[Keys to series, I'm not familiar with this program, is there a book that would review]

For those to come, it might be helpful to purchase the Key to Tracker from Key to as well. It is $6 a year and has the pretest, spot checks, review quiz and test for each book online. You set how many tries a child has at each spot check and what grade you consider acceptable. This enabled my DD to test out of most of the series and allowed my make sure she really understood before moving forward on those she did complete. :)

Thank you!

[KISS grammar questions....]

I wish I could figure out how to just download the pdfs for KISS onto their laptops and then find some sort of device or program that would allow them to do what Spy Car is using on an ipad. That would be helpful in getting started with using KISS. I don't want to have to print everything! ;-)

I am just starting to play with this, so your miles may vary. I am using PDFill PDF Editor to see if people who want to use a laptop can do just that. This was suggested to me a few months ago when Scholastic has their sale and I was looking for a program where I could color in pdf files. This same program allows you to add text to PDF documents.

[Keys to series, I'm not familiar with this program, is there a book that would review]

Start w/ Key To Fractions. Inexpensive, open & go, answers in the back.

The answers are not in the back of the book.

 

If you want samples I find cbd.com has a lot of samples of each book in the series you can look into.

[Curriculum via PDF download]

Rainbow Resources e-Book section:

http://www.ebookdestination.com/estore/search/

[Do you use a math journal?]

Thank you for the links! We do a lot of math lab activities and this gives me more ideas to add to our folder.

[I'm going to need to buy a microscope]

Sorry to hijack, but I am finding this thread very informative.

 

So if I wanted to take advantage of the HSBC sale, which would be the better choice?

 

They are currently in grades 5 and K.

[Core Knowledge for 6th grade]

But couldn't you just apply some Classical Methodologies to the CK sequence? That way if you are someone who likes to keep up with what their local school is doing (for one reason or another) you can use something like CK along with WTM?

 

It might be a lot more work but I don't think it would be that horrible. But I fully admit maybe I am missing something.

[Oxford Univ World In Ancient Times Set: SHOCKED!]

I did the same thing you did and my set arrived today.

[anyone else have a pathological obsession with planning?]

Hooray! More pathological planners! I love planning things. Sometimes we might not even use some of the things I have planned. I have found the knowledge I have gained has helped other families when they are looking for materials.

[Need fun preschool ideas]

Where do you buy them? I keep hearing people talk about them but haven't seen them.

You can find Kumon books a lot of places. Amazon.com (which has the books as part of buy 3 get one free), Barnes and Noble, Walmart, and Target.

[For those that DID NOT like FIAR]

I didn't like how things jumped around. So what I ended up doing was picking a few books from each volume and applying it to the Core Knowledge sequence for K. For us, it is working very well. We get exposure to some really good books but I also get a gentle lead into CK (which I follow with WTM recommendations).

 

What I didn't like about the program was the LA since we are a LA heavy home. I also found it very hard to find some of the books, especially since I am trying hard to use the library for our books this year.

[Lightning Lit & Jump In too much?]

Thank you so much for linking me to that thread. I admit it was originally one of Lori D's postings that lead me to use Jump In, so seeing that it can be doable with LL makes me feel a little better. Although, looking at our schedule we should be finished the the writing Instruction portion (not the free writing) in the year so maybe next year I won't have a problem. :tongue_smilie:

[Lightning Lit & Jump In too much?]

This would be for next year's schedule for my ds. Right now he is doing certain section of Jump In, then next year he will do the remaining sections he didn't do. I was hoping to start him with Lightning Lit 7 next year. Would the combination of the both be too much? I didn't realize there was a composition section in Lightning Lit. Is the comp section minimal? Or should I move on to a different kind of Literature curriculum?

 

My goal with using Lightning Lit 7 was to introduce a more formal literature study.

[Old Singapore Math?]

Those are what I have used. I have 3rd edition text books and use us edition workbooks. I have never had a problem. Not a single problem.

Thank you! I found a few 3rd edition textbooks in a box and was wondering if was even possible to use them.

[Want To Buy Board?]

I do all the time. The last few transactions I've had as a buyer and seller were all from the Want to Buy forum. Seemed easier.

[Is there a comprehensive math list out there?]

I am in the pre-pre stages of looking at math for my ds. He has been using Singapore since Earlybird A and is working through the 5A & B books, plus Challenging Word problem books. We are also using the Keys to series so he do something a little different.

 

Is there a thread that has a list of all the math programs out there so I can start OCD researching options for when we are done Singapore primary? Yes, I know I can stick with the singapore books (since it ain't broke, why fix it) but I would like to know what options are out there.

[Currclick Trunk or Treat Harvest Event]

I think that was the first time I found everything without someone helping me. Woohoo!

[Challenging Word Problems 5 problem]

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105707

[FUMING over how we were treated at our children's birthday party today!]

If there is a place where you can leave a detailed review of your experience, I would definitely do that.

 

What a way to end a celebration.

[Do you do both Science and History everyday?]

Nope. History M&W, Science T&Th

[iPod for 5th birthday?]

The last time Apple had refurbished iPod I picked up a nano for $30. For my ds's fifth birthday I gave it to him. So far, so good. I filled it with stories and all his favorite songs and he listens to it when he is playing with his toys or on long car rides.

[I extracted DNA from a banana today with my ds.]

Aha aha aha!!!

 

I found the video. It was bugging me! Apparently the link I had bookmarked is not the same one I used the instructions from. :confused:

 

At any rate, the link above is the right site with the video (I promise it's not google maps again :tongue_smilie:) - I find it much easier to follow a video for something like this than the printed instructions! i love how cheerily she mashes the strawberries (no blender needed!)

Thank you!

[Visible Thinking in Mathematics- Another SM option?]

nm, found my answer on the singapore math site.

[Need book ideas for Dolphins unit study]

The aquarium (I'm in your area) has public tours but they are costly.

 

As for books there is a novel by Lauren St John named Dolphin Song

 

I don't think they have any dophin activities but maybe http://www.vims.edu/public/index.php will be of future help to you.

[Singapore CWP 4: "ARG!!!!!!!!!"]

:lol: We just went through this last weekend with CWP and I thought the IP (which we have used since Gr 1) were more doable. Different strokes.

 

Nothing like flipping through the back for confirmation of your mathematical awesomeness to be left :001_huh: and your child sitting right there. :lol: