Carrie-Do you recommend sonlights.............
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Christy in Texas
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Carrie-Do you recommend sonlights.............
Do you recommend Sonlights teachers handbook for Singapore 3A/3B? Or will your activities along w/ the workbook and textbook be all I need to teach?
Christy, wife to Danny of 14 years, mom to
Brycen 5/7/99
Emily 10/10/02
Hannah 10/10/02
Brycen 5/7/99
Emily 10/10/02
Hannah 10/10/02
I can't tell you what Carrie reccommends...but I know that in the appendix of Bigger, there is a schedule for using Singapore 3A and 3B using the textbook and the workbook. (No more hands on activities from this level on.)
Kathleen
KathleenHomeschooling mom to 6:
Grant - 19 Kansas State University
Allison - 15 World Geography
Garret - 13 Res2Ref
Asa - 8 Bigger
Quinn - 7 Bigger
Halle - 4 LHTH
Grant - 19 Kansas State University
Allison - 15 World Geography
Garret - 13 Res2Ref
Asa - 8 Bigger
Quinn - 7 Bigger
Halle - 4 LHTH
Christy,
Kathleen's right that we move away from the hands-on to using the pictorial method in the Singapore textbooks starting with 3A/3B. Our philosophy is that once you've laid a strong foundation with the hands-on approach (like we did in K-1-2), then it's time to make the transition from the hands-on to the pictorial approach. My second son is close to finishing 3A now, and he was ready to make the move away from hands-on when we started 3A.
I am not a fan of Sonlight's teacher's guides for Singapore. The small font and multiple activities seem to complicate what is meant to be a clutter-free, no-nonsense approach to math. So, I would recommend starting with 3A without the guide and see how your child does. In Singapore there was no Teacher's guide in addition to the Textbook/Workbook either. If you really felt you needed the guide, it is easy enough to add later.
Blessings,
Carrie
Kathleen's right that we move away from the hands-on to using the pictorial method in the Singapore textbooks starting with 3A/3B. Our philosophy is that once you've laid a strong foundation with the hands-on approach (like we did in K-1-2), then it's time to make the transition from the hands-on to the pictorial approach. My second son is close to finishing 3A now, and he was ready to make the move away from hands-on when we started 3A.
I am not a fan of Sonlight's teacher's guides for Singapore. The small font and multiple activities seem to complicate what is meant to be a clutter-free, no-nonsense approach to math. So, I would recommend starting with 3A without the guide and see how your child does. In Singapore there was no Teacher's guide in addition to the Textbook/Workbook either. If you really felt you needed the guide, it is easy enough to add later.
Blessings,
Carrie