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by twyla
Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:27 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Yay!
Replies: 5
Views: 1456

Re: Yay!

just thought i would reply quickly. I have tried to do CM for several years and i finally gave in and let "someone else" plan it for me- It is SOOOOOO much better. It does include almost everything i want. I have thought about including composer and more art but i have even decided about that--those...
by twyla
Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:59 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: boys dont LOVE it-but are tolerating-disappointing?
Replies: 4
Views: 1554

boys dont LOVE it-but are tolerating-disappointing?

We are into our 3rd week of Bigger with 9 year old boys. I have seen alot of areas of progress already-the dictation is great, the art projects are good-we are using everything as scheduled but taking three weeks to cover 2 weeks-kinda spreading it out so they will be in 5th grade for CTC. However, ...
by twyla
Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:34 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: spelling-dictation?
Replies: 4
Views: 1143

spelling-dictation?

o.k-- we have had two good days of preparing so far--well, i must say they have complained-i have 9 year olds but they are not use to doing "real" work. They are use to fill in the blank or just listen to me read. However, i still feel very unsure of the dictiation aspect of this program. One of the...
by twyla
Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:30 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: math advice
Replies: 2
Views: 925

math advice

i have a 6th grader who has always struggled with math--she had needed eye vision therapy which put her behind in math and she has never caught up. in fact, she JUST finished learning multiplication/division facts. We've been using Teaching Textbooks but are running into problems--the sprial is just...