Alex’s plan to practice reading every day for a month worked out pretty well. I’d say we managed near-daily practice for about five weeks; since then it’s trailed off to about two or three times a week. In those five weeks, she did manage to make the leap from being a nonreader (or “emergent reader,” [...]
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Yesterday I got my grant application in to NIH, so now I have time to post a wrap-up of our Five in a Row practice week with Madeline and my impressions of the curriculum now that I’ve tried it out.
I enjoyed the experience of immersing our family in one book and one set of topics [...]
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Our subject for the fourth day was “Art”.The plan was to find some landmarks shown in Madeline (such as the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame — see this tour guide for all eight places), match them up with pictures, and then go on to talk about how an artist’s drawing might not [...]
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I know this is only the fourth day you’re seeing, but today was our last day of our Five in a Row practice run. Michael is still planning to write up and post yesterday’s art lesson, while I go ahead and post about today.
Our subject on the fifth day was “Applied Math.” Five in a [...]
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Today was the Science day of our Madeline study. The suggested science lessons in the Five in a Row manual didn’t really grab me, so I freelanced.
In the book, Madeline gets appendicitis and is rushed to the hospital for surgery. After we read the book through, I brought out our copy of Pop Up Facts: [...]
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