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  1. Has anyone here attended a CTY Pathways to College series? If so, was it worth the time and cost? What grade was your child in at the time? I am thinking of attending a Pathways to College day through the CTY JohnsHopkins program with my 10th grade daughter.
  2. Has anyone here attended a CTY Pathways to College series? How was it? Was it useful? Worth the price? I am looking into this for my 10th grader....
  3. I have been using the YNAB free trial and am now almost finished with it. Does anyone have the YNAB referral discount that they can pass along to me? Thanks!
  4. We loved the right start math games! I used levels B-D/part of E with my mathy son and used the games over the summer with my not-so-mathy dd along with Saxon drill. I did need to call the RS people a few times to clarify instructions. Good luck and have fun!
  5. I am afraid of this, although in our case it will be dance.
  6. My daughter's 8th grade advanced English and social studies classes are really focusing on timed DBQs and revisions right now in preparation for 9th grade honors humanities (English and SS classes that work as one double period.)
  7. So, on the advice of twtm boards, I got notability for the iPad and it is great! However, I can't figure out how to easily scan a worksheet and have it on notability just using my iPad. Help!
  8. So I was toying with the idea of dropping Once Upon a Time because I never seem to be able to find the time to watch. In fact, I have have two unwatched episodes on my DVR right now. However, I am home sick in an empty house for a few hours and this thread has me want to catch up! Time to get comfi on the couch!
  9. DD13 (8th grade): hw support time management study skills informal vocabulary monitor need for a math tudor (we dropped Kumon after 3 years and so far Algebra 1 in school is all review of material previously learned in Kumon) DS10(5th grade) AOPS online classes (finish PreAlg part 1, enroll in PreAlg part 2) hw support time management study skills This year is so different from last year. The kids have much more homework and dd is having her educational needs (and then some!) met in school.
  10. Homeworked out of afterschooling...or maybe aged out of afterschooling.... It finally happened. DD is in 8th grade and in advanced math, ss, and la. Dancing 4 days/week plush the intense homework required for advanced social studies and language arts has finally put the kabash on afterschooling. DD's "afterschooling" will now be solely about time management, study skills, and homework support. :( On the other hand, her classes have finally become more challenging....
  11. I voted other. In K-3, I pull them out without a second thought. As they hit 4th and 5th and then middle school, it is hard to make up the lost classroom time! My answer for the older grades is no, I would not pull them out. And then there is the exception...dd is in 8th grade this year. She will miss 3 days in November to go overseas with her Grandmother. :D
  12. I wonder if our kids are in the same AOPS class. DS os in the Pre-alg (part 1) class.
  13. When my kids were in preschool and the lower grades, we loved math storybooks and math games, particularly the games in Games for Math and the Right Start games.
  14. Here were the original plans: At a bare minimum, the kids do math and read every day. DS(10yo) is going to take an AoPS class, so we will have to see how much time that takes up. DD(12yo) will work through the Key to..... math workbooks. I hope to work through Ceaser's English and read at least one classic to the kids. DD is going to a creative writing camp for 3 weeks and DS is going to a computer programming camp for a week. What is actually happening: DD (12yo) - DD is studying hard for her Bat Mitzvah in September. She is also working daily on her Silver Award project for girl scouts. Combine those two activities with day camp, and I am lucky she is still reading every night. Math is not happening, and I expect we will pay for this come September. Creative writing camp starts next week and is 3 weeks long. When dd comes home, it will be crunch time for her Bat Mitzvah. *sigh* no vocab or classics, but my real worry is the lack of math. We just cannot squeeze any more time out of the day. DS(10yo) - Computer camp was a huge success! Now we are back to regular general day camp. AOPS Pre-algebra part 1 is also going well. The trick was to enroll him in the online class. It gives him deadlines and keeps him on schedule. Plus, he just loves the class! DS is quickly reading through the Alex Rider series. I am hoping to add in vocabulary, but we will see.... My concern for DS is the complete and total lack of writing.
  15. Good luck to all! My dd(12yo) is taking it this morning as part of the CTY search. She is using her passport as ID. We decided not to worry about timing and not to have her prep at all - this one is just for the experience of seeing what the test is like. Our panic this morning was calculator related (as in, where did the calculator disappear to!) -Jenni
  16. DS is officially signed up with AoPS for a summer class. Woohoo!
  17. I work and my kids go to camp. However, we have fewer extracurricular activities and no school-dictated homework so we have a bit more time. Even then, I try to keep realistic expectations, though it is hard. At a bare minimum, the kids do math and read every day. DS(10yo) is going to take an AoPS class, so we will have to see how much time that takes up. DD(12yo) will work through the Key to..... math workbooks. I hope to work through Ceaser's English and read at least one classic to the kids. DD is going to a creative writing camp for 3 weeks and DS is going to a computer programming camp for a week. We'll see what we actually manage. Breakfast time tends to be math time around here. Reading and vocabulary usually takes place after dinner and outside playtime. -Jenni
  18. I am considering it. I may use Ceaser's English in conjunction with vocabulary.com for my son(10yo.) If I do this, I will use the original CE, not the new expanded classical homeschoolers edition.
  19. I also liked your blog, particularly the posts about the SATs. Please post more tips as my oldest in finishing 7th already!
  20. Our academic plans for the summer: ds(10) - 1 week of programming camp at IDTechAcademy, Art of Problem Solving, daily reading dd(12) - 3 weeks at a residential camp for creative writing, Key to Algebra series, daily reading
  21. We are a family with a lot of gadgets - 4 laptops, 3 ereaders, 3 cell phones, a tablet, a mini video camera, etc. I don't want the gadgets in the bedrooms, nor do I want them scattered throughout the house. Any suggestions for setting up a storage/charging station?
  22. We are preparing for the end of year testing. DS(10) is in 4th grade and has the NJASK math, language arts, and science to take next month. He doesn't do much to prepare and the test results don't mean much for him personally yet. DD(12) is in 7th grade. She has so much testing this year! She has a state test that she has to take to progress from pre-algebra to algebra, she has the NJASK, a science test to determine placement for 8th grade.... The real trick is the math. In order to get into algebra in 8th grade, you have to maintain a B or better in pre-algebra, get an Advanced Proficient score on the NJASK math section, and score a ?? on the pre-algebra end of year test. DD has all As, but isn't always the best test taker. We'll see how it goes. NJASK testing is a week or so away. She has just been working through Study Island. It is annoying because these tests were designed to rate the schools, but they end up being high stakes for the students. Glad you asked? :lol:
  23. My kids have been in Kumon since May of 2009. The kids are different and their experiences have been different. DD started at the end of 4th grade. Prior to starting, we were supplementing school with Saxon. DD is smart but not particularly mathy and did not like math at all. She had a poor teacher in 4th grade and we were arguing at home over Saxon. That is how we ended up at Kumon. DD started in level A and quickly progressed to level D where she slowed down considerable. She started this year - 7th grade - at the end of level H which covers some solving for two variables, inequalities and y=mx+b linear equations. She qualified to take pre-algebra at school and now enjoys math. HOWEVER, now she is in level I which is heavily into algebra - quadratic equations and factoring and working with square roots. We have hit a wall with Kumon. There is crying. Since she is ahead of her math class, the concepts aren't being taught - it is just rote Kumon. I am considering pulling her out in early June and reviewing over the summer with the Key to.... series and Study Island(provided by the schools) DS started at the end of 1st grade. He had been asking to do Kumon because his friends went. He is VERY mathy and was always ahead in math. Prior to Kumon, he had completed Right Start Math through level C (except the drawing as his fine motor wasn't caught up to his math ability.) He started Kumon at level B (ahead of his sister - ug!) He progressed more slowly due to a younger attention span. Since ds does Life of Fred for fun and has completed LOF Fractions and LOF Decimals & Percents, he isn't having as much of a problem with drill outpacing concepts. He'll also jump on Khan Academy if he wants to/needs to learn more. He is in level H and is doing just fine. I am giving him the option to stop in June and just to LOF pre-algebra with biology but so far he doesn't want to stop. I like him in Kumon because it presents a challenge where he doesn't always master the work on the first try. Lest you think ds is perfect, we do have some tears from time to time because he just doesn't want to do the work that night.
  24. Thanks. After looking at the summaries on Amazon, ds is going to give Crispen a try. :001_smile:
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