[Favorite iPad Apps for the preschool/kindergarten set?]

My 4 year old is playing TallyTots now. TableTots, also by the same developer is an interesting one which lets you customize the learning activity. We love them both and I believe they may be on sale in the App store now.

 

Others we like:

 

Kidoodle: Pirate Scribblebeard's Adventure

Peekaboo: Find Hidden UFO Creatures

Piece Me Circus

Counting Caterpillar

Animal Show

the Lakeshore Learning apps (3 or 4 off them, free at the moment)

Little Solver - Figural Analogies

Grow Your Garden HD

[Help me with a poem about responsbilities]

I'm looking for a poem/saying for my kids, something along the lines of the duties/responsibilities of a child/student. Not exactly rules or anything restrictive, just something inspiring. I might want to use it as a motto.

 

I haven't been able to find anything through Google... any ideas?

[We LOVED this poetry CD!!]

thanks! we just read the Pied Pier in WWE and also did the Owl and the Pussycat sometime back, so I thnk my boys will love this :)

[Printable daily planner/checklist for kids?]

for those who were asking - I created the assignment form in a program called Adobe Illustrator.

 

Fonts used: Bebas Neue (free) and Bello Pro (paid). I also use kuler.adobe.com for pretty colour schemes.

 

I dabble in graphic design now and again, so aesthetics are important to me :D

[Printable daily planner/checklist for kids?]

I was inspired by this thread to make one for us :D

 

thanks for the inspiration!

 

[Christian Kids Explore Science?]

I would love to hear some opinions too. How does it compare to other science programs-Apologia, RS4K, RSO?

[Open & Go K-2]

We like WWE, Spelling Workout, GWG, Penny Gardner's Italics, and recently started God's Great Covenant (CAP).

[If you have used God's Great Covenant OT (CAP)]

could you tell me:

 

1. what age is this best suited for?

2. will it work as an independent assignment for a rising 3rd grader?

3. did you use the timeline/maps and how much do you think these add to the overall program? (I really, really like them, but they are bit costly once shipping is added on)

4. does the student book come with perforated pages that can be easily removed?

 

thanks in advance :001_smile:

[Where to buy used books online?]

I like betterworldbooks.com. Free shipping everywhere and they currently have a 25% discount on 4 or more used books. May have to poke around the site for the code.

[Am I Reading This Correctly? Writing section in the WTM]

The notebooks are blank, spiral-bound with about 180 sheets of paper in them. This is what we use. We divided my kids' notebooks into 5 categories: reading, language arts, german/latin, science/math and history.

 

I posted an example from my daughter's notebook...here's an example from my son's notebook (he's finishing up 2nd grade - so, keep that in mind :D):

 

Dormant - sleep

 

three things a seed needs - sun water air

 

He wrote a story in his notebook (at his own request):

 

There was a cat he was a tiger his name was Ryan. He has three sisters and he has Good Perents and he loves to play with his sister. But he loves to hunt food like monkeys and dear and when he growsup he is gono be the bigist tiger of all. And he likes to read.

 

He still has trouble with correct spelling when he writes. And, he's a Dude. :001_rolleyes: By the end of 3rd grade, his writing should be much better.

 

Anyway, those are some examples from my kids' notebooks.

 

We do the notebooks like described in WTM. They are actually 3 ring binders. The children put their papers in after they have written them. I 3 hole punch papers that don't have them already. I organize the notebooks ala WTM w/tab dividers.

 

Those are helpful replies, thanks! I really need to get more notebooking into our homeschool day. :tongue_smilie:

[Am I Reading This Correctly? Writing section in the WTM]

For the notebooking, I bought them both a 5 subject notebook and we divided it up into subjects. Whenever we cover a subject, they have the notebook out and ready. I'll copy a sentence into their notebooks for them to copy...or I'll dictate a sentence to them...or I'll have them draw a picture (for science) and jot down observations. This has helped a LOT.

 

 

This is gonna sound like such a weird newbie question but somehow I still can't wrap my head around the idea of notebooking. Where I come from (Singapore) notebooks are quite different from what I think you have in the US. To me, a notebook is a bound book - I think it is what you would refer to as a comp book? If my thinking is correct, then the kind of notebooks you refer to are actually like binder files, ie. you hole punch individual papers and put them into a ring file.

 

I'm quite curious to see and know how you have set up your 5 subject notebook - do you mind sharing some pictures?

[RS Math: does anyone do it like this?]

thank you ALL for the comments, they have been helpful and reassuring. :001_smile:

[RS Math: does anyone do it like this?]

Hi, I'm a newbie here, about to start homeschooling my DS (grade 2 equivalent) here in Singapore.

 

My question is about Rightstart Math. I haven't used it before, but am seriously considering it. I remember reading a recent comment about RS Math jumping around too much, ie. like the addition and subtraction topics being separate and a different topic is sometimes thrown in for one lesson and then re-visited only much later.

 

Has anyone tried rearranging the lessons such that related topics are grouped together, without interruptions? I guess I'm wondering if using the program this way will have a detrimental effect overall?

 

Thanks in advance for your comments!