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  1. Has anyone had experience with both programs that could advise us? I am trying to decide which program to use alongside Miquon as a supplement to Singapore Math (done in a charter school). The advantage that Math Mammoth has is that I already own it, and can print it for all three sons. (Ditto Miquon - I bought the eBooks via Currclick some time ago.) However I have serious graphic design quibbles with MM ... and I really love that MCP is a workbook that is bound and can remain intact. (Even though it would have cost us more over the course of three boys, I sort of regret buying the eBooks for Miquon. I miss the colorful workbook, and I like the idea of keeping the work done intact - and not in a binder.) Would MM be dramatically superior, curriculum-wise? I suppose if I'm already printing out the Miquon pages I might as well do the same with MM. It's not as though the MCP workbook is in color.... Thoughts? Comments on how insane I am to be doing so much math anyways? ;) FWIW, all of MM 1a and half of MCP Math A (which I did buy, so I can look through it) would be review at this point, though not a waste of time. He would probably breeze through those and finish them before the K year is out, leaving Miquon Red / MM 1b for the summer or the first half of 1st grade. And yes, I'm the same insane person who is a little sad that her son's school uses Spalding, because that means I have no justification for buying AAS. I have problems.
  2. I'm afraid I have no knowledge of any of those programs, other than to say that the Treasures workbook for K was all sight words and capital letters. There we tons of them at the Goodwill. Our local district was dumping them last year, but I'm not clear what they switched to, as we are in a charter school which uses Spalding.
  3. Rumple looked more than a little attractive when he was doing his little shadow casting spell at the beginning of the last episode.
  4. Which Archway school? My son is at Archway Classical Academy Glendale, but I'm assuming this will be Veritas/HQ?
  5. I noticed my son has gotten significantly better at writing since the start of the school year. I had thought it was just all the practice, but now I'm wondering if his new glasses are a factor as well.
  6. I am going to work together with my son's kindergarten teacher to create some Spalding worksheets, and even though I have found a nearly perfect font (via the Riggs Yahoo group), it doesn't have the loopy/curly 2. Does anyone know of a font that does?
  7. I wonder if the text in some of those 1-2-3 books could be used as the copywork? For instance, I looked at the sea creatures one, and each page had a short paragraph of informational text about the animal being drawn.
  8. This is an awesome deal, thank you! My son does most things on the iPad, but of course typing would work best on the computer, so this was fantastic - an it even beats the cheapest paid iPad app prices!
  9. Then again, given that he already loves using the storytelling writing paper I bought him at the teacher store for his own illustrated tales, maybe by the time he finishes Draw Write Now he won't be wanting/needing anymore prefab drawing activities.
  10. This sounds silly, given the fact that my son just completed his first ever Draw Write Now lesson, but the guy was so excited to do this that I am already looking beyond the 8-book set. When he eventually completes all of those lessons in a few years (or maybe one, if he gets to do one per day as he wishes), what else is there that is similar?
  11. Ugh. I am German-born, and the thought of anyone teaching my language for such reasons makes me want to vomit.
  12. Ohmygosh, a stop motion movie? Will you please ask him if he would share it when he makes it? My son would LOVE that. My husband and I, in part due to our own stubbornness and such, are restricting the boys to the Lego Creator/City/Bricks and More lines because those tend to be the "basic" city life figures. Star Wars and Super Heroes Legos go to our nephew down the street, so they can still play with them. The end result is that over time they'll build up a supply of police/firefighter/miner/etc. "guys" that they could all have play well together, but I never though of anything so cool as a stop motion movie. I'll have to introduce the idea to my son when he's a little older. :)
  13. So, granted the guy is three and the jury is still out, but I am definitely getting a southpaw vibe here. Given the free choice, he will always choose the left hand first for drawing/prewriting stuff. He might switch over at some point, but he'll always switch back. When he uses the left, his control is much better. I confess I'm a little flummoxed because I'm scared of teaching a leftie to write/cut/etc. I am not opposed to it, my dad is a leftie, and I love his handwriting. He is also a fantastic artist, in the cartoony style... so there's that. I'm not against lefties per se, just scared of my own inability to handle it well.
  14. I wish my mom would get us a second bin for the Nilo table, to store all the stuff she'll be getting the boys. :-P Between presents on my husband's side and presents from my parents, we could totally get away with giving them zero toys and they'd be fine, but then I'd feel guilty. We'll probably get them one "learning toy" each (Sum Swamp for the 5 year-old, not sure about the 3 year-old) and a book or two, as well as one Lego set each. The problem with books is that I am constantly scouring Goodwill / Saver's for books, so we are always getting new ones. They already have so many, and frankly, they wouldn't appreciate "new" books as opposed to the good used ones I find, so it makes little sense to pay for new ones. I should be saving up the used ones I get but then I'm always so excited to share them with the boys! On the bright side, this thread inspired me to look into the Amazon wish list I had set up, and I noticed that one Playmobil set was at its lowest price since I added it (25% below where it was when I added, a full $20 below retail) so I told my mom and she pulled the trigger. :)
  15. We actually own a copy of the Victory Drill Book. My older son's classical charter uses it.
  16. I was going to go with some Lego and Playmobil for both older boys, and wrapped up recycled infant toys for the baby (who, being 1 month old, won't really care much what he's getting), but after the older two got their Legos and Playmobil confiscated for refusing to keep their room clean and two separate urgent care incidents in one month involving tiny Playmobil stuck into ears and noses (both times the older boy!!), I might just have to wrap up select bits of the toys I already had and give them back... or not. Maybe they'll get coal.
  17. Second this! The first "real" chapter book my older son read on his own was the first Boxcar Children book.
  18. Do you move on when the child has reached automaticity, or when they can sound out a word? My younger son can sound out simple phonetic words of up to six or so letters, and even some vowel pairs, etc... But even a simple CVC word is still sounded out, he hasn't moved past that into automatically saying "fog" instead of /f/ /o/ /g/. Would you hang out in CVC land or move on?
  19. Very true. There is a 7 year-old boy in my son's K class... and holy cow, the dude looks it.
  20. This set works out to less than $2 a book, though they are older and used. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-38-Childrens-Lets-Read-and-Find-Out-Science-Books-Crowell-FREE-SHIPPING-/161112741183?pt=US_Childrens_Books&hash=item258311553f
  21. I've managed to pick up a few of these at the Goodwill or Savers, but sadly most of those are Level 1. I am seriously salivating at the mega sets from Rainbow Resource now. Might be a joint Christmas gift for the boys...they have way too many Legos anyways. ;)
  22. I would prefer to start with lowercase because I would love to get him into "writing to read" sooner rather than later. My frustration with such curricula has always been the disconnect between when my boys read and when they can write. I am now doing the first few ETC books with my older son for writing while the younger does the reading pages, so letter sounds aren't a problem.
  23. I am looking for something that will help to teach lowercase letters to my second son. I started the first with capitals, per Kumon and HWOT, but I would prefer to begin with lowercase this time. Reviews on Amazon have stated that each letter gets about 10-12 pages. How many of those are circle/draw a line pages, and how many would teach/practice letter formation?
  24. In some ways, this sounds like my son. Working with me one on one, he is capable of first and even second grade work, and academically he is ahead of his K class.... But in school he gets fidgety and distracted, and frankly I'm glad he is "only" in K so that the stakes aren't as high. I would tend to agree with others who question the appropriateness of accelerating your daughter, despite her academic qualifications.
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