SunshineMom Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I have been looking at MEP for a little bit now however I am a big fan of Singapore. Is it possible to do both? How would I do this without math being an hour long? My 5yr has begun PM 2A which she enjoys at the moment. I noticed that their levels are different from Singapore but MEP contains more practice of skills in a rather fun engaging way. Math is protrayed as easy which makes sense to me. I think my kids would think this was like some kind of brain menders unit rather than math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 We tried Singapore w/MEP last year. We did Singapore 4 days a week and MEP one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineMom Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 I am wondering if I should have dd do 1B to get some of the new math concepts such as various volumes, measurements, roman numerals, etc. which Singapore has not covered. MEP 2A looks good but I can see she would have missed some lessons in these new math concepts. I am begining to like the program more and more...maybe time to ditch Singapore for a bit and try something new at least a few days of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineMom Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 The kids are enjoying MEP and we have finished 6 lessons of 2A. I decided to catch them up on new concepts, as we move along, not covered in Singapore rather than taking a whole step back. I am not sure how to incorporate Singapore in without overloading the kids but will play with the idea a bit. MEP really makes sense to me, even more than Singapore. The only draw back to MEP is that it is not colored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Isn't it fun? I kind of like that is not colored. And my son (who's doing level 1 of MEP and Singapore likes MEP the best. Like father, like son? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 My DD is doing level 1 of MEP and LOVING it. She is asking to do it first thing now and 'Numbers' as we call it wasn't so high on the list previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 We're adding in a little MEP with our Right Start - Becca really enjoys both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoastmom Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Isn't it fun? I kind of like that is not colored. That's one of the things that I like best about it. Also the worksheets/instructions are easy to follow. Books where I have to try and figure out what they are getting at drive me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 For those of you combining Singapore with MEP, do you just pick and choose MEP worksheets that correlate to the Singapore lesson? Or just work through the books sequentially and not worry about whether they line up (e.g. 3 days Singapore 1B and 2 days MEP 1B each week)? Has anyone used MEP with Miquon? Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 For those of you combining Singapore with MEP, do you just pick and choose MEP worksheets that correlate to the Singapore lesson? Or just work through the books sequentially and not worry about whether they line up (e.g. 3 days Singapore 1B and 2 days MEP 1B each week)? Has anyone used MEP with Miquon? Jackie We started with Cuisenaire Rods and Miquon just after my son turned 4. Then added Earlybird Singapore and Japanese Math and then MEP. When we started out I made up a lot of activities myself, including a great deal of inequalities work with rods, and with values represent different ways on cards. I didn't know then that I'd discover MEP and that inequalities were the big thing he'd encounter there, but it was "dumb luck". I do think a Miquon combo with MEP is a good one. The modes are different but the promotion of thinking stills when it comes to math is very similar. So they each give you another angle of attack, as does Singapore. I also feel the exposure to Miquon prepared him to start doing MEP at a much younger age than if he'd not become very math confident via Miquon. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) In my experience, Singapore in the early stages really doesn't take very long. Is my perspective warped ;)? 10 or 15 minutes for a lesson, tops, most days. That does depend on the level you're doing, though, and whether or not you need to teach a new concept and how long it takes for your dc to understand that (long division was challenging for my 11 yo and is challenging for my ds). It takes longer as the levels go up, depending on what's being covered. MEP is taking us longer only because I insist that we do virtually everything in the teacher's guide. We don't really have to, but some of it is getting ds to think outside of his math box. I think at that age you could alternate. We do easily take an hour a day for math now, but ds is 8. However, we spend less time on certain other subjects, such as history, than many do at 8; I only shoot for twice through instead of 3 times through in history. Since I think that good mathematical thinking is important, I invest more time in it than I probably "should". Miquon was a poor fit for ds, who is very verbal with math, although he apparently thinks in pictures and does have some indications of that in other areas of his life. I think Miquon would have been great for my dd's who like to do math their own ways, but not always the books' ways. Edited May 19, 2009 by Karin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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