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  1. There is an old post on this topic but the question I have is not included there so here's a new thread! We just switched over from Singapore Math U.S. edition to the Standards Edition. After completing U.S. 3b we now have the 4a Standards Edition. My daughter is in 4th grade. It seems so much harder for my daughter. For example the US edition had her rounding up a little bit, while in the first few pages of the Standards Edition, she is asked to round up to the nearest ten thousands place. A bit more complex. We made it through though :) Just wondering if I should give it some more time and let the new concepts sink in, or should I go back to the US edition. Anyone go through something similar? Maybe I switched books too late in the game? Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you, Christine
  2. Hello, My daughter just turned 6. She's just beginning to read three letter words and some sight words. I dont push her reading or writing because it is something she struggles with and seems she is not ready for, however she spends lots of time "writing' in her notebook. She makes the same swirls over and over and has done many pages of this! I am wondering if this is a repetition that just gives Her a sense of peace and she enjoys it or is it her desire to learn to write and I should push her to do more practice? She says she is writing cursive. Her sister is 8 and has always been very advanced so I am not sure how to go about teaching my 6year old at her own pace while, at the same time, making sure she gets what she needs at the right time. We use Handwriting without Tears as our handwriting but maybe another choice would inspire her desire to learn more? Any suggestions are greatly welcome. Thank you, Christine
  3. Hello, We are part of a homeschooling coop that meets weekly to review Classically Catholic Memory Work (CCM). We joined this coop a year after it started so we began with the Gamma Year which covers Medieval Times for History. At the same time, we were reading through Story of the World 1 (Ancient Times) at home. This coming September we will be starting Early Modern Times with CCM... I am reading The Well Trained Mind and understand now the importance of covering History from beginning and following through to Modern times. My questions is: Instead of going back and forth in time with History, should I just focus on Early Modern Times this September even though my second grader didn't cover history chronologically? I'm thinking it would be more confusing to go back and forth in history within the same year. For example, buying and reading through Story of the World II (Medieval Times) while memorizing facts from Early Modern Times. It may be more beneficial to get Story of the World III (Early Modern Times) while we cover early Modern Times with CCM. (This means we would skip Story of the World II) She will get a chance to go over history from start to finish later down the road. But it is very important to do that in the first place? What do you all think? Thank you!
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