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Yikes! Honor roll teens "can't read/write cursive"..huh?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 616383" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Donna, it is absolutely NO surprise that your daughter learned more in the smaller mixed grade school than in the more conventional school. She was exposed to more and was not limited by her age. </p><p></p><p>It is important to know your math tables early in your education but for some reason educators who make the decisions forget this. We dealt with that after one move. It was pretty cool, actually.</p><p></p><p>I worked on drills in the car as we went places. NO more books on short trip, and no more radio either.s for my kids (We do not and will not have dvds, etc... in the car except on very very long trips.. I bought some kid music about numbers etc.. and I gave the kids problems. </p><p></p><p>So how did I get them to NOT ignore me or try to drown me out? I made games out of it. With prizes. most right answers beteen here and the corner, most wrong answers does the litter box, etc... Refusing to participapte? all other players got a treat you would LOVE but don't get because you refused to play.</p><p></p><p>I also did this at home and anywhere else I could. Any/every child in the area was included. If a child clearly could not compete due to whatever, I made sure they had a win even if I gave it to them. I did NOT just give them a treat, I made them earn it because it meant more to them and let them be proud of themselves.</p><p></p><p>I had other games and activities also. One of the MAJOR things to rememer is to incorporate what the student is passionate about. At one time Wiz would have gotten dinosaur or Garfield problems when possible. Prizes ranged from candy to small toys to books to promises to go to the park, etc... </p><p></p><p>Anyway, that is how we handled the idiotic 'they don't need to memorize tables of math facts. They can always look them up or work them out silently" line that we were given. It was a ludicrous argument then, is now, and likely always will be, at least in my mind.</p><p></p><p>At home or if we could sit while waiting for something, we did speed drills. The player had so many seconds after the question was given to give the answer. I usually used m&m's or other small candy for this. If you get the correct answer, you got to eat so many candies. 9x9=81 got 9 candies or 81 depending on the circumstances. I used a stopwatch for this because it seemed more 'official' to Wiz so he didn't fight what the stopwatch said the way he might with me. </p><p></p><p>I hope some of these ideas can be helpful to you. I know parents who made kids earn tv/compute time through games like this, so you can be as creative as you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 616383, member: 1233"] Donna, it is absolutely NO surprise that your daughter learned more in the smaller mixed grade school than in the more conventional school. She was exposed to more and was not limited by her age. It is important to know your math tables early in your education but for some reason educators who make the decisions forget this. We dealt with that after one move. It was pretty cool, actually. I worked on drills in the car as we went places. NO more books on short trip, and no more radio either.s for my kids (We do not and will not have dvds, etc... in the car except on very very long trips.. I bought some kid music about numbers etc.. and I gave the kids problems. So how did I get them to NOT ignore me or try to drown me out? I made games out of it. With prizes. most right answers beteen here and the corner, most wrong answers does the litter box, etc... Refusing to participapte? all other players got a treat you would LOVE but don't get because you refused to play. I also did this at home and anywhere else I could. Any/every child in the area was included. If a child clearly could not compete due to whatever, I made sure they had a win even if I gave it to them. I did NOT just give them a treat, I made them earn it because it meant more to them and let them be proud of themselves. I had other games and activities also. One of the MAJOR things to rememer is to incorporate what the student is passionate about. At one time Wiz would have gotten dinosaur or Garfield problems when possible. Prizes ranged from candy to small toys to books to promises to go to the park, etc... Anyway, that is how we handled the idiotic 'they don't need to memorize tables of math facts. They can always look them up or work them out silently" line that we were given. It was a ludicrous argument then, is now, and likely always will be, at least in my mind. At home or if we could sit while waiting for something, we did speed drills. The player had so many seconds after the question was given to give the answer. I usually used m&m's or other small candy for this. If you get the correct answer, you got to eat so many candies. 9x9=81 got 9 candies or 81 depending on the circumstances. I used a stopwatch for this because it seemed more 'official' to Wiz so he didn't fight what the stopwatch said the way he might with me. I hope some of these ideas can be helpful to you. I know parents who made kids earn tv/compute time through games like this, so you can be as creative as you want. [/QUOTE]
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