Singapore Users . . .

[Guest]

Do you cut the binding off of your work/text books and separate the pages or do you just hand your child the entire book?

[merry gardens]

I give them the entire workbook.

[Dinsfamily]

I give them the entire workbook.

 

Me too. It's been fine so far.

[Matryoshka]

I give them the entire workbook.

 

:iagree: Those workbooks are so nice and small and portable - I can't imagine what purpose it would serve to separate the pages, other than making them really easy to lose somewhere in the house.

[Spy Car]

Same. Entire workbook.

 

Bill

[The Governess]

Entire workbook. I'm seeing a trend. :D

[LauraGB]

The entire bound books. May I ask why do you want to separate them?

[Guest]

Okey dokey! General consensus rules!

 

The entire bound books. May I ask why do you want to separate them?

 

I cut the binding off of his Singapore Earlybird book this last year and it's been great to just hand him a sheet to do. I haven't received my 1A in the mail yet, but I know sometimes workbooks are hard to deal with - hard to stay open. It doesn't seem to be an issue, though, so I'll just leave 'em on. Thanks!

[AudreyTN]

Whole workbook. :001_smile:

[usetoschool]

I wish we would have cut apart the books for 6A/B. There were some geometry problems that were really hard to do well because the book didn't lie flat.

[SonshineLearner]

It costs about $4 for a nice spiral to be put on. If you're passing them down... might be worth it:-)

[melmichigan]

I took the binding off the EP and CWP because I photocopy those and will use them down the line, the main workbooks I use whole. :)

[JessaMae]

we have used 2B-3B with my 10 year old daughter. She hasn't had any trouble with the whole workbook :)

[LimitBreak]

I give him the entire book but use chip clips to keep the pages from closing.

[nmoira]

Whole workbook. The kids have a (hand) shredding party after a workbook is finished.

[WiseOwlKnits]

I cut the binding off of the workbook and got it spiral bound. It's easier that way to write in it. I don't do anything to the textbook.

[lisamarie]

I kept the binding intact, but my DS has complained several times that it's hard to write the numbers when the answer goes close to the binding. I had to keep pressing down on the spine for him while he wrote his answers.

[Dmmetler]

I'm considering cutting the workbook apart for 1A because my DD already knows how to add/subtract, but I think she's doing so based on two strategies-counting and rote memory. I want her to slow down a bit, do one strategy at a time so she knows them, and therefore I don't want her working ahead or skipping three lessons up because she likes the cute pictures.

 

Next question-and this sounds silly, but are the kids SUPPOSED to write in the textbook for 1A/1B?

[DarlaS]

 

Next question-and this sounds silly, but are the kids SUPPOSED to write in the textbook for 1A/1B?

 

Not silly! It does kind of look similar to the workbook doesn't it? That's up to you. I don't have mine write in it because we go over it orally. (He does enough writing in other subjects for a first grader.) If I were using them with an older child, I might have them write in it if it were quicker.

[AudreyTN]

are the kids SUPPOSED to write in the textbook for 1A/1B?

 

I use the text as oral practice, but it's really up to you.

[elegantlion]

We did not cut the bindings off the Singapore books. My son has requested that any workbook larger than that be put in a binder or be spiral bound.

 

We did not write in the text as I would sell those after using.

[Snickerdoodle]

The kids have a (hand) shredding party after a workbook is finished.

 

See, this could work very well for us. Thanks for the idea.

[Guest]

Not silly! It does kind of look similar to the workbook doesn't it? That's up to you. I don't have mine write in it because we go over it orally. (He does enough writing in other subjects for a first grader.) If I were using them with an older child, I might have them write in it if it were quicker.

 

Oh, good to know!