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    Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I got this a couple weeks ago and read through a bit. I was impressed and was happy with it as our choice for science next year. I have been reading more and I LOVE IT! Every lesson I read makes me more excited about it. It really gives me the background info (that I should know, but can't articulate) to present the lessons. My kids ask lots of questions and this year I have mostly let DH do science. But I think I will be able to feel confident with these lessons. It isn't open and go, you need to read ahead of time to be ready (or I do :001_smile:). It is a K-2 program (he will have a 3-5 out late this summer), but I don't think we will have a problem finishing it in two years.

    Please talk to me about miquon math

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    But you clearly understand the need for conceptual building blocks and acquiring a deep understanding of the structure of math. This is what the Anno books are for. Most of them involve no numbers at all, but introduce conceptually areas ranging from place value to factorials to functions to combinatorics. Snuggle down with the child, discuss one page at a time until you reach a page that doesn't quite "click," then go on to the next game. Eventually they'll be able to go all the way through all the games. And when they first encounter, for instance, f(x) = x^2 +1, they'll say "oh it's just like the Anno game!"

     

    Forgive the long and presumptuous aside. But I haven't seen you mention Anno, and it horrified me to think you might be unaware of these books.

     

    Funny you mention those because a friend from school just recommended these to me last week. I have not seen these yet, but I will redouble my search. Thank you for mention these.

     

    I will make it my duty to find them.

     

    Bill

     

    I just want to second the Anno books (although I almost hesitate to do so because I don't have all of them and they are a bit difficult to find.:blush: ). We have Math Games II and III and they are wonderful. My 5 year olds love them. However, my MIL was not a fan when the kids tried to get her to "read" them to them.

    Someone please help!! Kindgergarten Curriculum...ughhh!!

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by Doubleblessings

    I mentioned what WTM says, but I didn't say what we did...

     

    I used the geography/history section of What Your Kindergartener Needs to Know as a guide for our very relaxed geography/history. We started by reading Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney (and that section in WYKNTK) then some map skills.

     

    Then we took awhile on each continent. We read books from Five In A Row that were set in that continent (and sometimes did some of the other FIAR activities). We read other fiction and non-fiction books about or set in that continent. We had a meal from that area. We talked about the animals that are from there. We listened to music from that area. etc.

     

    Then we did the overview of US history as suggested in WYKNTK.

     

    For math we used lots of hands on stuff, games, Anno books and we did a little bit out of several curriculum, because I wanted to get a feel for them to decide what we would do going forward. Family Math (both books - young children and regular), Math Their Way, RightStartA, MathUSee Primer, MEP, Singapore, Miquon, a Math K Workbook from Houghton Mifflin - I think that is all :blush:

     

    For reading, one of mine is working through Reading Made Easy and one is using 100 Easy Lessons.

     

    For writing, we did HWT K.

     

    For science we read several Robert E Wells books and did some fun experiments.

     

    We also did the calendar, including counting the days of the school year with a number line and place value boxes and straws.

     

    There is a good bit there, but we didn't spend much time in instruction. We usually did about 3 days a week. With an hour or two max, many days less. And that was not all sit and write/read time. We do talk about and discover all day as well.

    New at this - LOTS of questions!

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We also did books set in different countries as well as non-fiction books about the continents and countries for K this year. We are also doing a quick overview in American history. I wanted them to have some idea about where countries were on the globe and something about them as well as some American history before we started with SOTW next year.

    How do your children address an adult?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    We are in Georgia. Mine usually say Mr or Mrs/Miss First Name unless it is someone of their grandparents generation (or someone that I use a last name) then Mr or Mrs Last Name. There are some that prefer just First Name or Mr/Mrs Last Name and we try to encourage our children to use the prefered name.

     

    We are not sticklers about it, but model what is considered polite here.

    MEP v SINGAPORE MATHS

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    :iagree: this thread has been helpful for me. We have RS-A, Miquon, and I am getting Singapore 1A&B with instructor's guides and I have printed MEP, we have a few others as well :blush: , but I think these are the 4 :ohmy: that I am going to use next year. I think we will do Miquon most days and MEP and then throw in some Singapore and RS ideas.

    Sell me on Miquon Math

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    OK, I was so prepared to let this go but I've got time and I'll admit that my brain has been burning with a big, fat why to this statement...

     

     

    The connector part messes with the length being accurate/in proportion. It bothers me. However, I still think that I would like one side at least to have the markings. I haven't seen any that have the markings, but not the connector so I guess I might have to get my sharpie out. :tongue_smilie:

     

    I haven't gotten the Miquon book yet, so I guess I might change my mind about the markings after I see it. *shrug*

    Sell me on Miquon Math

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Interestingly, one of the first posts in that thread discussed the c-rods not having notches and how the MUS rods do. My c-rods are notched the same way MUS rods are. I actually didn't know they came any other way and, honestly, I think I would not like the rods nearly as much without the notches (and might possibly agree that the color vs. number association could be a problem for some kids) so OP, you might want to make sure yours are notched if that matters to you. I bought these and love them (and the fact that they come with a container). With the notches, the colors are definitely just an organizational tool, a quick way to easily fish out the number you need.

     

    THANK YOU! I ordered Miquon yesterday, but I was still unhappy about the rods not being notched. I haven't purchased rods yet and I am so happy to know I can get notched ones. :D

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