hi there

i am ready to start maths program but i am not sure how to use the equations using the doman method.

i dont have the book so i dont know how it should look. i would appreciate and links or threads that can help me figure this out. i have the equations and schedules but i dont know how to use them.

any help would be sooo appreciated.

thanx in advance

hi there

i am currently reading warren buffets biography. quite fascinating.

i want to read this book i read a while back when i was teaching.
its called " how to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk."
i need to read it again because communicating with a 2 yr old can be challenging.

hi there.

sa'ad is turning 2 next monday. about a month ago i bought him a potty time book. we then went to choose a potty. the potty came with a reward chart which i hadnt shown him yet.

he would go on about the potty and he would sit down when i asked him if he wanted 2. whenever i tell him that he is a big boy he tells me " i go potty!!" he never did anything though then one day he sat on it i turned around to wash my hands and he got up and ran away like usual. then i see a liquid in his potty. great i missed his first wee in the potty!

i jump up and down in excitement.
i make him drop it in the toilet and flush and wash his hands.
i call every one i know.
i give him his first star on the poo chart.
and that was that.

it hasnt happened again.

im glad he likes his potty and he knows that its not a chair or a funny hat or a place to grow plants in.

so now im just going to be patient and i am going to wait for him to make the first move. we go potty at least twice a day. he wont be in nappys forever so im just trying to be relaxed about it

thanx stacey

would really appreciate that. after yesterdays discussion though i think he sees my view. he actually got excited about it.

i told him how when i went shopping yesterday i went to the fridge and opened it to pull out a box of fish fingers. Sa'ad exclaimed - fish fingers! he has never seen the box of fish fingers before. he is turning 2 next week. he also opened my grocery cupboard and found my pack of crystal sugar and says. Sugar! i want sugar. he hadnt seen that box before either!

what will he do in preschool? right now i wish i lived in philadelphia.

hi there.

dh and i were just discussing our future plans.
the most important one of all was are we going to homeschool or put our son in a school.

the only problem with homeschooling is that our son could possibly be at a social disadvantage. (according to dh)

i bravely and passionately disprove this to dh.
then he says well lets google the disadvantages of homeschooling.

i make a cup of tea and think about all those socially advantaged people out there who had the opportunity of going to a "real school".

i realise that they are not that sociable. people seem to want to learn skills to defend themselves socially rather than be more sociable. people now a days seem to have more difficulty with being confident in a social atmosphere and hence need therapy (self help or professional) because they are afraid of their insecurities (not all people but oprah admitted to being insecure when she was younger). i cant help but wonder could the school environment be responsible for this. with socialisation comes peer pressure. does peer pressure veer a child off the road of following their dreams. does it make them focus on their faults and how they are not perfect enough whichs shifts the attention off academics. does school make kids more competitive with peers rather than make them compete with theselves?

why are people becoming more reclusive and afraid of each other. (again not all). we are a virtual community but in the real world?
how sociable are we.

i teach in a mom and toddler group. i was locumming for another teacher at her own school so naturally i wasnt familiar with her kids.
there was this boy who had an amazing attention span for 3yrs. he was very capable in the class. when i spoke to him he didnt shy away like most 3yr olds or keep silent. he answered me clearly. his sister was 7yrs and proudly told me that she was in grade 4. she chatted to me easily. at the end of the class i found out that these kids were being homeschooled. they didnt socialise based on a standard set by their peers but rather interacted socially in a manner accepted by adults.

my experience with these kids tells me that it is not necessarily the case that homeschooling creates an unsociable shy child. i am not sure what method this mom had adopted with her kids to make them the way they are but they were truly wonderful kids to be around.

 

my son didnt really have a choice. both sets of grandfathers are left handed. he looks so awkward with his crayon in the left hand but his strokes are perfect. maybe im just biased but they are

jazakallah for that kyles mom.
im sure i will definitely enjoy it.

oh and how could i forget. all you people that upload those great files. i know it must take lots and lots of time and you so unselfishly share your hardwork with everyone. you have inspired me to figure out how to use that function of my little reader and create my own files to share. thats what i'm going to be doing this weekend.

i love the posts from the moderators and architects and the brillkids team. you guys know so much!
i love the general tips from moms and dads as well as i find i learn alot from them.
i love those members that post thought provoking questions as alot of my concerns get answered.
and ofcourse all the homeschooling moms. its because of you that i am now homeschooling.

interesting!

i guess my baby is ready for some phonics flashcards.
thanx for sharing

how did you learn to read that early if you dont mind me asking? what method did your parents use?
can you speed read now

definitely jeans!!!

fascinating.

i believe products with ammonia in them are harmful and when they mix with a bleach based product, fumes are given off.
i wouldnt mind those recipes.
i remember reading about something to make a cleaniing agent for windows but i just couldnt remember what it was so i just put water in a spray bottle coz my son wanted to clean the glass door with that rubber thing for windows.
would have been nice if it actually got cleaned.

hi there

i've been thinking more and more about phonics. i think i will implement it when my son is 2 and a half. i think a combination of both methods,phonics and sight, would have the best result as you are helping them with reading and spelling. why wait till later for spelling when the younger they are, the easier it is. wont it be easier for them to learn it when they are younger like anything else they learn.

i know that some schools that took away a phonics based programme to teach reading  had a bad result. i think i read it on the brillkids book that was free to download. not sure but i prefer the best of both worlds

an interesting game with blocks.

make a stack.
start off with a ball and try and aim to knock the stack down.
move further away and eventually use a smaller and smaller ball.
will help your baby with concentration, eye hand coordination and a good aim. will make your baby a good bowler in cricket.
Go South Africa. beat the aussies!!!!