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    AOPS Online vs. AOPS Academy?

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    8 minutes ago, calbear said:

    The Academy class has live video classroom. For my son, text-based would never work. This is also why self-paced classes won't work for him either. 

    Whether or not it is better really depends on your student and how they learn. 

    Alternatively, AOPS math classes are also offered by WTMA and Royal Fireworks Press.

     

    same here

     

    Summer Plans?

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    Posted · Edited by Rush

    On 6/13/2021 at 5:03 AM, arliemaria said:

    This is our summer of the pool, bike riding and as many library books as possible. I need a break more than the kids!

    Same here.

    This year was so stressful, so we have decided mostly spend it on the beach, especially with my youngest. He is my fish 🙂 

     

    13yo - tennis camp (twice a week) + more tennis for the rest three days. Beach is on weekends only. Piano with a tutor. Chess independently. Young Leadership Program  & Radio Broadcasting (our local programmes).

    11yo - Swimming team from Mon to Fri. Beach is everyday 🙂 Lots of lego and electronic projects, 3d printing. 5-10minutes a day creative writing (homework for summer). cooking 

    Both - a personal physical coach, German with a tutor, min 50 books each 🙂 

     

     

     

     

     

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    2021-2022 Planning for your AL

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    Posted · Edited by Rush

    On 1/29/2021 at 8:21 AM, Rush said:

    Hi all

    Same here. In fact, we haven't begun many things, which were planned for this current scholastic year due to many factors, including my health issues ( I have developed a strong allergy to something still unknown and most probable we will have to relocate soon 😞 ).

    So this year my eldest didn't do any Chemistry and Geometry and it will be moving to the next year. Instead, DS is taking numerous classes of public speaking, English literature and Finance & Entrepreneur classes, and he loves it.  My little one has developed a passion for writing and he has started taking different creative writing and literature classes.

    Next year we have to go back on track, but I am sure it will not be so intensive as before as school and all activities require move time and efforts now 🙂

     

    Plans for next year so far:

    DS13 - core subjects at school including French, Physics, Accounts and Comp Studies. AOPS Geometry (Royal Fireworks Press) and Intermediate Algebra (tutor), Honour Chemistry (Connie), extra English Literature (Dreaming Spires), Debates (Various, I guess), Biology (we'll do something ourself), German (tutor), Russian (various) and DS is asking for a history/political club, we ll see if he has enough time for it.

    Extra curriculum: tennis, chess, music school (piano. the last year!)  + private physical coach

     

    DS11 - school + extra aops prealgebra 2 (to finish) and intro to algebra (private teacher), creative writing courses (various), literature/book club (?), debating class (various), German (tutor), Russian (various), French (school + Alliance Française), electronics with daddy, Introductory Programming (Python- CompuScholar), and lots of lego and board games 🙂

    Extra curriculum: swimming, art school, music school (piano) - most probable he will drop it as it is quiet hard for him, and cooking (home. He wants to attend professional culinary school, but I doubt he will have time ) + private physical coach

     

     We have moved forward and some changes have already taken place too 🙂

    So these are the plans for next year, although I cannot say they are final yet hehe

    DS13 - school (he has enrolled for all core subjects including all science: Physics, Chemistry & Biology), French, Accounting and Renaissance Literature too. Intermediate Algebra with tutor & Geometry class with Dreaming Spires. Comp Science will be postponed to 2022-23. German (tutor), Russian (various), History (library), Debates (hopefully school's extra curriculum will take place from next scholastic yet. If not we ll take a few short courses), Piano (last year. Yey). Sport: tennis, swimming and physical coach, chess (we had to stop all lessons. reading books himself). Also Crypto and Forex with mummy)

     

     

    DS11 - school + extra aops prealgebra 2 (to finish) and intro to algebra (private teacher), creative writing (Dreaming Spires), German (tutor), Russian (various), French (school + tutor). Electronics, 3d Printing/laser printing , and etc. with daddy, Introductory Programming (Python- CompuScholar), and lots of lego and board games. Art school, Piano(?? - he wants to drop it). Sport: Swimming + private physical coach

     

     

     

    2021-2022 Planning for your AL

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    Posted · Edited by Rush

    Hi all

    On 1/22/2021 at 12:53 AM, Jackie said:

    Lol, we don’t even have the current semester planned, let alone next year.

    Same here. In fact, we haven't begun many things, which were planned for this current scholastic year due to many factors, including my health issues ( I have developed a strong allergy to something still unknown and most probable we will have to relocate soon 😞 ).

    So this year my eldest didn't do any Chemistry and Geometry and it will be moving to the next year. Instead, DS is taking numerous classes of public speaking, English literature and Finance & Entrepreneur classes, and he loves it.  My little one has developed a passion for writing and he has started taking different creative writing and literature classes.

    Next year we have to go back on track, but I am sure it will not be so intensive as before as school and all activities require move time and efforts now 🙂

     

    Plans for next year so far:

    DS13 - core subjects at school including French, Physics, Accounts and Comp Studies. AOPS Geometry (Royal Fireworks Press) and Intermediate Algebra (tutor), Honour Chemistry (Connie), extra English Literature (Dreaming Spires), Debates (Various, I guess), Biology (we'll do something ourself), German (tutor), Russian (various) and DS is asking for a history/political club, we ll see if he has enough time for it.

    Extra curriculum: tennis, chess, music school (piano. the last year!)  + private physical coach

     

    DS11 - school + extra aops prealgebra 2 (to finish) and intro to algebra (private teacher), creative writing courses (various), literature/book club (?), debating class (various), German (tutor), Russian (various), French (school + Alliance Française), electronics with daddy, Introductory Programming (Python- CompuScholar), and lots of lego and board games 🙂

    Extra curriculum: swimming, art school, music school (piano) - most probable he will drop it as it is quiet hard for him, and cooking (home. He wants to attend professional culinary school, but I doubt he will have time ) + private physical coach

     

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    3D printing and pc technician online courses for 10yo

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    3 hours ago, Arcadia said:

    Kid friendly article https://www.pcbuildadvisor.com/how-to-build-a-computer-step-by-step-infographic/

    Blog article of a family whose kids has built one. It list the components they picked https://teachkidsengineering.com/building-gaming-pc-beginners/

    My local libraries aren’t open yet so can’t help you on book titles. My kids started with Raspberry PI though because it’s so modular (our initial outlay was $35 for the Raspberry PI) and kid friendly. My kids didn’t get this kit ($300) but they played with the kit at Makerfaire https://kano.me/us/store/products/kano-pc

    Thank you!

    We had/have RPI. My husband has also ordered him an electronics set together with Arduino and was going to order all required parts to assemble the computer. 

    It looks like he will be super busy these holidays😃

    3D printing and pc technician online courses for 10yo

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    1 hour ago, Arcadia said:

    What did he hope to learn from the cancelled PC Technician course. Personally, for a typical PC technician course, it’s the hands on troubleshooting labs that are really useful. Everything else can be learned by reading a ComTIA A+ test prep book and browsing hardware forums like Tom’s Hardware.

    Had he built his own PC desktop? If not, that’s where I would spend the refund from the cancelled course on. As in use the money for DIY computer parts.

    Thanks. I love your ideas😃 

    Do you know any particular young-kids-friendly text book? Although I have found ComTIA A+ for dummies and I think it's pretty good.

    Love the idea to buy DIY computer parts too. Do you know where I can get a manual how to build and what to buy? Me and my DH are extremely busy this summer. We still will help him, but if he can do some independent work it will be great.

     

     

    2020-2021 Planning for your AL

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    Posted · Edited by Rush

    I am struggling this year with with my planning😳

    These what I have so far...

    DS12 

    Royal Fireworks Geometry, Competitive maths/AOPS Intermediate Algebra with a personal tutor.

    Physics - he is taking Jetta's class this year and I cannot figure out where to go next. Should be something not intensive. Considering to continue with our maths tutor too.

    Programming - looking at Alphastar's program for now too. We have a very good online academy of sport programming, but I want to reduce the cost a little bit at the moment.

    Chess with a tutor + lots of tournaments

    Music school - Piano, Vocal had to go for now - no time

    French, Russian and German to continue

    + school and tennis everyday too🙈

    He also organised a tennis club with a friend at his school last year and they are currently teaching their pears twice a week.

     

    DS10

    BA5 online, competitive maths with me

    Science - funny projects with daddy

    Robotics - with his brother's or daddy's help 

    Computing - Digital Savvy or/and Web Design at CompuScholar

    SOTW to finish

    Entrepreneur or engineering classes - he is still choosing

    Art school

    Russian & French 

    Swimming and Boxing

     

     

     

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    2020-2021 Planning for your AL

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    Posted · Edited by Rush

    On 1/30/2020 at 7:08 PM, SeaConquest said:

     

    Thank you. I have been waiting for this thread and especially for post of yours😃

    Since I had started working, we have started falling dreadfully behind and as we were taking a very similar education approach to teaching our kids, I am heavily relying on your program at the moment 🙈😅

    I also wanted to tell you thanks for a reply about AOPS physics. Unfortunately it was a bit crazy time for me and I forgot to thank you. My apology 😳

     

    I will try to pull all things together this weekend, but before I have to sort a few things, maths and science. We tried to take online AOPS course last month, but since my kid cannot attend the lessons online due to a different time zone, he found this course not very useful and we decided to cancel it 😞 I need to figure out what shall we do now, as we do not want to change the program. I am not feeling comfortable to teach this level. Beside I have enrolled myself into another troublesome course, ACCA this time, and I am afraid I will have not enough time for myself for a few next years😞

    Does anyone takes AOPS course in Welltrainedmind academy by any chance? How does it work? Is there any other online courses who follows AOPS curriculum? 

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    Big Picture Goals for your AL in 2020

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    I will miss this year. I simply do not know what to write. So many things we have started, so many things now to accomplish and too many thoughts to solve the problems in between😓

    ...but thank you guys for keeping this board alive. From time to time I am reading everything here and get a few ideas where to move and what to use👍

     

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    multipotentiality and other things

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    On 7/22/2019 at 10:21 PM, chocolate-chip chooky said:

    I'm wondering if anyone would like to come and chat with me in the private group Parenting Accelerated Learners II?

    I'm trying to remember who was active in this group 🤔

    @dmmetler   @quark @Arcadia  @Runningmom80 @MamaSprout @purpleowl @SeaConquest @Jackie @Cake and Pi @4KookieKids @square_25 @Black-eyed Suzan

    I am not very come here but always with you guys, so I would like to follow the flock 😉 

     

    Thanks

    AoPS online school

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    20 hours ago, mathnerd said:

    The courses with no textbooks have to be done with aops online or at their academy, obviously. But, for those with textbooks, there are very well written solutions manuals available as well, so, it is possible to learn by self study. In our case, the reason that we would use online classes is because they take a lot lesser time than when it is done by self study.

    Oh. That's exactly our case. The prealgebra book was spread to almost 1.5year long. With the teacher, it is moving much faster😥

    AoPS online school

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    8 hours ago, TheAttachedMama said:

    Personally, I thnk the book is SO well written that you don't really need the online class.   The solutions are really, really nice too.   (I've never seen a math book with such nice solutions written out.)   PLUS there are free online instructional videos for the Algebra book.    PLUS there is a free practice program called Alcumus available.    PLUS, if your child needs help solving one of the problems, there is a free online forum with loads of math geniuses waiting to show off their skills and give assistance.  🙂  

    My 2 cents---save your money and put it towards college....or one of the more difficult upper-level math classes.   

    I agree with you. Ds did pre-algebra AOPS completely on his own. I was only checking his answers.

    Unfortunately now time is changing and he needs more time structured courses/lessons and preferably not with me. He is very talented in maths, but it is far from his favourite subject and he need a good motivator or a mentor, who can make it more fun for him to learn. I am not mathematician and I cannot give that way his tutor can do. Beside the intro to algebra aops book is still being done individually, but the tutor mostly fills the holes and still concentrating on the Olympiad maths. This way instead of 2 different courses we have one program with less fees. Everyone is happy, ds is enjoying and gets a huge motivation to continue :)

    AoPS online school

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    On 4/18/2019 at 7:25 PM, SeaConquest said:

     

    Rush, Sacha is taking Clover Creek Physics next year and he's only had AoPS PA. We just supplemented his Algebra skills with the first part of the CTY/Thinkwell Honors Algebra course (before we dropped it -- waaaaay too many problems) and selected problem sets from Dolciani and Jacobs Algebra. I really don't think you need to have completed AoPS Algebra in order to take the course (mine will also be taking AoPS Algebra at the Academy concurrently, which is 36 weeks, and includes C&P) -- just any Algebra course. I think the point is just to be able to solve physics equations using algebra. You might email Jetta to see what specific algebra skills are required to be successful in the course, but AoPS Algebra skills are overkill IMHO. 

    Great! Then I guess they will be together :)

    According to Jetta DS has to finish Algebra 1 AOPS, so we are trying to cover it. 

    By the way in the end we decided to switch completely to our online private tutor,  the one with who DS was doing competitive maths for a few months during this scholastic year, but they will follow the AOPS program. For us its almost the same cost, but it will be more intensive and he teaches my kid to think, not just to solve. They will finish Algebra 1 by August and on the top Ds is also reading Jacobs Algebra and he has finished Life of Fred till Advance Algebra. I guess it will be more than enough :)

    Thank you for everyone's input and reminding me about pros of live sessions. Much appreciated👍 😉

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