Question for those who afterschool math

[RainbowSprinkles]

If you do math at home and your dc also attends school somewhere else, how do you schedule that? We use Singapore right now.

 

If it's a new concept, I sit with her and do the textbook together, then I will watch her do the first few problems in the workbook. If it's something she's already familiar with, she will do the textbook and workbook on her own.

She also does the IP and CWP books. I schedule them anywhere from 2-3 times a week, depending on what else is going on in math.

 

Do you think we could keep this up if my dd were to go to ps?

 

For my ds, we do everything together and it takes maybe 20-30 mintues. I think we will be able to keep this up.

[boscopup]

I used MM afterschool when my son was in first grade. They used Saxon 1 at school. We did a little bit each day, but didn't go full speed.

 

I imagine 4th grade and up would be more difficult to do that, since there is more homework assigned in those grades. Though if your child is doing math at school, you probably won't need to do as much of Singapore.

[Roadrunner]

My kids are in PS. We sit down every day at 5pm and spend 30 min. to 45 minl. doing SM. It's now a routine, so yes, it can be done. Sometimes we also do more on weekends, but we try to keep the weekends for extras and weeknights for math and english.

[Free]

We do 2 lessons of MEP per week. The official MEP schedule is designed to be done 5 times a week, so we cannot do every lesson. Instead I choose the lessons corresponding to the topic being taught in school, so that this becomes additional reinforcement and practice for ds.

 

A little at a time does go a long way. My son's math abilities have grown by leaps and bounds, ever since we started doing MEP regularly a few months back.

[Spy Car]

Well we started (gently) in preschool and have kept a year ahead of the Public School using Primary Mathematics with the IPs ans CWPs as our spine together with a mix of Miquon, MEP, and RS elements that ebbs and flows depending on the time available.

 

For me it has been important not to schedule. Meaning fun life opportunities never take a backseat to math lessons. The extra lessons have to fit into our lives, and not vice-versa.

 

That isn't to say we don't get our work done. We do. We don't watch TV, and I'm "opportunistic" about grabbing moments when they present themselves. But I'm also fully prepared to cancel a lesson I have planned in my mind if something comes up. This keeps life happy and full.

 

The school year is less than half of the calendar year. Summer and holidays are "time on" not time off. So far, so good. As the demands of school homework increase (as they will) it make take even more dexterity. But one good thing about getting a year ahead in a program like Singapore is that school math homework (which can take many children a long time to complete) gets finished in a few minutes (and often in the car ride home).

 

Bill

[Momling]

My kids go to school two and half days per week. My younger one technically does math at school, my older doesn't. But every evening after dinner, we sit down and do one lesson of SM. First we do a quick review (I pull a few problems from the review section), then a word problem or two from CWP. Then I teach the lesson and then she will do the workbook on her own. Once the first girl is on her own, I repeat with the other. The whole process takes about a half-hour per girl.

[lisabees]

For me it has been important not to schedule. Meaning fun life opportunities never take a backseat to math lessons. The extra lessons have to fit into our lives, and not vice-versa.

 

:iagree: Dd8 does MEP. We don't schedule, but it happens at least 3-4 times a week. She loves it, so it doesn't seem like "extra" math to her.

[jenbrdsly]

Last year in K, my DS did Right Start Level C at home with me. But that was when he was on a crazy, alternate day K schedule. Now he is in 1st grade and his new school has him more appropriately placed in math at school, so the need to Afterschool him in math is a lot lessened.

 

I do sign him up for Dreambox math over the holidays (to keep him out of my hair). Also, we just got Hands On Equations and have started that for fun.

 

Good luck!

[Kathleen.]

I can usually do math and LA and whatever else with my K almost everyday since she goes to school half day. She asks to do school all the time. :001_smile:

 

With my 2nd grader I have to sneak it in here and there since her school day is long and she's pretty wiped when we get home at 4pm. I only do a little bit of the most important areas and save the rest for weekends and holidays/summer. Math is definitely one we get in a few times a week. Short bursts work better for her.

 

We do: SM plus extras and Miquon

Edited November 22, 2011 by Kathleen.
forgot something :)