I appreciate your thoughts on the curriculum along with the flip through. I found this very helpful. My son will be 4 at the beginning of next school year (2021-2022). Would you recommend the level PreK or level K? And since you have used the level K, would you consider doing a flip through of it as well. I’d be interested to see what is covered (I know there are other videos out there but I like how you walked through a lesson as well).
Yes I plan on doing a flip through of Level K! I started my 4 year old with level K because it's what I had on hand and she already had a good foundation with counting. I can't speak to the PK level because I've never seen it. But I would guess that it depends on how much math foundation your son already has. Does he know all his colors? Can be count to 10? It's he ready to write and color a lot, or does he need to strengthen his hands more?
He’s got his colors and counting down, but I haven’t worked much with him as far as writing. We do fine motor stuff but actual tracing and writing I haven’t done much of.
I know you said in the video that not getting the teachers guide would mean that your missing out. do you think the explanation that’s given in the textbook is sufficient to be able to teach the child? I’m not very interested in any additional activities like using manipulatives, because my son does just fine without the manipulatives. worksheets and him work great together so I don’t want to fluff it up when I don’t need to.
I think it's going to depend on your comfort level in teaching math, how familiar you are with the Singapore math approach, and also the grade level. For example, personally, I don't have much confidence in teaching math. I would've been fine without the teachers guide for PK-1st grade but I've relied on it heavily in 2nd and 3rd as we moved into multiplication and division. The way this program teaches and even the techniques it uses (bar models for example) were very unfamiliar to me. It was vastly different from the approach I was taught. So I needed to learn it myself in the TG before teaching the material to my daughter. Also I really needed the answers, which are only in the Teacher's Guide or Home Instructors Guide. There is no answer key in the textbooks or workbooks.
Yes! We are working our way through 2A at the moment. I'll update at some point. We are still loving it. My oldest is in 2 and my youngest is in K, both using this math program. I've heard some promising reviews about the new 2022 SM Primary that gives me a little fomo, but I'm not planning on switching at the moment.
How long would you say a lesson takes in the actual workbook? We tried a Mastery curriculum when we 1st started homeschooling, and it was like 16 pages of homework. So we switched to a Spiral curriculum. But my daughter is getting bored with reviewing the things she already has down. So we are skipping through much of the book to find the new concepts.
Ideally, I would recommend covering one lesson over two days. On day one, go over the textbook, use manipulatives, get the concept down. On day two, do the workbook pages. It's typically 4 workbook pages per lesson. If my daughter gets tired of writing, I will let her work out the problems orally to me, and I'll note her answers for her.
They also have certain periods where they will encourage more practice sessions or games/activities before moving on. So you can definitely let your child set the pace. They don't offer a weekly schedule with this curriculum, so it's up to us to decide how long we want to cover a grade level. We usually do a little math even during vacations from school.
@@OdetoAbode This video is very helpful! Were you able to complete the program in a school year spreading 1 lesson over 2 days? I have 1A and it seems very long, but from my research it looks like 1B may be much shorter?
@@amies8203 Yes, we were! And my oldest is now wrapping up 2B and we did the same format this year for all of level 2. I count all the lessons for A and B of the grade level and then divide that by weeks we will do school to see how many full lessons we need to finish per week. Typically, for 36 weeks of school, I have found that we need to do about 3 full lessons a week, with textbook and workbook pages. This works well for us. Most of the time, we alternate textbook and workbook days, but as concepts become more familiar we may be able to do both in one day. Usually, around that time, we are reviewing a concept and doing test book pages in lieu of doing days with just the workbook. Hope that helps!
@@amies8203 I've also found that towards the end of B book set, we reach a "downhill" pace with math. It all feels a bit more like review and a bit easier with less brand new concepts introduced. So we usually finish the B set faster than the A
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Wonderful review! Thank you❤
Thanks for such a thorough flip through and review
I appreciate your thoughts on the curriculum along with the flip through. I found this very helpful. My son will be 4 at the beginning of next school year (2021-2022). Would you recommend the level PreK or level K? And since you have used the level K, would you consider doing a flip through of it as well. I’d be interested to see what is covered (I know there are other videos out there but I like how you walked through a lesson as well).
Yes I plan on doing a flip through of Level K! I started my 4 year old with level K because it's what I had on hand and she already had a good foundation with counting. I can't speak to the PK level because I've never seen it. But I would guess that it depends on how much math foundation your son already has. Does he know all his colors? Can be count to 10? It's he ready to write and color a lot, or does he need to strengthen his hands more?
He’s got his colors and counting down, but I haven’t worked much with him as far as writing. We do fine motor stuff but actual tracing and writing I haven’t done much of.
@@adventuresthroughlearning8048 the level KA was very writing/tracing intensive. Not sure about PK, but assuming it would be less so
I know you said in the video that not getting the teachers guide would mean that your missing out. do you think the explanation that’s given in the textbook is sufficient to be able to teach the child? I’m not very interested in any additional activities like using manipulatives, because my son does just fine without the manipulatives. worksheets and him work great together so I don’t want to fluff it up when I don’t need to.
I think it's going to depend on your comfort level in teaching math, how familiar you are with the Singapore math approach, and also the grade level. For example, personally, I don't have much confidence in teaching math. I would've been fine without the teachers guide for PK-1st grade but I've relied on it heavily in 2nd and 3rd as we moved into multiplication and division. The way this program teaches and even the techniques it uses (bar models for example) were very unfamiliar to me. It was vastly different from the approach I was taught. So I needed to learn it myself in the TG before teaching the material to my daughter. Also I really needed the answers, which are only in the Teacher's Guide or Home Instructors Guide. There is no answer key in the textbooks or workbooks.
This was the video I needed. Did y’all end up finishing this for the year?
Yes! We are working our way through 2A at the moment. I'll update at some point. We are still loving it. My oldest is in 2 and my youngest is in K, both using this math program. I've heard some promising reviews about the new 2022 SM Primary that gives me a little fomo, but I'm not planning on switching at the moment.
@OdetoAbode Sorry, this is way later, but are you still using dimensions?
How long would you say a lesson takes in the actual workbook? We tried a Mastery curriculum when we 1st started homeschooling, and it was like 16 pages of homework. So we switched to a Spiral curriculum. But my daughter is getting bored with reviewing the things she already has down. So we are skipping through much of the book to find the new concepts.
Ideally, I would recommend covering one lesson over two days. On day one, go over the textbook, use manipulatives, get the concept down. On day two, do the workbook pages. It's typically 4 workbook pages per lesson. If my daughter gets tired of writing, I will let her work out the problems orally to me, and I'll note her answers for her.
They also have certain periods where they will encourage more practice sessions or games/activities before moving on. So you can definitely let your child set the pace. They don't offer a weekly schedule with this curriculum, so it's up to us to decide how long we want to cover a grade level. We usually do a little math even during vacations from school.
@@OdetoAbode This video is very helpful! Were you able to complete the program in a school year spreading 1 lesson over 2 days? I have 1A and it seems very long, but from my research it looks like 1B may be much shorter?
@@amies8203 Yes, we were! And my oldest is now wrapping up 2B and we did the same format this year for all of level 2. I count all the lessons for A and B of the grade level and then divide that by weeks we will do school to see how many full lessons we need to finish per week. Typically, for 36 weeks of school, I have found that we need to do about 3 full lessons a week, with textbook and workbook pages. This works well for us. Most of the time, we alternate textbook and workbook days, but as concepts become more familiar we may be able to do both in one day. Usually, around that time, we are reviewing a concept and doing test book pages in lieu of doing days with just the workbook. Hope that helps!
@@amies8203 I've also found that towards the end of B book set, we reach a "downhill" pace with math. It all feels a bit more like review and a bit easier with less brand new concepts introduced. So we usually finish the B set faster than the A