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What's everyone reading at the moment?
Rush replied to chocolate-chip chooky's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
Yes, I took it away immediately. Luckily he managed to read 2 pages only. Something is bothering me though as I didn't expect my kid to find such a book in the kids section and I was definitely very surprised that no one even mention swearing in this book, especially when the book get so many children's awards and included in a must-read list for every teenager. -
What's everyone reading at the moment?
Rush replied to chocolate-chip chooky's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
some info I have found online... The Curious Incident was considered his first written for adults; yet he also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime award judged by a panel of children's writers. after that it happily moved to the section 12y+. -
What's everyone reading at the moment?
Rush replied to chocolate-chip chooky's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
My DS 8 has started reading "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" and said it was ok. He had managed to read about 2 pages only when I opened it on the page number 4 and read this: She was wearing pyjamas and a housecoat. Her toenails were painted bright pink and she had no shoes on. She was shouting, "What in f@@@'s name have you done to my dog? I do not like people shouting at me. It makes me scared that they are going to hit me or touch me and I do not know what is going to happen. "Let go of the dog," she shouted. "let go of the f-word dog for Christ's sake." Is this a normal language for teenagers now? The book was on the shelf 12y+. i checked quickly reviews while being still at the library and there were so many positive ones, but no one ever mention about such a strong language. Would you let your kid to read such a book? -
Indoor toys for very active toddler boys..
Rush replied to GAPeachie's topic in General Education Discussion Board
That's what we had + Big Bobby car and Bobby quad, balance bike, a fitness mat for stretchings, walking cups,games like ring toss, mini bowling game, mini golf, lots of balloons and the biggest hit was and still is a fitness ball. We have two of them. My boys like to roll from the middle of the room to the sofa on their bellies ). Lots of cd's with fun music to dance -
If you could only do ONE thing for afterschooling ..
Rush replied to SKL's topic in Parents' Forum Afterschooling Board
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Accelerating Language Arts for a holistic learner
Rush replied to lewelma's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
Wonderful! This is exactly what my eldest needs now :hurray: Thanks for sharing! -
What's everyone reading at the moment?
Rush replied to chocolate-chip chooky's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
DS8 just finished 6 books of David Walliams today(read them in 2 weeks) and has switched to Michael Morpurgo with The White Horse of Zennor to start with. together - A Christmas Carol DS6 is reading a pile of thin books like: building side, vet, about dentist, surviving guide, etc. together - Andersen's' Fairy Tales me - winning ugly by brad gilbert -
Does the word Nerd have bad connotations in your region?
Rush replied to Arcadia's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
same here though bullies might offend anyone with any name. I remember I was skinny kid and someone, who was twice as me, call me fat. I was very upset until my parents explained to me that I should just ignore some mean people. -
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My eldest, 8y in 2 weeks, has started Python a few weeks ago here https://www.techrocket.com/code/python-courses For summer we got a book Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming Prior this he spent a half year on Raspberry Pi and Scratch using a book Adventures in Raspberry Pi. Both books are quite easy, Minecraft is not popular with my kid for some reason and they don't want to do anything with it at all
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Wow! This toy is great! I will definitely buy it for my youngest ds 6th b'day together with a lego set he is dreaming about. it will compliment it perfectly. Thank you very much! :)
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Do you share test results with young kids?
Rush replied to Jackie's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
Agreed. Although I think each case is individual and parents usually can figure out if this knowledge will bring a negative impact on their child or not. DS attends a church school, there are no gifted schools in our area and homeschooling is prohibited, and this knowledge is motivating him not to slow down, but work accordingly his level. So I guess, there will always be an exception. -
Thanks. I will look at it now too :)
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Thank you for your post! I had shown ds it again, we went through all the possible projects can be done and in the end he has decided to get Mindstorm :thumbup: My dh and me are excited to get our hands on it too :D
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Thanks, but ds says it's too babyish :(
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Ds is learning programming languages for the last 6 months and wants a cool toy to practise his new skills. He has RPI. We were planning to get him GoPiGo and then Mindstorm, but he is still not fully ready for it and asking for something that provides more fun like Meccanoid or BB8. We do not really wish to buy Meccanoid as a new version will be out in a few months time and bb8 is not really programmable. He likes this one too https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1675705129/rokduino-buildable-robotics-and-coding-for-childre ,but it's not out yet. Any suggestions what else we could get him instead?
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We have a few changes with the sport activities this summer as my youngest had broken his leg. His full leg cast has just been removed, but we still have to do lots of physiotherapy and he definitely won't be able to do anything except swimming :( My eldest ds will only keep his tennis, gymnastics and swimming lessons and take a hip hop class during the summer. My youngest ds will take lego and science classes as a substitute.
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Tell me how aftershooling looks like for you
Rush replied to JulieA97's topic in Parents' Forum Afterschooling Board
During the kinder we did, mostly everything, on the lap or in bed. Since very early years my kids have also had access to lots of educational videos and apps plus a huge amount of books was offered for independent reading. Both of them were very fluent readers at very early age and were motivated to read at least one book a day. We didn't do any writing at all. I intentionally left it for school so they were not bored there completely. But our most priority was always on the extra curriculum, mostly sport and music lessons. Currently my oldest ds(grade 3) is doing something everyday at school, usually it's maths and his daily readings, and we cover one subject per day at home in the evening, mostly on the lap again. With the youngest, grade 1, we do only a subject per day + independent reading. Reading aloud daily, of course. Plus I let them to watch about 30 minutes of educational videos, usually during the supper. We love all scientific documentaries, science experiments, etc. and it's only time when we can watch tv. Over the weekend we manage to cover two to three subjects only as our kids have 2-3 sport activities daily and plenty of outdoor family time. The rest we are doing over the holidays, we have plenty of them too, but massive part we do during the summer months. From the next year eldest ds will start taking a few online classes like maths and poetry and will take public speaking and debating class and chess. He is also learning programming languages with independent online programmes and he will continue it next year as well. -
Do you share test results with young kids?
Rush replied to Jackie's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
I do share with my kids everything since kinder. Now oldest ds is finishing grade 3, exams will start next week, and руÑÑ‹ trying to achieve 100% score, so I do not see why I should make a secret out of it. Same with his IQ. But I have a very mature boy. He never goes bragging or something. In the other hand it gives him more confidentiality in everything he does. I think this will be a case with my youngest ds. He always envies his brother, always wants to be better :001_huh: -
Games that drill multiplication facts
Rush replied to vonfirmath's topic in Parents' Forum Afterschooling Board
wooden puzzle http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Child-Montessori-Multiplication-Tables/dp/B00HEG368G -
Games that drill multiplication facts
Rush replied to vonfirmath's topic in Parents' Forum Afterschooling Board
DIY Multiplication Battleship Game -
Loot at MEP. Although it is the curriculum programme, but It has a great amount of the word problems and logical questions and not really boring one. DS enjoy doing it. For the fun math-y staff I can suggest Murderous Maths. My son keeps giggling through all the serie and says they are hilarious. Also I would suggest you go through the books of Ian Stewart. He is a Professor of Maths and an author of great math-y science fiction books. I am planning to invest in a few of them this summer too. Plus we have bought this wonderful activity book: "This is not a Maths Book: A Smart Art Activity Book" by Anna Weltman. It worth every cent.