amselby81 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 We just finished lesson 13 in Primer, and I decided to let her skip coloring the blocks as long as she could write in the numbers and say the problems. She uses the blocks to build the problem, but she seems to hate coloring the blocks in the workbook. She knows what colors correlate with which numbers. Do you think that's the only reason why they are supposed to color them according to their color? And she didn't seem to mind coloring the blocks when we were only on the green blocks or when we started to do place value. Maybe she doesn't like having to keep switch colors? I don't know why she doesn't like it, but it takes her FOREVER to finish a page when she has to color them b/c she daydreams or starts playing with the blocks. I'm thinking about allowing her to continue without coloring, as long as she can tell me what color each number is. If you've used MUS, what do you think about this? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oraetstudia Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I had one who hated coloring. I wanted her to learn the block colors though, so I preselected the crayons/colored pencils that were necessary and let her draw a line down them in the right color, not color them all the way in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorrainejmc Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I had one who hated coloring. I wanted her to learn the block colors though, so I preselected the crayons/colored pencils that were necessary and let her draw a line down them in the right color, not color them all the way in. That's what I have done as well. When we got to the hundreds squares, I get ds to trace the outline only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amselby81 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Oh! Great ideas! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicalTwins Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Once they knew which color went with which block I stopped making them color. I skip lots of problems once they know it in MUS. There was something in Alpha that drove my boys nuts so once they knew it, we skipped those types of problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEK Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 We do not color the blocks, think we have done so for one lesson only and maybe even thin only one page? I would make her color them if she did not know what color each number was but she had those memorised before we even started using the program just through playing with the blocks for a few weeks before starting with the books. We also skip quite a few problems. If she still needs a bit more solidifying on a concept obviously I make her do all the review in that area but if she has it mastered completely we only do review questions in that area sporadically and skip the rest. I love that MUS has a lot of review but if you have the concept completley mastered there really is no need to review it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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