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I began with teaching dolch sight words and then went to phonics with dd. I tried phonics initially and she didn't understand how to blend. She quickly memorized up to 'K' with Dolch sight words and then we went back to blending and she got it!:001_smile:
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Got the book it's Can You Find Me? I like the idea of playing detective and helping deduce ... hmmm... I've been considering lollipop logic too:tongue_smilie:
We only started yesterday and she just blindly guessed. When I asked why she chose such in such answer she had no reason:lol: I guess I'll keep trying it with her ... how long did it take your dd to get it?
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I bought dd a critical thinking co. logic book (k-2) .... can't remember it's name right now and too lazy to go get it:lol:. I started it with dd and was surprised to see she can't do it. They seemed super easy to me but I'm not just turning 5:lol: I spoke with dh about it and he said it was normal and little one's don't develop logic skills until they are older. Is this true? Why would the book be for k-2 then? Advanced children?
She'll be 5 soon and just want to know if this is normal? Should I drop logic or find an easier book for her?
TIA
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We just finished the wind in the willows ... both kids loved it. The book we got is rather large with amazing illustrations. Kids got a hoot out of toady dressing like a girl .... sooo silly:tongue_smilie: Now we are on to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.:001_smile:
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We like Leap Frog's Math Adventure to the Moon. It got my girls doing 2, 5, and 10's.
:iagree:My LO's love these songs!
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I don't think there's an innate flaw with the book. I just hated it. I can't draw, period. I don't have an artistic bone in my body. I thought the instructions were hard for me to follow and I just didn't get it. I didn't get the book. Maybe because an artist wrote it and I don't think like an artist. I am a linear, from-here-to-there-give-me-specific-instructions-how-to-do-it type of person and I just felt the book was too vague. Bottom line is, I just didn't get how to teach art the way she explained it.
:iagree:I'm going to give it a second shot though....maybe I'll be able to wrap my head around it...:lol::tongue_smilie:
I got my hubby to take some nice shots of hummingbirds we have visiting us and we'll be using them as inspiration:D
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We do a page a day ... dd will be turning five next month and we are about halfway through. I thought the whole Dewey guy was a bit silly at first but dd actually fell in love with him. After every lesson I write either something encouraging or silly beside the Dewey and pretend he said it...she loves it. We also used the Dewey cut-out. I know, really cheesy, but hey it went from something she'd tolerate doing, to something her and ds bring to me to do it with them;):D
With ds (he's 3) we just do as much as he decides (usually only a third of the page)...
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great... thanks for the input. :D I just checked out dream box and signed up for their free trial. We'll see how dd likes it tomorrow.
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dd and ds love learning on the computer ... dd has finished reading eggs (ds is still working on it), both like Starfall and we have a bunch of computer games we've gone through (reader rabbit, jumpstart etc...).
I was wondering what IXL is like? They don't appear to have a trial. Is it fun and engaging or just full of drills? Animated? I'm looking for extra math practice for her to do on the computer while I teach ds.
TIA
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I haven't been able to find anything yet ... hope someone chimes in with something awesome:bigear:
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I like this one ... http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/english
With that, consider purchasing the American Heritage (links to Word and comes with the dictionary book) or Webster's. Get a thesaurus. We find that words are best defined with their synonyms when the children are young. The large, wordy, and comprehensive definitions for a term are not always clear. A synonym puts the word in a category that the child can cognitively file. :001_smile:
You will, anyway, like Yahoo Kids for all of the references.
M2CW
Edit: I am assuming that they can read. ;)
The thesaurus idea is perfect! Thanks for suggesting it.:001_smile:
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I figured if it doesn't have the words we need to look up, than at least we can go through it and enjoy the illustrations which appear nice. Ds just turned 3 so it'll be handy for him, if not now, in the future.
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I skipped K and went straight to 1. I had bought Singapore Earlybird and was really disappointed when it arrived and was too simple...
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Confession ... and of course this lead to buying more books ...:lol:
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Thanks Tina ... I found it for $7.00 not a shabby price for the amount of pages!:001_smile:
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I think I'm going to try some of the Mark Kistler free online lessons with her and see if she likes it. I've previewed a few and I think she might get a hoot out of it!:)
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I just picked up the McGraw-Hill Children's Dictionary from the kids bargain section at Barnes and Noble. I was eyeing this last year but it was $25, I was able to get it last week for just under $6!
It looks like this:
$6.00!!! I'm off to see if they still have some:thumbup1:
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I am a former art teacher. The first thing you need to do is look up Lowenfeld's stages of development. It sounds like your DD is right on track! ;)
I posted this in another thread...here are some good links for sites.
http://www.universalleonardo.org/
This is a little more structured and probably a little to old for your DD.
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm
Learn the elements and principles of art.
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/
This site is LOADED with tons of lesson plans and projects.
I used this site to get ideas for lessons. (Again I am a former art teacher, so I would see something on here, then pull info about the artist, ect...and then do it in class)
http://www.picassohead.com/create.html
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
These are just some random links that are good to play on.
I also have a subscription to Mark Kistlers draw squad. (I am a child of the 80's and grew up watching him on Secret City!) My girls LOVE his drawing videos. We throw it up on the projector in our school room and they practice drawing while watching him.
Hope that helps!
Wow thanks for all the links ... quick question... do you think Mark Kistlers is easy for a 5 year old to do? I've heard a lot of good things about him but was initially turned off because I thought it was too cartoonish.
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That one looks good...nice illustrations:)
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DD and DS both are constantly asking me what words mean ... and I stink at defining a lot them:lol: Ahhh mama's learning too:D I was wondering if there is a dictionary that's made for little one's? (dd is only five)...
TIA
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I started that silly blog mostly for you all - but I find that I like that silly thing!
I will get photos up soon of the girls and their monstrous messy projects. :glare: I wonder what I am thinking some days!
Ohhh I would love to see some of their cute projects... BTW love the warm-up excercises you did ... save me from doing them up:D:lol:
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Ohhh I almost forgot to thank you .... I'm going to look through and see if it will help motivate me to give the book a shot:tongue_smilie::D
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Well, you know ... because I love you all so muuuucccchhh - I put it and my history on my blog already, LOL :lol:
I will have Q2 for history up soon, but all of art, including the how-to for our great artist study (with our list of artists) is up there as well.
No need to want. Done did it already (4yo speak, LOL)
Eventually the wheels started to turn and I was thinking hmmm she's probably blogged about it... not enough coffee today:D
Encouragement for all of you!!!
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Love your post .... so true!!!