[Getting Started; need support and lots of loving, bossy advice :)]

For supplemental math, I like Math Mammoth because you can buy the units/areas you're interested in. It's also super affordable. Singapore is great, but I think it's harder to transition into Singapore at the 5th grade level vs. 1st.

 

For a 1st grader, I'd probably go for either RightStart Level B or Singapore. I just love RightStart--and all of the manipulatives. It really makes math fun.

 

We also do additional copywork--which is sort of tied in to a character education program. IMHO, the public schools these days spend very little time on handwriting and it needs supplementation. DS1 wanted to learn cursive when he was in first, so I just picked up the Handwriting Without Tears cursive book for him. Worked great.

[Started Math Mammoth this week!]

We just tried Math Mammoth to use as a supplement for Right Start and both kids love it. So happy to have found it!

[DH Won't Speak to Kids in Native Tongue]

I'm hoping there are others who've been there who can offer some tips.

 

DH is Egyptian--and speaks Arabic and English fluently. We have four kids, and he has not spoken to any of them in Arabic--yet is somehow upset that they don't have a native accent nor know Arabic. :001_rolleyes:

 

We just had a new baby (well he's six months old) and I'm trying to get him to at least speak to this little guy just in Arabic. Our other kids are 3, 5, and 7--so I still think that a lot of good could happen from him speaking to them in Arabic as well.

 

He says that he feels weird speaking to the kids in Arabic, because they don't understand him (and I won't understand at all). I say, "I don't mind--and I'd rather they actually learn Arabic."

 

We have the Little Pim Arabic DVDs, Arabian Sinbad, etc.--but none of those will do what a native speaking father can do.

 

Help! (Please :) )