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    Finishing math early, now what do I do?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I have the same 'problem', so I have no advice :D, I just wanted to congratulate you with this:

     

    This is phenomenal since he is mentally handicapped and his previous ps teacher had told us she couldn't get him to count to 10 consistantly (this was in October 2009) yet he is now starting to learn beginning addition and subtraction facts and is understanding what comes before and after certain numbers. :D

     

    Good job, Mom and son!!!!

    Where to buy Voyages in English?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Great! I just went to their website and their shipping is only 18.75$.

    Still :svengo: , but better than 30$.

     

    Thanks, Sagira.

     

     

    (I always forget Rainbow, because their shipping is still high. Maybe I can combine orders.....aka MORE shopping to save money :lol:)

    Between Little Bear and Magic Tree House?

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    Aruba! I should have known.... :blushing:

     

    I can't remember De Gouden Dolk, but Rad van Fortuin...I remember the title, but have no recollection of the story.

     

    Can't wait until my daughter can read these kind of books! She probably could now as far as her technical reading ability, but she is not ready emotionally.

    Between Little Bear and Magic Tree House?

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    Hier gaat het ook prima! Sinds ik van VWO ben geslaagd 13 jaren geleden heb ik Nederlands niet geoefend.

     

    I was so happy to see that Thea Beckman's Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek, or in English Crusade in Jeans, was made into a movie! This was my favorite book growing up! :)

     

    Ondanks 13 jaar niet oefenen, gaat het nog prima!

    Papiamento....uhm, is dat Suriname of Nederlandse Antillen? :blushing:

    I should know this...but...I have not slept really well..yes,that is it :D .

     

    Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek is great! All Thea Beckmans books are great, her history novels, but I also have fond memories of her Thule series (women dominated society after some sort of world disaster).

    Where to buy Voyages in English?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    A local friend showed me the Voyages in English workbooks. I would like to try that to increase my daughters exposure to English (foreign language).

     

    Is there any place where I can buy them, except Loyola Press?

     

    The people from Loyola Press are very friendly, but the workbook costs 17.95$ and the shipping is 31.05$ :banghead:. I would like to buy the 2006 version and Amazon only carries (waaaaay) older versions.

     

    Help? :bigear:

    Between Little Bear and Magic Tree House?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    ...Frog and Toad.

     

    Also, the more difficult Dr. Suess books would be great for this stage. These include "Horton Hears a Who," "The Sneetches," "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins," and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

     

    If you have SOTW1's AG, the recommended IR books fit nicely into this niche as well.

     

    Adding to the list :001_smile:.

     

    Carol, I have the AG for SOTW1, we are not using SOTW ..yet. When you say 'IR books' you mean independent reading books? I would never have thought to use the AG as a reading list. I have paged through it more for the creative projects, because I always assume that I can't use those books because I do not have access to an American library :(, but now I'm buying books I might as well combine it with history. Cool idea. Thanks.

    Between Little Bear and Magic Tree House?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Thank you all!!!

     

    I have added your recommendations to my bookdepository wishlist. I think we will start with Nate the Great, but the other books also sound wonderful.

     

    Sebastian, thanks for the heads up about Amelia Bedelia, that sort of wordplay might be a bit too advanced for now.

     

    Sagira, alles gaat prima hier! Hoe gaat het met jou?

    Ik had geen idee dat je Nederlands sprak/schreef. Groetjes.

    Between Little Bear and Magic Tree House?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I'm looking for some books on a level between Little Bear and Magic Tree House. English is a foreign language to us, so I'm not really familiar with these early books. I'm quiet sure that my dd would love the Magic Tree House books, I have one here already, but at the moment it still looks to intimidating to her, to much words on one page, not enough illustrations. Her vocabulary is still limited.

     

    My dd likes adventurous books, children solving crimes, and she is in love with Narnia (we read that in Dutch).

     

    I need to buy these books, so I would be very grateful for a list of popular/not to be missed titles.

     

    Thanks.

    CLAA users... how's it going?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Child abuse: Mr. Michael is in the "spare the rod and spoil the child" camp. But he also writes that if you are using the rod more than for an occasional infraction, that's your fault entirely and it's not the child who needs the rod but you (figuratively). He also has links on his site to Dr. Ray Guaramendi( I can't spell his name) who has a gentle approach to parentlng. So if Mr. Michael was all about beating the snot out of kids, he wouldn't be encouraging parents to look up Dr. Ray.

     

    Mr Michael clearly stated on his forum that he *daily* uses a *leather belt* for disciplining his children AND that everybody who does not do as he does is risking their children's souls. That conversation turned a lot of people (including me) away! And rightly so!

    Does anyone own "Classics in the classroom"

    in Accelerated Learner Board

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    Thanks for the info. Would you please tell me if the book lists the classics by age and/or grade? Although I have done a lot of English reading as an adult, it is my second language, so I have not read many of the good classics geared towards children.

     

     

    Hi Melenie,

     

    I bought Classics in the Classroom expecting to find a useful booklist, English is a foreign language to me too. I found the book inspiring and his explanation on how to discuss books useful, but the lists at the back of the book are not useful at all :crying:. The books are sorted alphabetically by author and there is no age/grade mentioned.

    Does anyone NOT like BFSU?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Actually, in our experience, that unit (I believe it is one of the first units) was the most fun in the book and the most useful. The next one we did right after that was a dud for us and a few more mediocre lessons and my kids were asking to "go back to solid, liquid, gas!" They LOVED the game of pretending to be solid, liquid or gas and when there was wind, we would all run in the same direction really fast! It was a great start but none of the other lessons held their attention like that one did.

     

    I had the exact same experience!

     

    Coupled with the fact that there are almost no early science books like the one Nebel recommends in Dutch (in The Netherlands we do not start science at such a young age), made that I felt that I was 'lecturing' to my dd all the time.

     

    When we came to things like molecules....there was no way that she could make those connections herself, she had to totally rely on me, if I had told her that everything was made from very small marshmallows or swiss cheese she would have believed it :tongue_smilie:. I shelved the book and am not doing much science at all. I have to say that the American way of teaching very young children chemistry and physics is just not making sense to me (unless you have a child obsessed with it, of course).

    SM: subtraction question

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Emma,

     

    I'm not trying to be snarky, but what method do you use for subtracting?

     

    I have always used the Singapore way, I think Dutch math is quiet similar to Singapore math. So if you would do 43-8=....., what do you do? If I know what you do, I can try to explain what the difference is with SM math. Oke?

    SM: subtraction question

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Your daughters method is *also* in the SM teachers manual (at least in my Standard Edition). It is on page 75-76. They say that you can teach this strategy to children who find the first strategy (subtracting from the tens) difficult.

     

    My daughter also came up with this strategy herself and was at first resistant to doing it the other way. So we practised both. Now in 1B she only uses the subtracting from tens, because it is easier.

     

    If you make sure that she can use both methods, she will be fine.

     

    I have noticed that I also use both methods, BTW.:)

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