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1  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Math / Re: Is anyone using the Doman dot cards math iPad app? on: December 13, 2012, 01:11:10 PM
Hi...we use Baby X Count, the new version is great!  Now you don't have to wait 30 minutes between lessons.   With my 3 year old I remember doing math bits in PowerPoint it was a lot of work.   It is awesome to have it on iPad!   We have been doing since my son was 6 months and he loves it.   We do it at night with lights off!   As for any progress,  I have no idea.   Same with my daughter I have no idea, I suppose it can only help and not be bad.   I would like to think she has a better grasp if numbers.  
I don't have LM so this is awesome.  

Good luck...
Ps I don't think it makes any difference whether they show the plus sign or the = sign and you don't. I would say the baby figures it out.   I like it that they show it so the kid is introduced to them early. 
2  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Math / Re: multiplication tables on: June 09, 2012, 11:26:38 PM
I'm convinced...Thanks Manda.  I am getting one too and can't wait to go through with my lovely daughter.  big grin
3  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Math / Re: multiplication tables on: June 09, 2012, 01:35:46 AM
Awesome! ...You guys/girls are my Gurus.  Everytime I think we are doing well, I always find that you guys are 2 steps ahead of me.  But I am soo glad that you are! 

I have to try this with my 3 yr old daughter too... Thanks Nadia for the inspiration!  Sooo grateful!  But two questions for all....

1.  How do you inspire a child to learn multiplication tables.  I can imagine a conversation with mine...lets learn MTs...why Mommy?   And then, there willl be many other interruptions.    Or are the stories good that they learn it?

2. Someone earlier posted a link to Right brain Multiplication Division Book....http://www.child-1st.com/new_site/index.html   Is that better or is this better?   I like using just one method and sticking to it soo if you guys have any knowledge about both let me  know and i'll go with that .... big grin

3. For those that got the student book...what does that have...they have no previews.   

Thanks soo much,...

PS - here is the link to fact navigator - http://www.multiplication.com/learn/fact-navigator    If you click on the equations you get videos - http://www.multiplication.com/learn/multiply/3/x/2   



4  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: Article > Prodigy earns University of Chicago medical degree at 21 on: June 05, 2012, 02:08:45 PM
Awesome!  good for both of them!  Nice to know progress of early readers and writers. 
5  EARLY LEARNING / Homeschooling / Re: How to teach a Child that can't Focus? on: June 05, 2012, 02:06:01 PM
Korrale, 

thanks sooo much for the tips.  Definately great ideas.  But one thing I have a difficult time is keeping track of progress.  How do you do that.  Starfalll lessons and the books have an order so its easier for me to know how far she is at or practice similar rules.  But I love those books and action sentences I will try.  As I said my daughter already gives her best attention when we do Simon says....


thanks...
6  EARLY LEARNING / Homeschooling / Re: How to teach a Child that can't Focus? on: May 27, 2012, 05:00:07 PM
Thanks everyone, some tips were quite helpful. 

I think we just need to do 1 sentence as Manda recommended.  Maybe, I am expecting too much.  The Starfall books are pretty interesting for her, she loves looking at the images so I really thought that she should be able to finish them.  It is difficult for me to close after one sentence because I just want to finish the whole thing.

I have tried books with family pictures with little hope.   But I should try using powerpoint books with one page sentence and other page picture.  The reason I concentrate on Starfall because it has the lessons in series so it is easier for me to gauge that she's learned the rules, like when two vowels are walking, the first one does the talking.  My daughter even loves their rules, we can say anytime during the day. 

As for Reading Wishperer, definately, a good point that reward might not be a good idea, as she will not be intrinsically motivated to read then.  I will definately keep that in mind.  But sorry, I think the rest of your message gets lost because you assume rather than ask.   wub   You didn't ask whether my daughter can sound out the words.  She can sound them out and try to blend, with help.  I definately help her with blending and understand that she will need this help for a while. 

Maquenzie, heee... that was funny...I swear that is how reading is too,  she brings up weird things in between.  But I've tried actually many things...positive feedback, I think I just hit a deadlock but she doesn't let me close reading...I guess she thinks Mom, won't come back to it later.  I'll go with reading only one sentence at a time and wait for her clue to have more.     

Thanks everyone for the great tips.  My apologies if I forgot to include a few in these comments.   happy

7  EARLY LEARNING / Homeschooling / Re: How to teach a Child that can't Focus? on: May 25, 2012, 06:05:19 PM
Its not that she can't focus on the computer screen it is just that she doesn't focus well esspecially when reading sentences.  I basically have zero teaching tools other than laptop and ipad. I have no printer to print stuff.   Its cuz we moved across country.

Sometimes when she starts to get tired, I ask her to do Simon says...jump, skip....     

How do you encourage them to read sentences?  As I said before sometimes she herself doesn't let me switch or close reading exercises but then she doesn't focus and finish them either. 

Thanks,
8  EARLY LEARNING / Homeschooling / How to teach a Child that can't Focus? on: May 25, 2012, 02:42:42 PM
l am trying to teach my daughter reading using Starfall. She is about 3 and1/2 years old.  We have even set out a reward for her for when she finishes all the lessons on the site, she can get a rideon car. 

My major problem is when it is her turn to read sentences she doesn't focus, takes forever to read.  I have tried reading one word and she reads the next, then she reads a little faster.  She doesn't read per se but tries to combine the letter sounds. The major problem is when I tell her to take a break because she can't focus, she gets mad and insists on reading.  So when we try again, she loses focus pretty fast. 

I am really not sure about how much attention span should I expect from her.  I have tried writing the sentences too and drawing a picture after finishing each word but even then she takes a loooong while.  Initially, I thought maybe cuz we are using the computer.  We don't have books as we have recently moved and our stuff is not here yet.  What to do?   I get really bored too but then doesn't let me end the lesson.   I hope that I end the lesson sternly and fast that she will do a better job and focus more next day or later but it doesn't happen.


Thanks!

9  EARLY LEARNING / Homeschooling / Re: What made you decide to homeschool? on: May 24, 2012, 05:19:59 PM
As my daughter is almost 3 and 1/2 years old, we are leaning towards homeschool also.  Other than the reasons mentioned above, we would also add mobility.  My husband and I like to travel and not be bound by school schedules.  I hope that doesn't sound selfish.   wub   If we can provide them with a better education with good moral values then why not.   

But two things that concern me about homeschool is that we have a difficult time establishing a schedule and sticking to it and my dd loves to be in a school setting.  Sometimes we start reading and lessons don't finish for hours because the baby interrupts or my daughter is not in the mood.   My daughter has previously gone to well chosen Montessori schools and she loves the setting of schools.  I am afraid as she sees her cousins close to her age going to school, she will have a tough time choosing homeschool.  What do you do then? 



 
10  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Math / Re: FREE Right Brained Multiplication and Division 30.00 value on: May 16, 2012, 10:31:31 AM
Thanks...it is really nice. 
11  The BrillKids Forum / Forum Feedback + Questions / Re: my login doesn't work from ipad on: May 01, 2012, 12:29:09 AM
Thanks KL for acknowledging this problem.  I tried using the Safari browser to login to the forum.  Same happens when I try it using my Iphone.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
12  The BrillKids Forum / Forum Feedback + Questions / my login doesn't work from ipad on: April 25, 2012, 05:53:47 PM
I am not able to login from my ipad to this forum.  I put the login info in and I get a message that this id doesn't exist ( I don't remember the exact message).  But this id works fine with my computer.  Thanks,
13  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: Created a reading monster :) on: January 11, 2012, 10:57:25 PM
Mee to concernec abt glasses.  good job!  Amazing that he can read so well.   

if glasss are because he is straining his eyes give him plus/reading glasses instead not negative power ones they'll only let him see text smaller and strain his eyes more and the number will get worse.

sorry to give unasked advice but my DH has bad eyes cuz his parents didn''t know.  I hate any kid to go through that. 
14  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages / Re: Are DVDs enough to teach a language? on: January 09, 2012, 05:33:07 AM
I wonder if it is a good idea or any would be willing to come on Skype and form a group to teach our kids multiple languages.   rolleyes  Just a thought.  We can find one native speaker of a language and by interaction, do like fun activities for few minutes and close..main reason is language exposure.  We can form slides of unfamiliar words mentioned and teach them ourselves to our kids. Offcourse, this can be recorded too as maybe it would be difficult for everyone to be present online at the same time. 
15  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Music / Re: Softway Mozart for a $50 discount! 1 year license for only $100 bucks! on: December 08, 2011, 08:14:02 PM
Hi everyone, 

Glad to see so many of us getting into this together.  It will be an interesting journey. 

wow...Monika...how did you hear about this SoftChristmas11  code?  Only 78 bucks.  Good job!

Thanks,
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