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FOr that much money, I would go to area businesses such as technology business, engineering businesses etc and ask for them to sponsor your team. You can even put the companies logos on your team's shirt for the competition. Many of the teams had sponsors. Also, what about women's organizations that support girls in science,math and tech? Perhaps it's not too late to get something like that. These organizations don't have to be in your area.
good luck!
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Can you link me to which Spectrum books you are referring?
Thanks!
Capt_Uhura
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Caroline,
Thank you so much for your post! WOW! I am sooo envious. We are quite similar actually...my husband and I both hold Ph.D.s in science so we do quite a bit of science w/ the kids. I've learned alot about physics and technology from my boys passion in that area - read, building w/ LEGOs. We have LEGO educations motorized simple machines kit and Science and TEch kit. I've fully immersed myself in torque, gear ratios, pulleys, axles, etc. Now we're forging ahead into LEGO MINDSTORMs robotics and into programming.
Can I send my kids to your school??? I slowly see my 2nd grader's thirst for learning dwindling....I might be homeschooling soon....
sigh.....
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It does get more challenging as the homework increases. WE've had huge homework issues this year in 2nd grade. Homework that should take him 20min to do, takes him 1-2hrs b/c of dawdling so it has drastically decreased our ASing time.
For me, ASing began with my son's need for more challenging math. He was crying, literally crying about math in K. He then began the "I hate math. Math is boring." So I began ASing math the summer after K. He again loved math and very rapidly did RS B. Our PS uses Everyday Math which I'm unsure of so that is also a reason for doing math at home.
My son loves science so we read alot of NF books. In the Fall/Spring we do a nature study - going out each week to our fav area to meet our nature group. In the summer we did chemistry and physics.
My son has asked to start doing history again and to work on our timeline. We had started SOTW. This will take over our read-to time so I'll rotate this w/ reading a chapter book to them.
I think it really depends on the kid and what his/her interests are. If those interests aren't being met at school (science/history/math) for us, then you follow where your child takes you!
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Have you checked out what LEGO education.com/store/?global=usa has to offer? If you look on the left side there is a homeschool link. The website is horrible to navigate. I'd suggest having them send you a catalogue. The topics are similar to K'nex - simple machines (pully's, ramps, gears, etc), motion, how does wheel size affect speed, gears affect torque etc. They have kits to study bridges and structures and you make a device to measure the force applied to a structure to see how stable it is etc.
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I don't follow the WTM guide for science. I follow DS's interest. We've done Real Science 4kids pre-level I chemistry. We've also done several physics kits - magnetism, electricity, Newton's laws etc. Right now we're into LEGO MINDSTORMS robotics. We've done quite a bit w/ LEGOs and studying simple machines and physical forces. I've run into the same age restriction. I hate the age/grade mentality. Why can't they use them as a guideline and give these kids a chance?
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I did RS A with a 4yr old. It was great. It was the perfect fit for my DS. I love RS so he's now doing RS B. I think it's a fun program for little ones and it lays a good foundation.
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Waving hi to Carol!!!! Gives us an update at the board. We migrated to YUKU so let me know if you have any problems finding us.
WOW your school gives IEP's for giftedness? how did you go about doing that?
Capt_Uhura
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Welcome to the world of ASing. The thorn in my son's side is math at PS as well. And yes I notice a regression when school starts. Unfortunately, he's starting to resist doing math at home as well. I'm actually considering HSing him.
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Blossom's girl...does the Essential Parent's Guide go over bar diagrams? I would assume so but there is another book sold by Singapore Math which discusses bar diagrams.
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Here is a link to the forums page at RightStart. The RS forum is there as well as the Yahoogroup.
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I'd have to say that yes, ASing led to grade acceleration to an extent. But, DS had lost his love of math and rather than see him lose that, I chose to AS and deal w/ any education issues as they come up. Also, our district uses Everyday Math albeit, it seems to be modified, I'm not sure how well that will prepare him for a scientific career which is what he want at the ripe ol age of 7.5. This is something i struggel with. He's bored in math in school and it makes his day miserable. But when I stop doing math with him, it's frustrating to see his math skills rust.
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thank you so much!
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Quite some time ago, I saw reference to a book for teaching parents how to run book clubs for kids. What questions to ask...how to choose books etc. Does anyone recall that book and can provide a link? I thought I had it in my Amazon wish list but I don't see it.
Thanks!
Capt_Uhura
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Have you tried using an abacus from Rightstart? It really helps the kids to see the math facts. The RS abacus is different from others. It has 5 blue beads and 5 yellow beads on a rung. So 6+7 can be quickly seen as 5+5+3. You can get the RS card games books which is a great supplement for any program.
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Waving wildly to Melinda in VT!!!!!!!!
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I'm afterschooling DS7.5 and AS/HS DS4.5 (he's in preK a few hours per week). I started afterschooling b/c of DS7.5s insatiable thirst for knowledge. Before he went to K it was mostly science. Then when he started K and thought math was boring b/c all they did was count to 20, I started researching math curricula ... and an afterschooler was born. He is now in 2nd grade. PS still remains a challenge as DS's interest (science, history) are not the focus of PS. However, trying to find time and energy (both his and mine - I now have a 12month old) makes it difficult. But 've heard so many bad things about Everyday Math, that I do my best to get some math done at home. I use RightStart Math and love it. I also supplement w/ SM CWP.
I'm glad there will be a forum for us to share ideas!
Capt_Uhura
Singapore's Challenging Word Problems make me feel soooo dumb.
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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check out this website...it will help you w/ those problems perhaps. http://letsplaymath.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/pre-algebra-problem-solving-3rd-grade/