Aspasia Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 That's pretty much it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I did it with my then first grader but I am wondering now if I will start it earlier with my next ds. It felt like maybe I could have done it in K? But I am not sure. Interested to hear other responses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 4yo, *but* it was just a couple times per week, and we didn't start off with labsheets at all. I can't remember when we actually started the Orange book...but I do know that when ds8 was 4yo I set him up with a little "math play" table for just him while I chased the 2yo and 1yo. Those were crazy days! (I was too busy and sleep deprived to inflict too much learning.:tongue_smilie:) My dd was 4yo when we started doing some rod play beyond free play. She started Orange at 5yo....still, it's sporadic; not like we plow through the book iykwim. Current 4yo is in the play stage. I'm ordering Orange for him so we'll have it next year, but am in no hurry to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 4. Just turned 4. We did do Lab Sheets, play, directed play, homemade Lab Sheets, many activities based on ideas from the First Grade Diary, ideas "stolen" from the RS Activities for AL Abacus book (some translated to rods and blocks), activities involving things I made up, and sheets my then 4 year old made himself. And we made cards with red dots to represent 1-10 Japanese math style (two rows of 5 to make Ten, and Tally stick style, and regular numerals. And used RS place value cards and base-10 cards, and modeled three digit numers using base-10 "flats" (100s) Orange C Rods (10s) and C Rods (Units) as well as modeling them on an AL Abacus. Stuff like that. Short answer, 4 :D Bill (in a bigger hurry than Paula :tongue_smilie:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootsnwings Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 We have Miquon for my 3.5 year old but he is really more into playing with the C-rods independently right now. I'm going to pick out some of the easier labs and put them in a binder, then let him choose which lab to do each day so it's a little more child-led exploration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundAbout Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 My son is 4 years, 3 months and we just started with Miquon. Mostly doing exploration and some homemade games, haven't really gotten to the lab sheets yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmama2 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 4. I think shortly after turning 4. We don't do it that often, haven't done any for over a month actually. Probably could have started a little earlier with the end of SM EB rather than 1A/B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I just bought Miquon for my 3 oldest kids - 9, 8 and 6. But, we've been using Singapore from the beginning, so the problems look like stuff they can figure out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I just bought Miquon for my 6 y/o. He attended a Montessori school for 3 years where he's already spent lots of time working with place value and manipulatives. I think that Miquon used in addition with the RS games will nicely complement the Montessori style math that he's already accustomed to doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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