Back in April of this year, I decided to make some changes to our math program. Tasha (Gr. 1) is now using Singapore 1A as her main program with Miquon math labs once a week.
One of the reasons I had made the switch was my fear that she was starting to dread math. Grade 1 math just shouldn’t be dreadful!
This past weekend confirmed that the switch was a Good Thing. We had started our school year in early August, and thought that Labour Day would be a good day off for all of us. When Tasha woke up in the morning, she asked what our schedule would be like for the day, and we thought we’d make her day by telling her it was a holiday.
She was appalled. “What?!! No MATH today?”
We back-pedalled. Of course … we could do some math games if she really wanted.
“Mom, math games are fine and we can do those. But can I also do a page of my Singapore Math and at least one word problem?”
So our Labour Day holiday was spent doing math problems …
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For those homeschoolers who like details like I do … We’re using Singapore Standards Edition with the Home Instructor’s Guide. Tasha works from the textbook and workbook. We use the Challenging Word Problems about 3 units behind where we are in the text, and once she starts 1B we will use the Intensive Practice a half-level behind.
Love this!! It warms my heart when my girls ask for a school activity.