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Yay for Jasmine!Well at playgroup the other day, a mother questioned Jasmine's presence. "Isn't she school aged?""Well yes, she's in grade one, and we homeschool." I actually asked permission from the organizer of the playgroup to keep bringing Jassie, but I didn't mention that. "Oh," the other mother continued. "I was talking to her earlier and she knows her addition in subtraction! Is she only in grade one?" It's moments like that that make me feel it's all worthwhile. Actually we were very lucky; last year, just before we started purchasing curriculum, we stumbled upon Prof B's Arithmetic curriculum, and we were hooked. It's the one curriculum that we will NOT change because it works. It's just that simple. This morning Jasmine came out of her maths lesson with Daddy (he does the verbal lesson before he goes out in the morning, and I look after the written part of the lesson) with some exciting news. She counted up to 120! Actually, she wasn't supposed to count to 120 by herself. She was supposed to understand how to do it, and then practice by counting smaller sections (like 47 to 63, then 91 to 103 etc.) But Ken just couldn't stop her. She counted to 100 twice, and to 120 once. And just a couple of days ago she said that it would be too hard! Soon she will be able to theoretically count to the trillions, while never counting a large amount of numbers at a time, but just choosing a small section in there that she can count between easily because she understands the process. Anyway, it's just so good to have some validation right now. I didn't expect to spend our first year of homeschooling pregnant, and I'm feeling a bit less than productive right now. So any encouragement is good! Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 148 of 281 } { Next Page } |
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