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61  Products Marketplace / Product Partners / Re: Soft Mozart news: Improved version of software! on: April 03, 2013, 09:45:35 PM
This is the one we bought: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0059ZVQ22/ref=oh_details_o04_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It is a little more expensive, but it is a great deal and has 76 keys. We are very happy with the sound and quality. I think just playing with your baby on the keyboard for a few minutes each day, maybe playing and singing do, re, mi, fa, so while playing and letting baby hit with one finger. Will help to teach more purposeful playing.
62  Parents' Lounge / Coffee Corner - General Chat / Re: The "Why Didn't I Think of That Sooner?" Thread... on: April 03, 2013, 09:37:41 PM
Yes, we only used the toilet seat covers for my kids, we just kept on in each bathroom, much cleaner, plus they are more likely to stay still until they are done.
63  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: We Can Do by Moshe Kai with guest Robert Levy discussing Saxon Math. on: April 02, 2013, 02:19:18 AM
This is what I've found and referred to in the past. It is from Art Reed, who is kind of a Saxon math expert. As you can see in some cases you may skip Math 87, but never Algebra 1/2 (http://www.usingsaxon.com/newsletterpage-2012.php)

FAST MATH TRACK:  Math 76 - Algebra 1/2 - Algebra 1 - Algebra 2 - Geometry with Advanced Algebra - Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus(combined make up the Advanced Mathematics book) - Calculus. NOTE: The Saxon Advanced Mathematics textbook was used over a two year period allowing the above underlined two full math credits after completing Saxon Algebra 2. (TOTAL High School Math Credits: 5)


AVERAGE MATH TRACK:  Math 76 - Math 87 - Algebra 1/2 - Algebra 1 - Algebra 2 - Geometry with Advanced Algebra - Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus. (TOTAL High School Math Credits: 4)


SLOWER MATH TRACK:  Math 76 - Math 87 - Algebra 1/2 - Algebra 1 - Introduction to Algebra 2 - Algebra 2 - Geometry with Advanced Algebra. (TOTAL High School Math Credits: 4)


NOTE 1:  YOU SHOULD USE THE FOLLOWING EDITIONS AS THEY ARE ACADEMICALLY STRONGER THAN THE EARLIER EDITIONS ARE, AND MIXING THE OLDER EDITIONS WITH THE NEWER EDITIONS WILL RESULT IN FRUSTRATION OR FAILURE FOR THE STUDENT.

                Math 76: Either the hardback 3rd Ed or the new soft cover 4th Ed. (The Math content of both
                              editions is the same)

                Math 87: Either the hardback 2nd Ed or the new soft cover 3rd Ed. (The Math content of both
                              editions is the same)

                Algebra 1/2: Use only the 3rd Edition. (Book has the lesson reference numbers added)

                Algebra 1:  Use only the 3rd Edition. (Book has the lesson reference numbers added)

                Algebra 2:  Use either the 2nd or 3rd Editions. (Content is identical. Lesson reference numbers
                                     added to the 3rd Ed)

                Advanced Mathematics:   Use only the 2nd Edition: (Lesson reference numbers are found in
                                                                 the solutions manual, not in the textbook)

                Calculus:  Either the 1st or 2nd Edition will work.


NOTE 2:   WHEN RECORDING COURSE TITLES ON TRANSCRIPTS, USE THE FOLLOWING TITLES:

                  Math 76:  Record "Sixth Grade Math."

                  Math 87:  Record "Pre-Algebra."(If student must also take Algebra 1/2, then use "Seventh Grade
                                 Math")

                  Algebra 1/2:  Record "Pre-Algebra."

                  Algebra 1  &   Algebra 2:    Self explanatory.

                  Advanced Mathematics:   Record "Geometry with Advanced Algebra" (1 credit) if they only
                                                        complete the first 60 - 70 lessons of  that textbook.
                                                               
                                                        Record "Trigonometry and Pre-calculus" (1 credit) if they have
                                                        completed the entirety of the Advanced mathematics textbook.

                                                        Under no circumstances should you record the title "Advanced
                                                        Mathematics" on the student's transcript as the colleges and
                                                        universities will not know what math this course contains,
                                                        and they will ask you for a syllabus of the course.

                 Calculus:  Self explanatory.                           
64  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Music / Re: How are Soft Mozart kids doing? on: March 27, 2013, 08:00:36 PM
TMT, I'd love to see a video of Owen if you have one. What does a practice session look like for him?
65  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Music / Re: How are Soft Mozart kids doing? on: March 25, 2013, 07:26:53 PM
Sonya, what a sweet video. I am so impressed by your daughters knowledge  of the keys and ability to take your verbal input and translate into her playing.

My little one was not ready to play for quite a while, on guess the key he would push the note and just hold it so that a new note would not come down. We mainly focused on playing do to so one finger on each key while singing. We did right and left hands separately and then eventually he built up to both hands together. He initially couldn't play the cords, either but we just kept working at it and playing the left and right hands separately. We also laminated the cards and he practices putting them in order do to do.

He still doesn't do lessons quite as frequently as his big brother and his attention span is significantly less. Maybe it is a boy thing, that they need extra time. It does make me so happy though when I hear him upstairs alone playing do, re, mi, fa, so and singing along in his little voice. So sweet.
66  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Music / How are Soft Mozart kids doing? on: March 25, 2013, 03:49:25 AM
I was wondering how other parents of young kids doing the Soft Mozart program are doing? My 3 year old only now is developing the attention span to play songs though with both hands without losing interest by the end, but now that he's doing it I'm hoping his progress will speed up. Overall we've been very happy with the program and I feel like my kids are going to be very proficient piano players. We really didn't have the ability to bring them to piano lessons, and I didn't have the confidence or knowledge to teach them.

I would love to see videos of some of the other kids playing, ideas as to what you guys do for your lessons as well as other things (besides LM) you might use to supplement their music education. We aren't able to purchase little music right now, but we do still use classical magic frequently in the car and my kids like to sing along to alot of the classical songs. I'd love to see how other kids are doing and what other parents are doing to help them be successful.

Here he is today:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/8aW2ZZ23ITI&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/8aW2ZZ23ITI&rel=1</a>

And here is big brother (age 6) with a song (Musette) that he was working on memorizing (that's why the notes are hidden until he plays them):
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/H1qyr5J7ojA&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/H1qyr5J7ojA&rel=1</a>

And this is his 3rd day of learning Ode to Joy:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1jFlBPwsUXk&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/1jFlBPwsUXk&rel=1</a>
67  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: We Can Do by Moshe Kai with guest Robert Levy discussing Saxon Math. on: March 22, 2013, 08:05:48 PM
Manda, I would just start the Saxon 54. We had tried doing the word problem book that comes with Jones genius Math 3 kit and my son totally struggled with it, we started the saxon and everything is so gradual that somehow he learned it. I haven't tried going back to that word problem book, but I know that the problems he is doing now (at the end of Saxon 54) are a lot more complex, so I would just have him start on faith.
68  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: We Can Do by Moshe Kai with guest Robert Levy discussing Saxon Math. on: March 20, 2013, 04:21:51 AM
Yes, I read obsessively about the state of education in our country and I don't know why. It only depresses me. Here locally there are 35 kids per a class with one teacher, a teacher I know was saying that not even half the kids even turn in their homework, so the idea of teaching kids individually or at their level or spending time trying to challenge kids that are ahead is laughable. She just wants to get most of them close to grade level and is grateful for the ones who are above grade level, because she figures they will take care of themselves and even if they don't make gains they will be where they need to be to advance. Luckily we are homeschooling, but it still is so incredibly sad to me, I just wish I could do something, I know it's not abusive but it feels like it sometimes to me.
69  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: We Can Do by Moshe Kai with guest Robert Levy discussing Saxon Math. on: March 18, 2013, 11:33:53 PM
LDS Mom,

For my older son he had already been using flashcards before we switched over. Our problem was that he would dawdle with the flashcards forever, hence the timeout feature is very helpful.

For my 3 year old, I put the time out at 30-45 seconds. The first few times through the new problems I read it out and make it easier to understand. So I'll say for 3+1 "If you have 3 and I give you one more, how many do you have?, or What's one more then 3?, or What come one after 3?, one, two, three _____? Then I'll help him type it in. After we've done it a few times, I just let him get it wrong and see the answer and type it in right himself. I think lots of repetition will help it really sink in.

With my older son we let him "figure out" the problems, and now he often will go to calculating first even if he knows the answer. With my younger I"d rather he just learn them by heart as an instant response.
70  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Other Topics / Re: what about code? on: March 18, 2013, 11:20:54 PM
Another resource we've considered looking into is Alice (http://www.alice.org/index.php) and storytelling Alice (http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/)
71  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Other Topics / Re: what about code? on: March 18, 2013, 11:13:09 PM
My 6 year old really enjoys scratch. He works through the lessons on his own, but often begs to free play and creates little "movies" or games.
72  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: We Can Do by Moshe Kai with guest Robert Levy discussing Saxon Math. on: March 17, 2013, 07:45:00 PM
nee,
I think it is important for them to have a solid grasp of their math facts (i.e. they can calculate the right answer within a few seconds) even if they are not completely memorized. The program we use for the math facts is called sterling math facts. It costs like $10.

You can chose individual facts to work on, or ranges, or all of one type of equation or all equations or solve for an addend/multiplier (like an algebra problem). You can also chose the amount of time they have to answer each problem and the number of problems. It keeps track of missed problems so you can do a set of the most commonly missed, or make sure a certain percentage of each sets problems are the ones you child misses regularly. You can then look at their results in a pie graph or in a graph with time as the x axis to see how they are improving.

We do 250 problems a day for my 6 year old. He does all add/sub/mult/div 0-12. We use a time out of 8 seconds, but his average time per a problem is 4 seconds.

We start with the Sterling Math facts, then he does the warm up math facts page from Saxon, then he reads the chapter, he then does the mental math/problem solving, lesson review and finishes up with the 30 problems.

We use either the forms from the back of the tests/worksheets book or a form I found online for him to write his answers on or one I found online (I'll attach to this post). My husband or I correct it and then he works through the corrections on his own looking up the ones he missed if he didn't understand it, usually it is silly mistakes from having messy handwriting.

Any he misses after the second time through we watch him work to see where he is going wrong and redirect him. Usually however, when he does it with us watching he is more careful and will get it right.
73  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: Suggestions on where to go next on: March 10, 2013, 07:34:24 PM
Around age 2 we start Kumon books: the writing numbers, upper case letters, mazes, coloring. My sons would do a page of each and as we finished each one we'd move on to the next. We try to do a lesson of Right start A daily, but that does not always happen, and my elder son ended up moving straight into math facts at age 4 and the Saxon 5/4 right when he turned 6. My younger we are still trying to use the right start. We also would do a lesson from "The Ordinary Parents guide to teaching reading", reading eggs, readingbear and some reading to me out of either a Peter and Jane book or an early reader.
74  BEYOND EARLY LEARNING (for older years) / General Discussions - After Early Learning / Re: Swann Family = 10 Children with MA at age 16! Book Review & Discussion Thread on: January 25, 2013, 04:30:38 AM
I do use RC, but agree it is light on directed writing instruction, the idea is that children learn to write by reading good literature. For us we started with writing with ease and spelling workout and moved to daily language review by Houghton-Mifflen. Once we finish writing with ease we are planning on moving to the Institutes for Excellence in Writing. I think that his method probably does produce good writers, but because I tend to be more regimented I want more structure that is why we are going to move to IEW.
75  BEYOND EARLY LEARNING (for older years) / General Discussions - After Early Learning / Re: Swann Family = 10 Children with MA at age 16! Book Review & Discussion Thread on: January 20, 2013, 08:23:41 PM
The Henty books are historical fiction. He actually was quite historically accurate, it is only the main characters that are fictional and the places and events are all real. My boys quite enjoy having them read to them.
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