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Intelligence does not equal maturity. My kid can have an intelligent discussion about politics one minute and have a tantrum because she wanted the pink glass instead of the green one the next.
Maturity doesn't equal intelligence either :D.
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That is terrible! Praying.
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This thread is really interesting, but my kids are too young to have a definite opinion. At this point, we're definitely focusing on skill-building rather than fact drilling though. We explore different countries and their basic history and geography for instance, but I don't expect my first grader to be able to respond accurately when I ask her what the capital of Ghana is when we studied that country two months ago.
I have one personal experience that I find fascinating, though, and for me it proves that the brain can retain things learned at a very early age. My family left the country I was born in when I was a year old, and I had no exposure to the relevant language after that. When I went back there as a teen, I picked the language up easily enough to be near-fluent after only about a month.
Other languages I learned required much, much more work, and I am convinced that the early exposure is to thank for this.
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Do you know exactly which books they ordered?
I do wonder if this means none of us are safe, buying things off the internet. Did the thief access your account details through hacking?
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Thanks folks! Now I'm off to find other stuff to order on Amazon to level the shipping costs out :).
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Also, I notied some of them have lines to separate each unit. That would encourage counting.
ETA, these look good, and amazon.co.uk will actually ship to us. Is this set what we want?
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It would not be the same experience.
Emphatic yes.
If a child is finding the sum of 3+5 they would lay the two rods (Light Green and Yellow) end to end. What rod is the same length (8 cm)? A Brown Rod (normal value of 8). This happens quickly.
The values are understood as parts (3 and 5) and a whole (of 8). No counting.
Get the C Rods. They will prove their worth.
Bill
I'm convinced enough to want to give them a try, but as always... shipping trouble ahead. I looked on Amazon, but they won't ship to my country. Off to hunt elsewhere.
How many of them do you really need? Is an introductory kit sufficient?
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I'm not Spycar, but you could print some 1cm graph on cardstock, color it with marker, laminate and cut. It would do well in a pinch, even if you do lose the 3D aspect.
That is a good idea, and very easy to make!
Do you think c-rods really help with visualizing math problems without counting every time? Can someone explain how they help? For instance, if I ask DD to divide 8 up into as many different math problems as possible, she'll have no problem. If I ask her how much 5 and 3 make, she will count them out - preferably with manipulatives. If those are not available, she will use her hands or draw dots on paper.
I'd like to encourage her to "see" how many manipulatives are present without counting too. DD is good at memorizing, but I don't want her to simply memorize math facts, and instead hope she'll really understand number bonds. That should come with practice, I guess. The trick is keeping it relatively fun.
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That's wonderful!
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Spy car, can I have your thoughts too? We're doing Singapore 1a too and are working on number bonds (started the book this month). DD is having great trouble doing math without counting every time.
Will knowing amounts without counting manipulatives come naturally? What can we do to encourage this process? We don't have c-rods, and since they are not available where we live I'd rather not order them either... but I could probably make something similar myself. We use beans, an abacus that allows all the parts to be taken off, and lego blocks (stuck together or separately, this is also mentioned in the Singapore HIG).
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I, too, just bought the WTM and am waiting for it to arrive. The portions available on Amazon were already very thought-provoking. The fact that this is the most sane homeschooling community I have come across, full of parents who take their children's education seriously and who are obviously thinkers, convinced me to buy the book. If you all like it, it must be good.
My own education was full of gaps, and I am totally ready to reeducate myself, too. I'm curious what you think too - perhaps us new readers can exchange our views about it as we read it?
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:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Wishing you strength and peace!
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Do you have foxes? Those are the prime chicken predators where we live.
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I keep missing parts of this thread because I am texting with my oldest, who is attending grad school in another state. ;)
You're kidding, but why can't I say "Clean kitchen, thaw freezer" to my cell and have it be done? I think that would be fab.
"Vacuum living room." I just said that to my iPhone...and nothing. I hate that.
Oops, I said hate.
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For vacuuming, have you heard of those robotic vacuums? I think they're called Roomba.
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My five year old has a cellphone. I bought it after a scary incident where a city bus drove off before we all managed to get out of there. It left my DD alone, standing on the side of the road. The bus only got a couple of meters before the "angry mob" managed to convince the driver to stop and open the doors, but it was very unpleasant.
DD handled the situation very well. She stood at the bus stop calmly, and only started being panicky once we were safely reunited. It was a country bus stop and there were no other people around anywhere near.
At that point, I decided that having a cellphone and being able to call for help (mom, mom's friends, or the police) should be one of the safety measures available to DD, just in case. Also, when she goes out to the park with my friend and her daughter, she can call me anytime without having to ask for permission or relying on my friend to have credit on her phone.
And, she can take pictures of interesting things she sees along the way :D.
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It's a great shame that our culture has become what it has!! Everyone is under suspicion. Everyone except parents are expected to raise children.
Parents are treated as though we know nothing. And Dr's feel they have to be diligent and look for trouble or they will get in trouble themselves.
Someone working with children all the time should have been able to grasp what was going on. At least the staff person/nurse should have been able to figure it out. Honestly, I wouldn't go back to that Dr.
I'm pretty fed up with Dr's myself these days. (Can you tell?)
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And personally, I would have be fine with my kids refusing an exam of private parts (the urine sample is another matter). Imagine being told you must have your private parts examined and you don't want that. Unless there are specific medical concerns in that area, I don't see any reason for that happening at a well child check-up. I would feel cheated, too, if I were that kid.
Many doctors (especially pediatricians) have this "lovely", condescending manner of dealing with parents. That is not acceptable at all.
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I like Korean period dramas. You could check out Dae Jang Geum and Queen Seon Deok.
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You may check out the Problogger Job Board (search on google), which advertises jobs for bloggers. I have been blogging professionally for two years now, writing a post a day for a local company's blog (to help them attract more traffic and better search engine results on Google). It makes right about the amount of money you mention, and it takes up about 20 minutes of my time or less each day (including weekends, unfortunately).
Once I had been blogging for this company's blog for a while, I figured I could do it myself too, and make money through Google AdSense. So I bought a domain name, and started blogging - armed with some of the SEO strategies I learned about through the other blog. The start up costs were about $100, but you could make money through advertising on a blogspot blog too.
My experience with paid blogging has been mixed. Blogging for someone else and getting paid per post is nice, and doesn't have to take up a lot of time. But blogging about the same subject again and again gets pretty boring after a while.
Having my own blog has been fun, because I chose my own topic. I have done things like guest blogging and link exchanges to boost Google PageRank, and succeeded. I still get a fraction of the visitors the company blog has, and while I have made money from AdSense, it is not a lot (let's say, enough to cover the costs of the domain and hosting plus some extra to cover my book-buying habit :D).
Still, if you're interested in how to make money from blogging, I'd be happy to share what I know about it.
Do you speak any languages (fluently), or do you have a degree in something marketable? You could, in that case, look into translating or tutoring as well.
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He could actually die, and the series could come to an end. Right?
Or, the Doctor could be revived after River kills him, because of the thing she did in Let's Kill Hitler, where she used up all her regenerations to bring him back to life?
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I've known a lot of people who've gotten into juicing. The key is this - they get out of it, too. Juicing seems to be a phase. It' lasts longer with some, but rarely have I met anyone who has juiced for more than 4 years.
Eat fruits and vegetables. You'll be better off.
How about people who buy juices from stores? Drinking juice is popular, and juicing yourself at home is quite obviously healthier than buying juice from a store. It can also be cheaper, depending on how you obtain your fresh veg/fruit.
I've been juicing for about two years now. I don't see it as some magic health cure, just as a way to get nice juice :001_smile:. There are two problems though, and they are 1. Having to carry all that produce home and 2. Having to wash up the juicer afterward! We don't have homemade juice all the time, because it requires quite a lot of work.
But I love being able to get tasty juices. You can't buy apple/orange/carrot juice with a touch of ginger and some lemon in the store, can you ?
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Truly. I'm talking tweens and older.
Not the typical little elementary stuff.
If so, what was their reason? Was it valid?
How long were they gone? Where did they go? Did you take them in for couseling afterwards.......:tongue_smilie:
Any updates? Is she back yet?
Do you know what may have caused this to happen? Is it a serious reason, or a "kids do silly things" reason?
About the neighbor, I would go in and talk to her at this point. I don't think a friendship with an older female neighbor is necessarily a sign that your DD is lonely though. At that age, I got on with many adults better than with many children my age - that's what being gifted does to you. I loved my older female neighbor. We had discussions about politics and she taught me gardening :D.
Having said that, I wouldn't be very happy if an older neighbor validated my kids' (still young, but later on) complaints about my parenting - that kind of thing is really better shared with same-age peers, I think.
Praying for you.
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On the contrary, I do not understand why people choose to live in a foreign country without giving their kids the opportunity to become proficient in the local language by attending a school (provided that the schools are not terrible).
Becoming fluent in a language can be done in ways other than attending a school :).
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Sounds like you had a busy week! That can be totally draining.
About the hair –*I currently have waist-length hair and am still growing it. How often do you wash yours? I used to wash my hair often when it was shorter, but have now gone to washing and blow drying once a week. It is not dirty.
Shorter hair may take less time to dry, but may require much more elaborate styling.