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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tweaking the curriculum
I've changed some things around homeschool wise.
Rosie - I've switched her on to Conquer Maths - I think after many years of Montessori-type maths, she was finding the blandness of the work book system we had begun to be uninspiring. She gave up trying and was not progressing. Also, the level of maths she is working at now is beyond my capabilities (Tim COULD teach her secondary school maths but, frankly doesn't have the time or anything). So, Conquer Maths it is - it's an online tuition service for secondary school maths that uses very visual, interactive lessons. It's brilliant and so far she is enjoying it AND doing very well - well worth the money!
Still going to use Igniting the Writing with Rosie but going to add in some Montessori style reading analysis too.
Want to also try and start including more hands-on, Montessori stuff again - she seems to miss the "exploration" side of things that she used to have.
April - I'm umming and aaahing as to whether to stick her on an entirely Montessori based programme. She loves doing hands on stuff and gets very demoralised with too many "sit down" activities (she likes to be up and about!) She is still very young so a switch over from what we are doing would be easy enough. I've gained a lot of Montessori experience over the years and feel it would be nice to put it to good use.
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