peachbub Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Just started LoF Apple with my kids today and they thought it was fun! I was wondering if we really need to have them write it all down, though? Seems enough to just talk it through but maybe we're setting the stage for when things get harder? For anyone who's used it a little longer, I'd love your thoughts! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We are in Dogs and we don't write it down usually, though there have been a few things that needed writing/drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamolina Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We don't write the answers down, we just discuss them out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It varied as the series developed. For the early books, she did the answers orally. When they got a little trickier, she still did it orally - good mental math practice. Once it got to larger, multi digit problems, she did it on the whiteboard. But primarilly orally for sure. Now that she is doing Fractions, she works independently and writes down all the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillehei Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It varied as the series developed. For the early books, she did the answers orally. When they got a little trickier, she still did it orally - good mental math practice. Once it got to larger, multi digit problems, she did it on the whiteboard. But primarilly orally for sure. Now that she is doing Fractions, she works independently and writes down all the answers. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo_keeper Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Like previous posters, we do them orally for the most part (love the mental math). There have been a few exceptions - e.g., long division gets written down and also I wrote down a few of the problems when carrying/borrowing/regrouping was introduced with addition/multiplication. While I adore SM's strategies, I do want my girls to know the algorithm approach, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We write down the answers. How else could my dd learn to spell Wednesday? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo_keeper Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We write down the answers. How else could my dd learn to spell Wednesday? :) Crap, I forgot about that! Maybe I should have the girls start spelling the day of the week aloud. Hmmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachbub Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 thanks, ladies, this is really helpful! it seemed "easy" enough to just do orally, but i wanted to make sure i wasn't missing an important part (though i do understand the value of some math writing, for sure!) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeldog Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 My son writes the answers down on graph paper (larger squares on the grid) and loves to check his work to see how well he did. It helps us with accountability (and yes, spelling). He works independently and asks me if he has difficulty with a problem. He loves to let me know how well he did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfrumpable. Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Just started LoF Apple with my kids today and they thought it was fun! I was wondering if we really need to have them write it all down, though? Seems enough to just talk it through but maybe we're setting the stage for when things get harder? For anyone who's used it a little longer, I'd love your thoughts! :) We write down most everything. Some we do orally, but I like letting Ethan get some practice writing. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Through the elementary series (probably, as that's what we've done so far and we're on Goldfish) we'll just let DS read them and answer orally or think through the questions. When we hit Fractions later this year, he'll start writing them down as I want him to go a bit deeper with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachbub Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 awesome, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.