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A couple weeks ago, I mentioned that Quinn’s math progresses slowly because he doesn’t have his times tables memorized. He understand it conceptually, but gets bogged down in the details. A couple friends recommended Times Tales–a system of using mnemonic devices to memorize the higher times tables (6s through 9s).
I purchased the “deluxe” edition, with [...]
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In general, we’re good homeschoolers on Mondays. I feel ready to hit the ground running, these days Jason is off on Mondays, and our only out-of-the-house commitment is in the evening. Snowy and bitterly cold Mondays are even better.
I’ve decided to really accelerate the Ambleside Online schedule of Our Island Story. At their rate it [...]
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Quinn oftentimes struggles with math.
Sometimes I think it’s because Singapore doesn’t have them memorize multiplication tables and the like (any thoughts about supplementing with that?). So, he has to reason out every simple problem (simple division in this case), every time he does it.
Once he stops lamenting his misfortune, though, he puzzles it out pretty [...]
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