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Preschool / Kindergarten Homeschooling Curiculum?
Asked by A.C. from Cincinnati
on March 5, 2012
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I am a SAHM to two toddlers. My son already knows all of his letters upper- and lower-case, can count in his head up to 50 and read numbers up to 100, and can read and...
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- I don't think you actually need a curriculum at this age. I would just continue to do what you are doing. I do use the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lesson...
- Try starfall(dot com) for fun learning And I found books AWESOME books at Barnes and Noble called "101 Things Every Kindergartner Should Know about _________ (i.e. ...
- I haven't looked into it yet but abcmouse.com is always advertising specials.
Wooden Marble Run
Asked by N.S. from Chicago
on August 9, 2009
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I will be spluging on a nice marble run for my kids for the holidays. Any suggestions? Also any other recommendations for open-ended toys? My kids will be 9,6,3 by ...
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- My kids got a wooden set and honestly it was terrible. It never held together, they couldn't make it really work and even I had issues making a good marble run. I'd ...
- We have had both the plastic ones that fit together in different patterns and a wooden block marble run. I would highly suggest the wooden one. We had two different pl...
- My 6 & 2 year old have a plastic marble run that they play with almost daily. I think the original set came from ToysRus and a second one came from Toys et Cetera in ...
My 5 Year Old Has a Slight Problem Copying Things
Asked by M.P. from Minneapolis
on February 7, 2012
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Is this a problem? I noticed at her evaluation for kindergarten. She did everything excellently, but got hung up on the copying phase. Anything the person sat out in f...
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- My sister, now 48, still remembers the trouble she got into in Kindergarten for coloring her bunny pink. She is now a successful hair stylist. What are we doing to kid...
- It could be nothing but what comes to my mind is the following questions, "is there any family history of dyslexia or any learning disability LD"? Like someone else s...
- I don't know that there is anything "wrong" with her as others have pointed out she may have just a very artistic mind...but I don't think it would hurt to have her ta...
Teachers... How Is Your School Teaching Reading??
Asked by L.O. from Detroit
on January 25, 2012
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My daughter is in kindergarten.. and I have to say I am very unimpressed with the curriculum. When we went for meet the teacher night.. I had one question.. "how do y...
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- I'm not familiar with DISTAR, but our local school district uses Houghton Mifflin's reading program. It's phonics based, not whole word. We moved here when my second ...
- Kindergarten isn't really for teaching reading. Your expectations are a bit high. They learn letter sounds and sight words. They might be able to recognize a word he...
- We use teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons. And we also have used something called Phonics Museum by Veritas Press. I believe the phonics method of teaching r...
"Real Preschools"
Asked by K.C. from Philadelphia
on August 18, 2008
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I live in Center City and am dismayed to find that all preschools here (that I have found so far) are not what I had in mind. What happened to the preschools where yo...
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- Take a look at the Waldorf School in Germantown. They are preK - 8th grade, with a philosophy of creative play. www.phillywaldorf.com
- I don't have a school for you but i do have some advice. I had my daughter in a fun preschool. They did singing and dancing with a few fun science experiments. When...
- Try one affiliated with a church. If you can't find one in the city, all the surrounding suburbs have what you are looking for.
Homework Problems for a 5Th Grader
Asked by J.S. from Seattle
on October 9, 2008
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Hi moms. My daughter, who was always very on top of her homework, is suddenly having problems. It is only an issue for a couple of subjects, like math. But I'm not su...
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- Hi J., I would agree with those who say to speak with the teacher first! After talking with the teachers who are teaching the classes she is having problems in. I...
- She may not NEED a tutor, but i bet she could really benefit from one. You could find a professional source (a tutoring center), or even just see if one of the teenag...
- I would suggest getting math off the paper. One of the reasons why math is so boring and hard for many kids is because it is nothing but numbers on a paper, and looks ...
5 Year Old Collecting & Saving Everything!!!
Asked by M.L. from Richmond
on December 1, 2008
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Hi ,I just want to know is this a normal phase for kids to go through. My daughter is 5 and about to turn 6 she just started Kindergarten this year. Since she started ...
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- The best approach I can suggest is to let her do it, but put a limit on it that she enforces on herself, or make it a learning activity. If she's collecting words, ...
- I say let her do her thing. It is good that she is interested in words. A lot of kids don't show that much interest in learning to read. If she were my little girl,...
- I have a 5 year-old also and he behaves the same way, so I guess a lot of it has to do with the age. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to deal with this with...
Preparation for Kindergarten
Asked by C.M. from Dallas
on June 29, 2011
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My daughter is starting public kindergarten in August and I was wondering what I should do to prepare for it.
School starts at 7:50. Drive is probably 20 min or le...
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- Well with both my kids, they went to Preschool. Preschool was 'practice' for all of this. My son is 4.75 years old now and has been going to Preschool for a few month...
- I have always had really good luck with the soft sided lunch boxes that are insulated. I can pack one little rubbermaid ice pack ( they come in different shapes and ar...
- I like Kathleens routine... my only 2 cents is, last year when we started Kinder, I bought a lunch bag and that was great for about 2 weeks until I figured that there ...
Preschool or Not?
Asked by A.B. from St. Louis
on February 17, 2008
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I have a 2 year old little boy and people are starting to ask me if we are going to put him in preschool. I didn't go to preschool but all of his cousins are going. Wh...
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- I work one day a week also and I keep my son a home for preschool. I have talked to some people from the state for early childhood development and they say the only th...
- I am a mother of 8 and like you with my first one it seemed everyone was giving good advice. Well they were but that was advice that worked with their children, and tr...
- Dear A., I say stay at home with the kiddos just as long as you possibly can right now, especially if you are inclined. Some people want other people to raise their b...
All Homeschooling Moms, HELP!
Asked by L.M. from Rochester
on August 7, 2008
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My youngest daughter is having trouble with her math. She is going into 3rd grade and as of last year was still using a number chart. We are trying to do flashcards ...
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- My kids struggled with learning math and spelling or other boring subjects until I made games of them. W-E S-P-E-L-L E-V-E-R-Y W-O-R-D or I would give a definition ...
- HI L., You can check out the websites funbrain.com for some online math games your daughter can play. I'd also recommend math-drills.com. I know that timed tests ...
- In addition to the other advice - make math part of your day, all day. In the grocery store, how many apples, how many oranges, therefore how many pieces of fruit? At ...
