look at Singapore's "Challenging Word Problems" workbooks. They are excellent. I am using those along with a couple of other Singapore workbooks as supplements to our math program.
We use Singapore CWP too additionally to i-EXCEL Heuristic and Model Approach ( we like it very much). We also use Olympiad Math Trainer, which has detailed solutions to all problems in a book.
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I have never administered one to my daughter and I am no sure which one I would use for her anyway. I grew up in a country without standardized tests and did just fine. I would rather have my child to take a specific test for a particular program (similar to the challenging placement test), where if you complete say 90%, you would be accepted to participate in it. If you know how to take tests you can score really high even not being very gifted.
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My daughter used French I for elementary students and really loved the story line. She have gotten a lot out of it. She was only 6 and took it through Connection Academy. She had a teacher who work with her additionally teaching her how to read etc. Teacher was from on-line school, not from power-speak.
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We use SMILE (School of Mathematical Intellectuality and Linguistic Excellence) on report cards for our Credit Union.
We have a mascot too - an owl, the wise bird:)
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I am planning to write my own for Geography ( never found anything really good beyond " A child's Geography", which was a very good beginner book) and Russian History/Art. In Europe students study geography for 5-6 years( general geography, geography of continents, physical geography of the world, economical geography of the world, physical geography of your country/region, economical geography of your country/region).
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We used Textbook, CWP(old version), IP US edition. Will be switching to SE this year. We are planning to use textbook, workbook, IP and CWP. We also will be adding I-EXEL heuristic and model approach and Olympiad math trainer (SAP series).
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Here is a link to NASA Instructional Units and Lesson Plans:
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/index.html
Last year I did use some of their ideas with my 7 years old child(Operation Liftoff unit:building an International Space Station) and we had a lot of fun.
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Math/logic is our core, then science, history/literature/languages for us.
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Singapore PM, Russian math and MEP are for my oldest child. Russian math, SM, MEP and Miquon is our choice of math for my 4.5 years old.
Whether SM is teacher-intensive, I think really depends on the child. I think some can do it fairly independently while others need a lot of direction. But I certainly would not automatically write off SM as being a teacher-intensive program.I agree. My daughter was doing 3A/B mostly independently with some questions regarding long equation (mostly because of the difference in the recording). She usually tries to work on her own until she hits "an underwater stone" and starts "sending SOS signals" asking for some help.
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I have a 4 years old son who is like that. Since he was 3, he could rotate 3D shapes in his mind doing logic puzzles without any need for manipulatives. They are so happy to explore and figure things out at this age.
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I tried to speak with our teacher about this. She was surprised since he did "so well" overall. I asked if the kids were told the year-end testing was "important."
She said, "Oh no, we don't want to stress them out."
Good gravy.
My son needs: "Pay attention to the stories even if they are boring and answer what they asked even if you think it is stupid or not interesting or not what you want to pick." :D
I've become one of "those" parents I'm afraid :tongue_smilie:
Bill
I think you are correct. You know what will be the best option for your child and you know him much better than a teacher in a class.
It is completely opposite to what I went through in my school years. I still remember how my math teacher would remind us to read All assignments and pay attention to details. It did help a lot.
All tests are stressful, especially oral:( I think younger kids take them less serious that older do, that is why they are less nervous.
Are there any other way to overwrite "requirements" not accepting private testing? For example, state level? I think you are trying to fight a bureaucratic machine, which is very hard to do.
I don't want to be in your shoes. I hope everything will be resolved to the best.
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I wouldn't use Saxon or TT with a strong math student. I'd take a look at Singapore instead.
:iagree: He does not need a lot of repetition, which Saxon will provide:(.
FYI, Khan academy has several videos of teaching SM SE. A lot of people like it:)
http://www.khanacademy.org/#arithmetic
Right now he has videos for SE 3A ( unit1 and unit 2). Eventually he will have videos to all SM PM SE curriculum:)
If you have a 6yr old, we need their opinion
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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My son who is 4.5 voted for Green,
my 8 years old daughter voted for Blue, my 3 years old voted for a " pretty color" Blue.
Since she was 4, Blue had been my oldest daughter favorite color.