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Tuesday, November 8, 2005 - Pledges

In answer to Honeybee's question here is the following:

 

THE PLEDGE TO THE CHRISTIAN FLAG

I pledge allegiance to the Christian Flag and to the Savior for Whose kingdom it stands, One Savior, Crucified, Risen and Coming again, with life and liberty to all who believe.

 

THE PLEDGE TO THE BIBLE

I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God's Holy Word.  I will make it a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path, and will hide its words in my heart that I might not sin against God.

 

I think these serve as excellent daily "confessions" for the children for death and life is in the power of their tongue...

 

 

 

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Tuesday, November 8, 2005 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Honeybee
That's really neat! Thanks for responding so quick!
Melissa
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Tuesday, November 8, 2005 - Those are great!!!!
Posted by schooldaze
Where did you get those?!?!?!??? What does the Christian flag look like? I'll start doing that with them now! We're already learning the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem (as they salute the flag). They remember so much so easily at this young age. Then when they get older it'll be ingrained in them. Whoo!!!! Praise the Lord for your post and Honeybee's question!!!! That's right up our alley!!! Thank You, Jesus for these wonderful women to fellowship with!!!!
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Sunday, November 13, 2005 - Untitled Comment
Posted by gottsegnet
I use the Singapore math books as a "base." I like the philosphy and wish I had the materials to do it the way I heard it described a LONG time ago, on an NPR special, no less. How hard do you think it would be to find 100 1 inch tiles...50 black and 50 white? Even the companies which sell the Singapore stuff don't sell the manipulative set which is part of it...I even went down to the hardware store and found out I would have to special order them.

I like it because every lesson starts concrete, then pictorial and then abstract. Children are given problems which require mathematical reasoning. This is the "core" of the math program...in Singapore, they do a lot of drill, too. That aspect doesn't seem to sell over here : )

The part that you can't seem to find anything about is the manipulative set. Every student has a box of manipulatives. I can't remember everything, but it isn't that much...a ruler, calculator, these 1 inch tiles, a clock and maybe one or two other things. These same manipulatives are used throughout their schooling so students become intimately familiar with them. Not like here where your counters change every month with your theme of the month. I really like the tiles...they are used to teach addition, subtraction, probability, area, multiplication and division. The clock is used to teach fractions...which I think I will be doing as well. I'll post more on that when I get there. I have 1 inch rainbow cubes...I would be happier if there were just two colors...but I can make do : )

Let me know if you have any questions...It is not hard to make up your own math curriculum. With mine, I just purchase the workbook every year, and spend some time looking at the table of contents, reflecting on the principles represented, and then organize accordingly. You could do this with any workbook, really. But these are nice, because there are only a few problems to work and they are not really just lists of math facts to learn. The child immediately has to apply what they are learning. Drill is good, too. But we mostly do that through the activities I have been describing. You can always print stuff off the internet if your child just needs a little more practice...or enjoys worksheets, like my daughter does.

I like the idea of Ray's, but I've never seen it. And I've never seen a "true" abacus offerred at any of the supply sites I've visited. Maybe I'm missing something, but I only find these counting trays and 10 frames....I think we'll be making our own later, when we really start working on place value.

Sorry about this lengthy comment...maybe I just should have answered in a separate blog : ) Thanks for your comment and I'm glad you like the math materials! If you have any ideas to share, let me know. I've been trying to be better about limiting my time "just surfing" and haven't been getting around to everyone's sites as much recently. Or if you have any questions, I'd be happy to take a stab at it. I recently culled my stack of teaching books, but still have a mess on them I could just not let go : )
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