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AOPS or other online for supplemental math challenge
SoCal_Bear replied to C&W'sMum's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
@Malam BA1 and BA2 didn't exist at the time when @Jackiedaughter was this age because my son knows her IRL. All of us at this time we pretty much getting BA as it was being published/developed/released. -
Funda Funda Python Programming
SoCal_Bear replied to blue plaid's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I have seen day time sessions. They are based out of Texas so Central Time Zone. They can also put a time up to see if there are people who will enroll. You just have to keep checking back to see what new sessions get added. Of course, the bulk of their students are afterschooling and on weekends. -
Funda Funda Python Programming
SoCal_Bear replied to blue plaid's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I really love Code Wizard HQ's classes. Finally I found a place where the scope and sequence was well thought out and flexible in terms of timing. https://www.codewizardshq.com/ My son completed the Middle School Level 1 series. Then he did the entire High School Python series this past summer. We will take a break in the fall and then pick up when he feels he is ready to return because classes begin all the time and you jump back into the sequence and start back into where he will place in the High School series at a time and day that works for your schedule. The grading of projects and the feedback is great as well as daily open office hours for help on your coding work is great as well. The classes are fairly small usually about 6 students and the instructor can see everyone's screens and give feedback in real time on their coding. -
Advanced Computer Science - online courses?
SoCal_Bear replied to mckittre's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I don't know if he has any interest in classes that are oriented toward USACO...but my son is taking some math courses from here. You can see their curriculum path for CS. One caveat is that they do expect math on level with AMC 10/12 and later AIME... https://alphastar.academy/computer-science/ -
The date of your first Amazon order …
SoCal_Bear replied to Ann.without.an.e's topic in The Chat Board
I was a really early adopter and have all kinds of swag they used to send out to customers for ordering. Pretty sure my first order in early 1996. Keep in mind that I was living and working in the bosom of the dot.com world at that time. -
2022-2023 Planning for your AL
SoCal_Bear replied to SeaConquest's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
IME, she will find more than 1/2 the time is spent on problem solving together in groups in person if that helps at all. -
AOPS or other online for supplemental math challenge
SoCal_Bear replied to C&W'sMum's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
^ Po Shen Loh is the national coach for the US International Math Olympiad team. -
I drive 100% of the time but that is because after pg, I became incredibly motion sick as a passenger. It never went away. I would dearly love to never have to drive all the time, but I do it all even our extremely long haul drives. 10-12 hours in a day.
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2022-2023 Planning for your AL
SoCal_Bear replied to SeaConquest's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
Online version of math circle is a drag...Maybe give the in person a go in the fall? Though admittedly it is highly competition math oriented, so if that is not her cup of tea...I would not get up early on Saturdays to go. -
AOPS or other online for supplemental math challenge
SoCal_Bear replied to C&W'sMum's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
Or alternatively take a look outside of AOPS. My son does AOPS with WTMA, but he giving Alphastar a go this summer. https://alphastar.academy/ -
AOPS or other online for supplemental math challenge
SoCal_Bear replied to C&W'sMum's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
welll there is the option that AOPS is developing separate from their existing online program that is associated with their brick & mortar program. https://virtual.aopsacademy.org/ -
I used both. I used CWP a couple of sections behind where I was in TB and WB and just worked through a page at a time. I didn't use Fan Math because I was comfortable teaching my son how to set up bar modeling and he is highly gifted in math and intuits things easily. Bar modeling was not difficult for me to intuit how to set it up. I think that it doesn't show up in the SM TB math books until level 3 books? I could be wrong in my memory but I think that is where it first shows up. Anyways, the Fan Math books are great if you need explicit step by step instruction. I am not certain yet if my daughter will need it or not. For IP, I use that 1/2 level behind as review to go deeper. So for example, I would do 2A TB/WB and then I would do IP1B. Basically I would just work through a section in 2A and go over to IP and work through a section in that then go back to 2A. I would add in a CWP problems everyday if they were the first section of the CWP problems. If it was the more challenging ones then I might just only do 1 problem if the day's math assignment was long. I always just went with how long his stamina was. I wasn't concerned with getting it all done by a certain date. Another thing I did was run Beast Academy a full level behind Singapore Math as well. I really liked using Glen Ellison's Hard Math for Elementary which is best when a gifted student reaches around 4th grade level math.
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Apologia Bible What We Believe series
SoCal_Bear replied to Dianthus's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
I did it in a co-op setting all 4 books over a 2 year period with a group of 5th to 7th graders. I think that first year the 5th year boys struggled a little more because the were still very concrete/black and white in their thinking. A lot of how I was running the discussion and designed the running journaling in between classes required nuanced thinking and self reflection that they were unused to. While they say you can use it for younger grade I would never use it for younger than 10 because so much is over their heads. Even then my perference is a more mature 10 because of what I described. To be honest, it was the boys I had who struggled than the girls. In any event, how I would run it next go when I do it again for my daughter will be to wait until 6th so I don't have boys struggling so hard to keep up with the rest of the group. -
Here is a link to what 8 is referring to. https://mathwithoutborders.com/ If I wasn't doing AOPS, I would have gone with Jacobs and then with Foeresters with my young learner. Jaccobs for algebra and geometry and then moving on to Foerester.
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You can definitely put sweet potatoes in curries. I've never tried it but I have heard of sweet potato in chili.
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Just for fun - how do you pronounce this word?
SoCal_Bear replied to melbotoast's topic in The Chat Board
the second way...but that is because I studied French in high school. -
Any AP test takers this week?
SoCal_Bear replied to freesia's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I seriously hope this will be the case for my son...AP Chem will be his first one next year. He is with Connie is year. -
Is apologia biology honors?
SoCal_Bear replied to Jenkins's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Maybe I should clarify that my point is more that perhaps the old Apologia biology scope and sequence was perhaps not quite up there in rigor. So asking if it should be honors seems like the question should be whether or not it is has sufficient rigor for that level as compared to other honors level type bio coursework. However, that is just a wondering aloud. -
this one is asynchronous but with live office hours...zero experience with them. I just know about it. https://www.oneschoolhouse.org/ap-french.html
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FWIW, I would invest the time and money in buying something timeless and classic that you would not mind wearing over and over again to keep in your closet for events like this. I would imagine that there will at some point be other events in the the future that you may need to wear something formal. So solve for the long term and get something you feel confident and good in that stands the test of time and will be your wardrobe staple. I have pieces like this that I honestly have been wearing for over 20 years because they are solid, classic and high quality.