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Summary: As a mom, it's a well-rounded way to interact with my kids!
Review: ...... This is the type of educational guide I had been looking for!...... As a busy mom & entrepreneur, I don't desire to homeschool my kids presently, but want to be an active leader and main influence in their education. This series gives me well-rounded view of topics, learning skills and levels for me to present and work on with my children, in additional to their public school and private preschool education. ..... My preschooler, age 4, has particularly benefitted from, for example, reading additional stories about some of our presidents when he made "Washington" and "Lincoln" related art at preschool. We've also used many of the math sorting/classifying/counting/identifying shapes skills as a normal, integrated part of his day as he plays. . Overall, I view this series as a springboard for us as a family to concentrate on topics, skills, stories, etc., as the kids need them or are interested in them. We've already pulled out my grandmother's 1960 encyclopedias to look up more about a topic; searched the internet about another topic; got engrossed as a family in one of the science experiments; and checked out a library book about one of the stories they have included in an abridged form. ..... I would love to also see a related workbook for this series.
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Summary: As a mom, it's a well-rounded way to interact with my kids!
Review: ...... This is the type of educational guide I had been looking for! ...... As a busy mom & entrepreneur, I don't desire to homeschool my kids presently, but want to be an active leader and main influence in their education. This series gives me well-rounded view of topics, learning skills and levels for me to present and work on with my children, in additional to their public school and private preschool education. ..... My preschooler, age 4, has particularly benefitted from, for example, reading additional stories about some of our presidents when he made "Washington" and "Lincoln" related art at preschool. We've also used many of the math sorting/classifying/counting/identifying shapes skills as a normal, integrated part of his day as he plays. . Overall, I view this series as a springboard for us as a family to concentrate on topics, skills, stories, etc., as the kids need them or are interested in them. We've already pulled out my grandmother's 1960 encyclopedias to look up more about a topic; searched the internet about another topic; got engrossed as a family in one of the science experiments; and checked out a library book about one of the stories they have included in an abridged form. ..... I would love to also see a related workbook for this series.
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Summary: wonderful--i would recommend it to everyone
Review: I am a firm believer in the Core Knowledge Sequence. I love the way this book tells what they should be learning and provides information that you can teach directly from the book. It also arranges concepts in a specific order to facilitate learning. As a part-time homeschooling mom, I find it amazing how much my son's private school education is lacking. If it were not for my supplementing his education with the Core Knowledge Sequence, he would not be learning much beyond reading and math. This book is great at helping you fill in the gaps in your child's education. I feel that it goes way beyond the basics that most children are receiving in public and private schools. It has opened my eyes to how much you really can introduce to a kindergartener. This book will help you give your child a strong foundation for future learning. I plan to full-time homeschool my son for first grade using the Core Knowledge Sequence. BTW, they have a great website....
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Summary: Very useful book
Review: I am a firm believer in the Core Knowledge Sequence. I love the way this book tells what they should be learning and provides information that you can teach directly from the book. It also arranges concepts in a specific order to facilitate learning. As a part-time homeschooling mom, I find it amazing how much my son's private school education is lacking. If it were not for my supplementing his education with the Core Knowledge Sequence, he would not be learning much beyond reading and math. This book is great at helping you fill in the gaps in your child's education. I feel that it goes way beyond the basics that most children are receiving in public and private schools. It has opened my eyes to how much you really can introduce to a kindergartener. This book will help you give your child a strong foundation for future learning. I plan to full-time homeschool my son for first grade using the Core Knowledge Sequence. BTW, they have a great website....
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Summary: wonderful--i would recommend it to everyone
Review: I bought this book because i am a beginning homeschooling mom.
To my suprise, there were soo many things in this book that i was not aware of.
I though kindergarden was letters,numbers,colors,shapes..etc...
but i was not aware of the fables,poems,history,etc...that kindergarders learn.
so if you are unsure of what kindergarders learn,or think you know,but are not sure,,,,i would HIGHLY recommend this book to you.
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Summary: Good resource, but not perfect
Review: I have 6 children, and we are homeschoolers, so I am always looking for good resource materials. This series is good in a lot of ways. It stresses the old classics, more from a cultural literacy standpoint than anything else. You want your children to understand references to literature. You want your children to know what others are talking about when they refer to a mythological figure. These books not only provide the parent with a few basic stories, but they also put it in the mind of the parent that these things are important for the child to come into contact with. The social studies are nice and simple, with little maps and nice little pictures. For my children, I develop checksheets to go along with them -- they read a section in the book, then they draw a picture relating to it, or look at a globe and point out the place under discussion, or create an animal from that part of the world in clay -- something involving DOINGness, instead of just READING. They really love this and it makes the material stick in their minds that way. I make a checklist out of the math section, to verify that the kids are up to speed. Overall, I think these are valuable books, and well worth having. I would warn parents to watch for the vocabulary used in the literature -- kids will get confused if many of the words are not defined for them - the literacy level is pretty high per each grade level.
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Summary: What your Kindergartner needs to know
Review: I like this book. Since I had no idea on how to homeschool this book has provided me with great ideas plus the pictures are appealing to my little one. We just started but so far so good. In my opinion if a child will pay attention when you open the book then the writer and editors did a good job. Thanks
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Summary: Good points; Bad points
Review: I love this book for it's curriculum set-up. It gives you about 1 page per area needed to be studied -- just enough to let you know what is needed and what to base your curriculum around. I have to agree with the reviewer from Ohio. I too was upset about the "roughness" in the stories. What I did was read it first and changed it to the way I felt was appropriate. Otherwise, I would find the same story but written without the violence in detail. I plan on buying the rest of the "grades" because I have benefitted from the detailed curriculum guidelines. I think the series is a great "guideline" for homeschoolers...but don't expect it to be your full curriculum -- just the outline.
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Summary: What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child
Review: I really enjoyed the classics, things i remembered as a child. It encouraged me to talk about social science, geography and art with my 4 year old. We talked about Matise, the President of the United States, the seven continents...there are some pictures to help also and great ref. books you can get from the library or book store. I look forward to the next series as my daughter gets older.
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Summary: What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child
Review: I really enjoyed the classics, things i remembered as a child. It encouraged me to talk about social science, geography and art with my 4 year old. We talked about Matise, the President of the United States, the seven continents...there are some pictures to help also and great ref. books you can get from the library or book store. I look forward to the next series as my daughter gets older.
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