miquon?
Jessica Kelly
i've read about miquon math from two different sources, but i've never
actually seen one of the activity books, and so i don't know exactly
what they're like. has anyone here ever used them? and if so, how did
you fit them in with your approach to unschooling?
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Jessica Kelly
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actually seen one of the activity books, and so i don't know exactly
what they're like. has anyone here ever used them? and if so, how did
you fit them in with your approach to unschooling?
--
Jessica Kelly
W o r d U p
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin
by subduing the freeness of speech."
--Benjamin Franklin
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Karin
We've used almost all the miquon books - from orange to yellow.
It was before we were unschooling, though.
My kids liked it okay, I usually *made* them do about 10 pages a week.
Using the cuisenaire rods for general playing and demonstrating concepts and ideas in the book were fun.
They were able to understand the concepts pretty easily.
I would use the books now ONLY if my kids were asking to do some workbook-type math.
Also, they are generally for grades K-3.
Karin
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It was before we were unschooling, though.
My kids liked it okay, I usually *made* them do about 10 pages a week.
Using the cuisenaire rods for general playing and demonstrating concepts and ideas in the book were fun.
They were able to understand the concepts pretty easily.
I would use the books now ONLY if my kids were asking to do some workbook-type math.
Also, they are generally for grades K-3.
Karin
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In a message dated 12/18/2001 12:10:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
wordup@... writes:
and get shuffled around and each of the kids has, at some time or another,
picked them up and enjoyed fooling with them.
They are workbooks - but the kids can't really just pick them up and "do"
them - they don't have instructions in the workbook. You have to have what is
called the "Lab Sheet Annotations" to give instructions to the child about
what to do in the workbook. It emphasizes using manipulatives - cuisinairre
rods in particular.
I like them - if I had to have a math program for my young child, these would
be a nice, gentle approach. But they aren't the best for my "leave it laying
around" curriculum <BEG> because they require the adult interaction. There
are cool workshops or even lame workbooks that let kids fool around on their
own, but these are definitely not like that. On the other hand, I think that
pulling out the Miquon math books to work on was one way my kids discovered
they could nearly always capture my undivided attention.
--pam
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wordup@... writes:
> i've read about miquon math from two different sources, but i've neverYes - we have them. Just like everything else in our house they lay around
> actually seen one of the activity books, and so i don't know exactly
> what they're like. has anyone here ever used them? and if so, how did
> you fit them in with your approach to unschooling?
and get shuffled around and each of the kids has, at some time or another,
picked them up and enjoyed fooling with them.
They are workbooks - but the kids can't really just pick them up and "do"
them - they don't have instructions in the workbook. You have to have what is
called the "Lab Sheet Annotations" to give instructions to the child about
what to do in the workbook. It emphasizes using manipulatives - cuisinairre
rods in particular.
I like them - if I had to have a math program for my young child, these would
be a nice, gentle approach. But they aren't the best for my "leave it laying
around" curriculum <BEG> because they require the adult interaction. There
are cool workshops or even lame workbooks that let kids fool around on their
own, but these are definitely not like that. On the other hand, I think that
pulling out the Miquon math books to work on was one way my kids discovered
they could nearly always capture my undivided attention.
--pam
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