Guest Cheryl in SoCal Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 We received our LOF Elementary books today. I haven't had a chance to look through them yet because my 16 year old LOF lover laid hold of them as soon as the package arrived :lol: I'll try to get a turn sometime today but was wondering if anybody else had received theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 We received our LOF Elementary books today. I haven't had a chance to look through them yet because my 16 year old LOF lover laid hold of them as soon as the package arrived :lol: I'll try to get a turn sometime today but was wondering if anybody else had received theirs. Not yet. I was just checking my email to see when I received the notice that they had shipped. That was only two days ago, so I suppose I have to wait a few more days before I start getting impatient. Lucky you though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Oh!! I drool on my keyboard every time I hear about this series. I bet my 1st and 2nd grader would love them. But my homeschool budget is shot for the year. Must...not...buy...more...books..... How do they look? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetic license Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I'd love to hear about it, I'm a math curriculum addict and my son loves math... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I'm having so much trouble deciding whether these would be worth it for DS, or whether we should go straight to Fractions. dither dither Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Please post a review when you get a chance. I've got them sitting in my shopping cart, but am trying to decide whether or not they're worth it, when DD will probably be ready for LOF fractions within another year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Many66 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 No ! I am finally done with all my homeschool shopping and I broke the bank to get what all 4 of my kids needed this year. Please don't say he put out more LOF books ! Are you saying these are for the younger set ? What age/grade range ? I will be checking the sofa to find nickles, dimes, pennies and quarters to make the purchase. We just LOVE LOF here !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 OK Tell your 16 year old that there is going to be a homeschool mom of 4 children who is going to die of impatience if you are not able to review the books for us soon!!! Your 16 year old does not want to be responsible for that does he? (she??) :D Please!! Pretty Please!!! With sugar on top!!! :001_huh: I am begging. Are you happy? See what you reduced me to?? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarango Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Waiting for mine as well. Maybe tomorrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 We really need to hear about these!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeturn Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Ordered Apples today to give them a try. Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I'm considering buying these for my 6 yro (who loves math). Let us know what you think of them. Also, if anyone can answer this...how many books a year is his elementary series going to have?? I'm so confused. Are the first four books addition and subtraction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I'm anxious to hear about these also. I'm planning to order them, but would love to hear initial thoughts also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliall Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I hope ours come today! I ordered all four. I am planning on using them with my 5 year old. dd10 is working on Fractions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cheryl in SoCal Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 (edited) I'm sorry, I haven't had time to look through them yet (we are still doing school). I had no idea that I'd be the only one who received them yesterday or I wouldn't have posted. I figured others would have received theirs today too and was interested in what they thought. I didn't mean to tease:sad: My ds liked them but he didn't really give me a critique on the math content; I'll have to find that out myself. Also, if anyone can answer this...how many books a year is his elementary series going to have?? I'm so confused. Are the first four books addition and subtraction? I think I saw somewhere (either his website or an email) that there will be 12 and that they will be released in 3 groups of 4. I do know that on his website it details what's in these 4 and think it gives a general idea what will be in the next. We are using Funtastic Frogs and Family Math so far this year. Are the elem books meant to be stand alone? That I don't know and haven't looked into because I was already planning to use them with MUS as I do my older children. I would email the author about that. Edited July 22, 2011 by Cheryl in SoCal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyhomeschool Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Just got my books today!!! My DS is so happy to have his own LOF books just like his older brother. He read the first chapter by himself and really enjoy it. He is 6yo and loves math. I schedule LOF two times a week as a supplement but he will need a few more exercise or activities for each chapter he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellalarella Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We're on day 3 with LOF apples. Happy to report that the dc and teacher are happy with them. DS13 seized them upon arrival and read most of the way through Apples. DS6 Begged to start, so we did 1 lesson the first day. The second day he had been sick (to stomach) but woke up long enough the find the book, bring it to me and beg to do 2 lessons. DS8 is also enjoying the lessons. DS4 listens in on the lesson and is also enjoying the Fred parts, even when he can't quite keep up with all the math. Definitely a great supplement for the MUS we're using for the little kids. Anything that I can do to encourage the LOVE of math is worth every penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 We got Apples and Butterflies. My two older children are at camp, so they haven't seen them yet. Dh and I read some parts and then flipped through and looked at other parts and we both really like them so far. I'm excited to actually start using them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Can somebody tell me what the grade levels are for these books? Like, is apples 1st grade, butterflies 2nd, cats 3rd and dogs 4th...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cheryl in SoCal Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Can somebody tell me what the grade levels are for these books? Like, is apples 1st grade, butterflies 2nd, cats 3rd and dogs 4th...? I don't know (I'm not sure he has assigned grade levels) but since there will be 12 I'm pretty sure it's not 1 book per grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Grrr! My kids are right in the middle and ready for the books that aren't published yet. Sigh. I might just buy the 4 elementary ones anyway, so they are familiar with the story. One of my 4th graders would be ready for Fractions mid year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Can somebody tell me what the grade levels are for these books? Like, is apples 1st grade, butterflies 2nd, cats 3rd and dogs 4th...? Nance, they are ungraded, but it's probably not divvied up that way ( mine are en route). This is the first of four planned elementary sets. My impression from the email sent by the author to others posted here in other threads is that these are all appropriate for the early elem age range? Hopefully somebody with book in hand can post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaChristina Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Does Apples start with number recognition?:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cheryl in SoCal Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Can somebody tell me what the grade levels are for these books? Like, is apples 1st grade, butterflies 2nd, cats 3rd and dogs 4th...? I just read on his website that he imagines the entire elementary series being read by (or to) children in grades K-4. I thought I read that there were going to be 3 sets of 4 books but somebody else mentioned 16. Now I can't find a definite number anywhere, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cheryl in SoCal Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Does Apples start with number recognition?:) No, they definitely have to be able to recognize numbers. I'm not sure what else they need to know and can't find it on the website so I think an email to the author is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I started LoF Apples with DS nearly 8/ working through Singapore 2B with ease. Yes, the initial concepts were in part easy for him (2+5=7) but we had a ball with it anyway. It is definitely intended to be lap-read and not independent. I actually gathered 7 pencils before we started, and when Fred and his doll were playing with the pencils, so did we. I loved that he moved from 5 butterflies plus 2 butterflies is 7 butterflies to 5 trees + 2 trees = 7 trees to 5x + 2x = 7x Can you imagine getting to an algebraic expression that easily in your first math book? He makes 7 lots of different ways by rearranging his pencils, not just 5+2, and I notice that in the first book, he artfully uses the 7 fact families to illustrate concepts throughout the book. From what I have read through in Apples and Butterflies, this is going to be an interesting, fun, well-thought-out set if the rest are this well-planned and organized, and a fun supplement for us to Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InLieuofPreschool Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Definitely interested in more reviews, too. I don't think we're quite ready for it yet but DS is pretty close and it looks really interesting to me. Maybe I'll try that first sample lesson with him from Apples and see how it goes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I'm going to be ordering these for my dd. I had e-mailed Mr. Schmidt with a few questions last month. Here was his reply (I had posted this on another LOF Elementary discussion...but I'll post again in case it's helpful to anyone): In the wonderful world of homeschooling, we are free from having our kids go lockstep through the grades like is done in the government schools. They can proceed at whatever rate is meet, right and salutary. The Life of Fred: Fractions book is for those who have their addition and multiplication tables down cold. That's about the fifth grade. As I write the elementary series, I'm imagining my readers somewhere in the K-4th grade group. Each child is different. Some are ready at kindergarten and some at 4th grade. (And some adults can add, even with years of government schooling!) These early books may be read together. Smaller one gets to sit on the lap of the bigger one. Starting with the Life of Fred: Fractions book, we are looking for the student to read the material on his/her own. When they get to Life of Fred: Linear Algebra (which follows calculus) whose lap is bigger may have changed. I'm writing each morning (7x/week) starting at 4 a.m. and will try to keep ahead of your child. (. . . and you. There will be material in these "elementary" books that I would bet that you don't know also.) The books may be read with benefit and delight more than once. The first reading will take about a month apiece. I hope to have the full elementary series available by Easter. With my best wishes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monalisa Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I just started LOF Apples today with my 8 yo dd (I had read the first three books last week, and knew she would love them). I think we went through Chapter 10 (!) including doing the Your Time to Play before I had to hide the book so we could go to piano lessons. At times she was roaring with laughter. The material in Apples is so far very easy for her, but there are lots of interesting tidbits and it is definitely a big hit. I'm not sure I'll be able to stick to the chapter/day or book per month at this rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabertmom Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 How exciting! My 9-year-old has been begging for her own LOF book since we discovered them back in January and started using them for the older kids, but now I'm flumuxed because she just started on MM last March as did my 6-year-old. I don't really want to have 2 math books going at once. For those of you who have already gotten your mitts on these, would you consider using them as stand-alone math books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candacebi Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I thought LOF was only for the middle school age group and up. Are these new? Wha age is the fractions books geared for? I have an almost 9 year old who hates math, but seems to enjoy living math books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 My 8-year-old son loves the elementary books. We started Apples on Monday, and we are having so much fun with it. The material starts out simple, but it gets to higher level skills very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I thought LOF was only for the middle school age group and up. Are these new? Wha age is the fractions books geared for? I have an almost 9 year old who hates math, but seems to enjoy living math books Fractions is for any time after the student is comfortable with long division. Decimals and Percents follows fractions, then the two pre-algebra books. My son started fractions at age 10 and was fine, but everyone will be different. The new series people are chatting about here is brand-new; all the books aren't out yet. The plan is for four sets of four books, for the K-4 range. Unlike Fractions and up, the elementary series is not independent. I have only previewed two books, and the final 12 have not yet been written, so it is too early to say if they could stand alone or not, but so far, again, unlike Fractions and up, I say the elementary series is a supplement-- not just to math, but to your entire curriculum. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellalarella Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I thought LOF was only for the middle school age group and up. Are these new? Wha age is the fractions books geared for? I have an almost 9 year old who hates math, but seems to enjoy living math books Hi Candace Fractions would be good for a 5th grader who has mastered addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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