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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child to Read / Re: How many sight words to teach at once?
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on: May 30, 2013, 08:34:00 AM
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You mean flascards? Doman suggests 5 in a row first, then another set next day, on the third day yet another set. On the fourth day you have 15 words this way. Each set 3 times. But I do it my own way and it works I suppose that it depends on the child. I do about 10 words in EK - it's words at the same time, because I use large font for the picture (word/picture) not just picture and tiny print that I read. That's because I usually can't get down to many session a day, so I do lots at a time. About 3-4 ppt (they ask for more, and are the same age as your children ) Plus math - red dots. BUT, when I do flashcards, it turns out that even 70 is not too much for them. Sure, who wants she/he turns away - for a while. They always (now) shout for more after we finish.
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Parents' Lounge / General Parenting / Re: Why do wish for another baby?
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on: May 22, 2013, 10:05:25 AM
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A very interesting subject. I am a mother of three, and quite often wish for more. But like a few of you – my husband opposes the idea of more kids. For many reasons – space (we live in a small apartment – but that will change soon), finances, time, sleepless nights for me, difficult pregnancies (takes me away from kids metaphorically, because though at home I keep laying on the sofa and feeling unwell), and my age – 36 this August… But though I see he’s right, and yet it’s not like he’s be extremely unhappy if we had one more by accident – he loves kids – he’d be very worried how we’re going to make it… So, am I going to get over that feeling of wanting more or is it going to be constant regret?...
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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages / Teaching Chinese - advice needed
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on: May 13, 2013, 08:17:00 AM
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Please don't get angry if the topic is already somewhere here but I'm short of time, can't browse now (looked up one page here only).
The thing is - I'm Polish, I know a few languages (English well, others moderately), but I don't know Chinese. I want to expose my kids to it because it's so different that it'd be mind broadening for sure. But even though I can download pps with Chinese vocab I have no idea how to READ Chinese to them. I know nothing in that language. Is it then preposterous to try and show it to my children? If not - how to go about it? Show Chinese words but read tell the meaning in Polish/English?
Or if I was to learn - where to start - don't have any books and Internet is my only resource.
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